Spotlight on breast cancer in Medicinsk Vetenskap
Diet and breast cancer: Alcohol increases the risk
It is difficult to draw firm conclusions about how to eat and drink to avoid breast cancer. Dietary studies often rely on self-reporting, and dietary habits change over a lifetime – both of which are difficult for researchers. But one link is well established: even moderate alcohol consumption increases the risk of getting the disease, says professor Alicja Wolk.
Exercise tested against breast cancer
Can breast cancer patients who exercise get a better effect from their chemotherapy? And if so, should they receive treatment that includes exercise? This will be investigated in an international study led by researcher Jana de Boniface.
Psychiatrist Ullakarin Nyberg was herself affected by breast cancer
Ullakarin Nyberg is a researcher at the Center for Psychiatry Research at Karolinska Institutet. She also works clinically as a psychiatrist, part of the time at a unit for breast cancer patients. At the end of 2018, she contracted the disease herself.
Anna got breast cancer: "I am not the same person today"
Anna Sylvan was diagnosed with breast cancer in the fall of 2021. Three tumors were treated with surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and anti-hormones. Here she talks about her experience.
Grants, prizes and donations
19 KI researchers receive grants from the Swedish Kidney Foundation
The Swedish Kidney Foundation (Njurfonden) distributes more than SEK 7 million to research into kidney diseases. This is the largest sum since the fund was established and is awarded to 40 researchers, 19 of whom are active at Karolinska Institutet. The grants go to research related to chronic kidney disease, dialysis and transplantation.
KI researcher Laura Baranello awarded ERC Consolidator Grant
KI researcher Laura Baranello has been awarded the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant for her researches into the interaction between the cancer-driving protein MYC and topoisomerase enzymes. Her aim is to identify drugs for more targeted cancer therapy with fewer side-effects. Laura Baranello’s MYCinTOPshape project has been awarded approximately EUR 2 million to be spread over five years.
Two KI researchers awarded SEK 19 million from the Swedish Childhood Cancer Fund
Through a new call form, the Swedish Childhood Cancer Fund is funding two research programmes that will look at different types of unwanted side effects, primarily from chemotherapy. Precision medicine and the opportunities offered by the development of biomarkers are common to the two programmes, which are led by KI researchers Susanna Ranta and Kenny Rodriguez-Wallberg, respectively, and which now share SEK 19 million over four years.
KI researchers receive grant of SEK 19 million for research on long COVID
Two researchers at Karolinska Institutet have been awarded grants from the PolyBio Research Foundation totalling USD 1.85 million dollars (SEK 19 million) for research into long COVID. It is hoped that the studies will provide valuable insights that can promote the development of more efficacious treatments for long COVID, which is still a puzzling condition.
The Conversation
Can an anti-HIV drug reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease in women?
Why brain waves make us fair to others
Whenever we make choices in a social setting about how much we want to share with others we must navigate between our own selfish interests and social norms for fairness. But how fair are we truly? KI-researcher Patricia Christian explains why no one takes the last piece of cake.
The curious link between animal hibernation and ageing
When the cold and dark winter is setting in, some of us envy animals that can hibernate. This long, deep rest is an example of how nature develops clever solution to difficult problems – and is something that science can learn from, according to KI researcher Peter Stenvinkel.
More articles from KI researchers published in The Conversation
From cold-resistant genes to face masks, Karolinska Institutet researchers contribute to the global public discourse on a range of topics through our collaboration with the international news site The Conversation.
The Macchiarini case: timeline
Selected top publications
The level of protein in the maternal murine diet modulates the facial appearance of the offspring via mTORC1 signaling
Chagin, Nature Communications, March 2024
International definition of triple-negative breast cancer should be revised, study suggests
Irma Fredriksson et al, The Lancet Regional Health – Europe, March 2024
Better treatment of childhood cancer when genetic predisposition is investigated
Bianca Tesi et al, The Lancet Regional Health – Europe, March 2024
Researchers examine the impact of oral microbes on pathologies and cancer development
Georgios Belibasakis et al, Periodontology 2000, March 2024
Twin study shows link between psychedelic drug use and manic and psychotic symptoms in adolescents
Walter Osika et al, JAMA Psychiatry, March 2024
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