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Francesca Chiodi was appointed as member of the SIDA research council.

Imagined ugliness, or body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) as it is known, can be treated with internet-based CBT, according to a recent randomised study, the first of its kind ever conducted. The new treatment, which is published in the British Medical Journal, has been developed by researchers at Karolinska Institutet and has the potential to increase access to care for sufferers of BDD.

Ferring Pharmaceuticals and Karolinska Institutet announce today that a collaboration agreement has been signed for the establishment of a research center exploiting the human microbiome. The programme will be fully funded by Ferring Pharmaceuticals and governed by a joint steering committee.