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Two researchers at Karolinska Institutet have received a grant of 1 MSEK from the Strategic Program in Neuroscience (StratNeuro) at Karolinska Institutet for the period 2015-2016.

A new study in mice, conducted by researchers at Karolinska Institutet together with colleagues in Singapore and the United States, shows that our natural gut-residing microbes can influence the integrity of the blood-brain barrier, which protects the brain from harmful substances in the blood.

Riksbankens Jubileumsfond has awarded Sara Hägg a stipend from Erik Rönnberg's Foundation.

Gunilla Karlsson Hedestam and Ganesh Phad publish in the Journal of Experimental Medicine

An international research team led from Karolinska Institutet have identified two genes that may be linked to an increased disposition to engage in repeated acts of violence. The findings are being published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, and are based on genetic analysis of people convicted of various crimes.

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) bacteria are a major cause of diarrhoea in children below five years of age in low and middle-income countries and also in travellers.