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Alzheimer's disease, Neurosciences, Parkinson's disease
The Jan Albert Group's research collaborator is featured in a podcast interview in The Lancet.
Infectious Disease Control
The day of the week on which a patient has a lung cancer operation has no significance for their survival. This has been demonstrated by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in a new study published in the journal Chest.
Lung cancer, Thoracic surgery
Lars Jakobsson has received the Ruth and Nils-Erik Stenbäck Foundation grant, which is awarded annually to young scientists in mathematics, physics and chemistry by the Finnish Science Society. The scholarship proposal is made in collaboration with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Cancer and Oncology
Conference, Global Health, Student (en)
Hello there Knut Lönnroth, professor at the Department of Public Health Sciences and director of KI’s new TB research centre ... why has KI set up a TB centre?
Bacteriology, Centre, Infectious Disease Control
Neuropsychology, Neurosciences, Psychology
Breast cancer, Cancer and Oncology, Drugs
A study by researchers at the Institute of Environmental Medicine, New York University and University of Manchester published in PNAS shows that presence of DNA damage on the transcribed strand of a gene can induce transcription errors and subsequent production of protein with altered functions which could contribute to disease development.
Collaboration, Health care
Immuno Therapy, Immunology, Neurodegenerative diseases, Neurosciences
Lisa Westerberg has received a 6 year research position from the Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation.
Cardiology, Cardiovascular Diseases, Genetics
Gunilla Karlsson Hedestam at MTC has been awarded the ERC Advanced Grant (AdG) 2017 from the European Research Council.
Grant, Immunology
Two researchers at Karolinska Institutet have been awarded the ERC Advanced Grant (AdG) 2017 from the European Research Council. The two researchers who receive this prestigious award are Henrik Ehrsson and Gunilla Karlsson Hedestam. In total, the ERC allocates funding to 269 European research projects, which is about 12% of all applicants.
Funding, Grant, International
Gastroenterology, Gastrointestinal diseases, Genetics
Cardiovascular Diseases, Drugs, Immunology
Cell Biology, Metabolism (en), Physical activity, Sports Medicine
A report from the Swedish Research Council shows that the clinical research conducted in collaboration between Karolinska Institutet (KI) and Stockholm County Council (SLL) maintains a very high level of quality.
Clinical research
Researchers in the Sonia lain and David Lane groups at MTC have recently published in the journal Nature Communications.
Cancer and Oncology
Maternal obesity and androgen excess induce sex-specific anxiety in the offspring, according to a study on mice by researchers at Karolinska Institutet published in The FASEB Journal. The findings may help explain why children born to mothers with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have increased risk of developing anxiety later in life.
Endocrinology, Gynaecology, Hormones, Mental Ill-Health, Metabolism (en)