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MEB recruits two international top scientists
Genetics, Psychiatric disorders, Psychiatry
Genetic tracking identifies cancer stem cells in human patients
Stem cells
Gunilla Karlsson Hedestam receives NIH-grant
Professor Gunilla Karlsson Hedestam at the Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology (MTC) at Karolinska Institutet, receives a PO1 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Grant
New findings explain why we stop growing at one point
Pharmacology
Breathing test improves asthma treatment
Inflammation (en)
Antipsychotics associated with reduced rate of violent crime
Pharmacology, Psychiatric disorders
Professors at KI new members of EMBO
The European Molecular Biology Organization, EMBO, announced on May 7th that 106 distinguished researchers in the life sciences were newly elected to membership in the organisation.
Neurosciences
Experienced surgeons means fewer splenic injuries in operations for esophageal cancer
Surgery
Environment as important as genes in understanding autism
Genetics, Neuropsychiatry
Genomic diversity and admixture differs for Stone-Age Scandinavian foragers and farmers
Genomics
Proteomics reveal deadly malaria in children
Parasitology, Proteomics
Researchers get on their motorbikes – to raise awareness of breast cancer
International, Project
New general concept for the treatment of cancer
Cancer and Oncology, Pharmacology
Facts and optimism when Bill Gates spoke at Karolinska Institutet
Global Health
Higher risk of death from skin cancer among men living alone
Researchers create atlas over gene usage in all human cell types
Karolinska Institutet’s new honorary doctors
Familial link between leadership and bipolar disorder
Psychiatric disorders, Psychiatry
New study links irritable bowel syndrome to defective gene and heart disease
Gastrointestinal diseases
New approach makes cancer cells explode
KI-researchers receive Young Investigator Grant
KI-researchers Jorge Ruas and Ana Teixeira receive a Human Frontiers Science Program Young Investigator Award.
New cellular mechanism represses immune reaction in type I-diabetes
Immunology
New findings on neurogenesis in the spinal cord
Genetics, Neurobiology
Warfarin also beneficial in atrial fibrillation patients with kidney disease
Urology
New discovery solves problem of anti-inflammatory substance
Inflammation (en)
New method identifies heart attacks
Looking to show the strengths of the student association
Student (en), Student union
Early atherosclerotic plaques in the vessel wall regress completely when cholesterol levels are lowered
Genetics
Moving snapshots give new insight on cell division
New discovery paves the way for medicine for people with hearing disabilities
Pharmacology
The moment: “Meeting Johan, 8 months old and deaf, gave me courage"
Meeting a deaf baby caused Eva Karltorp to dare to question the established treatment of congenital deafness. Now the majority of deaf children can talk as well as those with hearing.
Hearing and Audiology
Surgery offers better survival rate in prostate cancer
Prostate cancer, Surgery
Children with old fathers more likely to have psychiatric disorder
Genetics, Psychiatric disorders
Better nurse staffing and education reduces risk of patient mortality after common surgery
Medical management, Nursing
New neurons in diseased brain region
Neurodegenerative diseases, Neurosciences
After 10 years of preparation - now the method is tested on patients with bone marrow cancer
New drug candidate starves dormant cancer cells
Pharmacology
Oxygen-sensitive protein possible weapon against cancer
Researchers from Karolinska Institutet present a new protein mechanism in an article in PNAS that may help to improve blood flow in a tissue in the event of low oxygen levels for example following a stroke. The hope now is that these new findings can be used conversely in the development of anti-cancer medicines.
Epigenetic regulation required to ensure correct number of chromosomes
Major research project on Hantavirus
Infectious Disease Medicine
Impaired recovery from inflammation linked to Alzheimer's
Inflammation (en)
Three doses of HPV vaccine recommended against genital warts
Gynaecology, Immunology, Infectious Disease Medicine, Virology
Acidic tumour pH inhibits drug effect
Pharmacology
New approach prevents thrombosis without increasing the risk of bleeding
Pharmacology, Stroke (en)
Invisible risk group among adolescents at risk of mental ill-health
Pediatrics, Psychiatric disorders, Suicide Research
ADHD medication saves lives on the road
Psychiatry
Brain imaging predicts cognitive development in children
Cannabis during pregnancy endangers fetal brain development
Neurobiology, Neurology, Obstetrics
New method increases supply of embryonic stem cells
Innovation, Stem cells
New mechanism for genome unpacking in stem cells
Stem cells