https://ki.se RSS News Listing https://news.ki.se/thesis-on-hyper-and-hypothyroidism Most people with thyroid disease benefit from established treatments, but not all. In his thesis, Fredric Hedberg has studied treatments used when standard therapy is insufficient in hyper- and hypothyroidism; iodine solution (Lugol’s solution) and combination therapy with the thyroid hormone T3. The results contribute to increased knowledge about these treatments. Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:52:42 +0200 https://news.ki.se/myths-and-misunderstandings-about-testosterone The use of testosterone is rising rapidly among Swedish men, and online the hormone is often sold as an elixir of masculinity. But much of what is written there is misleading and often based on pure myths and unnecessary treatment is not without risk. Fri, 20 Feb 2026 09:08:56 +0100 https://news.ki.se/katarina-berinder-has-been-appointed-docent-in-endocrinology-and-diabetes Katarina Berinder at the Experimental and Clinical Neuroendocrinology research group, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, became docent in endocrinology and diabetes on January 27, 2026. Katarina's research is primarily focused on pituitary diseases, with a particular focus on hyperprolactinemia. She conducts clinical and epidemiological studies in the pituitary area as well as other endocrine diseases, including adrenal diseases. Wed, 11 Feb 2026 12:15:25 +0100 https://news.ki.se/researchers-at-mmk-awarded-grants-by-the-swedish-cancer-society Congratulations to the 5 researchers at the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery who have been awarded research grants from the Swedish Cancer Society in the latest call on November 10, 2025. Wed, 12 Nov 2025 09:50:31 +0100 https://news.ki.se/thesis-maps-chronic-hypoparathyroidism Chronic hypoparathyroidism is a rare disease that occurs when the body does not produce enough parathyroid hormone (PTH). In a new doctoral thesis from Karolinska Institutet, Wafa Kamal, doctoral student at the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, examines how the disease affects patients' lives in the long term. Tue, 28 Oct 2025 15:52:21 +0100 https://news.ki.se/how-to-build-strong-bones Regular exercise, balance training and a healthy, varied diet can reduce the risk of developing osteoporosis. Tue, 02 Sep 2025 15:15:04 +0200 https://news.ki.se/healthcare-fails-to-treat-osteoporosis A common yet seriously undertreated condition, osteoporosis, is a widespread condition where the healthcare system often falls short. Researchers are now investigating why so many patients slip through the cracks and miss out on treatment that could prevent further serious fractures. The long-term goal is to offer treatment even before the first fracture occurs. Tue, 02 Sep 2025 14:31:03 +0200 https://news.ki.se/hunting-down-the-genetics-of-serious-liver-disease Fatty liver results from overweight and obesity and it is a common disease leading to cirrhosis and liver cancer. Stefano Romeo is investigating the genetic basis of the diseases to identify novel therapeutic strategies. Meet one of the new professors of Karolinska Institutet who will participate in this year's installation ceremony at Aula Medica on 9 October. Fri, 29 Aug 2025 10:00:14 +0200 https://news.ki.se/difficult-childhood-experiences-may-increase-the-risk-of-endometriosis A new study from Karolinska Institutet involving over a million women links difficult childhood experiences to the risk of being diagnosed with endometriosis later in life. The study shows a link between childhood exposure to violence and a twofold increase in the risk of developing this gynaecological disease. Wed, 11 Jun 2025 10:00:11 +0200 https://news.ki.se/sek-15-million-for-research-on-obesity-related-diseases Congratulations Mikael Rydén, who has been granted an extension as a Wallenberg Clinical Scholar. The extension entails SEK 3 million per year for five years. Mon, 31 Mar 2025 15:55:29 +0200 https://news.ki.se/new-thesis-on-papillary-thyroid-cancer Helene Lindfors, PhD student at the Endocrine Surgery research group, the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, will defend her thesis "Tumor burden, thyroglobulin and Ki-67 as prognostic indicators in papillary thyroid cancer" on April 2025. Main supervisor is Ivan Shabo. Thu, 27 Mar 2025 10:57:06 +0100 https://news.ki.se/cell-atlas-of-the-endometrium-in-women-with-pcos-may-lead-to-better-treatment Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) find it harder to get pregnant, have more frequent miscarriages and have a higher risk of developing endometrial cancer. Now, in a new study published in Nature Medicine, Swedish researchers have shown that the uterine lining of these women differs in terms of both the composition of individual cells and gene expression. The results open the door to new drug treatments. Thu, 20 Mar 2025 11:00:16 +0100 https://news.ki.se/hormone-therapy-affects-the-metabolic-health-of-transgender-individuals New research from Karolinska Institutet shows that long-term sex hormone treatment in transgender individuals can lead to significant changes in body composition and risk factors for cardiovascular disease, particularly in transgender men. The study is published in the Journal of Internal Medicine. Thu, 28 Nov 2024 08:00:12 +0100 https://news.ki.se/researching-congenital-growth-and-skeletal-diseases The understanding of congenital growth and skeletal diseases is currently limited. Ola Nilsson hopes to pave the way for new therapeutic strategies by charting the mechanisms driving these diseases. Meet one of the new professors of Karolinska Institutet who will participate in this year's installation ceremony at Aula Medica on 3 October. Mon, 09 Sep 2024 09:00:06 +0200 https://news.ki.se/erc-proof-of-concept-to-professor-per-olof-berggren Professor Per-Olof Berggren has been awarded a ERC Proof of Concept grant by the European Research Council (ERC). The funding will be used to advance a technology in which islets of Langerhans are transplanted into the anterior chamber of the eye and employed as a screening tool to identify novel pharmaceutical treatments for diabetes. Fri, 19 Jan 2024 18:05:10 +0100 https://news.ki.se/new-thesis-shows-increased-risk-of-cardiovascular-disease-in-people-with-hereditary-lipid-disorders Tigist Wodaje from the Endocrinology Unit at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH), is defending her thesis "Hereditary hypercholesterolemia and cardiovascular disease: functional and epidemiological aspects", on 14 December 2023. Main supervisor is Jonas Brink (MedH). Mon, 11 Dec 2023 09:56:54 +0100 https://news.ki.se/anti-rheumatic-drugs-could-prevent-thyroid-disease Anti-rheumatic drugs used for rheumatoid arthritis might prevent the development of autoimmune thyroid disease, according to a new observational study by researchers from Karolinska Institutet published in the Journal of Internal Medicine. Wed, 22 Nov 2023 10:06:29 +0100 https://news.ki.se/new-thesis-on-severe-covid-19-and-routine-biomarker-patterns Anna Sjöström at the research group Experimental and Clinical Neuroendocrinology, the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, will defend her thesis "Severe COVID-19 and routine biomarker patterns" on November 24, 2023. Main Supervisor is Charlotte Höybye. Mon, 20 Nov 2023 11:19:05 +0100 https://news.ki.se/grants-from-novo-nordisk-foundation-to-bionut-2023 We wish to congratulate Professor Eckardt Treuter, at the Department of Biosciences and Nutriton, Karolinska Institutet, who has received the Novo Nordisk Foundation Project Grant in Endocrinology & Metabolism 2023, for a project on "Role of monocyte enhancers and silencers in inflammatory type 2 diabetes" (2 years, DKK 2 million). Mon, 09 Oct 2023 10:42:42 +0200 https://news.ki.se/researchers-examine-role-of-b-cells-in-pcos Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common hormone disorder in women. Studies have shown that the change in hormones is accompanied by variations in immunological B cells. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have now established that the syndrome is not caused by B cells, the role of which remains unclear. The study is published in eLife. Wed, 05 Jul 2023 15:24:04 +0200 https://news.ki.se/in-memory-of-professor-suad-efendic Suad Efendic, Stockholm, internationally recognized leading clinical researcher in diabetes, has died at the age of 85 after a long illness. He is survived by wife Mensura, sons Nedim and Enes with their families. Tue, 20 Dec 2022 14:26:57 +0100 https://news.ki.se/new-major-eu-funded-research-project-takes-broad-approach-on-mental-health To improve understanding of mental health, today’s symptom-based diagnoses need to be complemented with biological criteria accounting for differences between individuals and the sexes. A major EU-funded research project, coordinated by Uppsala University, will pursue an interdisciplinary path towards better strategies to protect vulnerable individuals from mental illness. Three research teams at Karolinska Institutet participate in the project. Wed, 30 Nov 2022 16:50:18 +0100 https://news.ki.se/women-feel-worse-psychologically-than-men-researchers-at-ki-participate-in-an-article-in-dn An article in "Dagens Nyheter" (DN), on November 9, 2022, addresses why more women than men suffer from mental illness, such as depression and anxiety. It brings up various circumstances that may be important for why this is so, such as hormones, environment, expectations, as well as the tendency to seek help for mental health problems. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet participated as experts regarding these various factors. Mon, 14 Nov 2022 09:26:36 +0100 https://news.ki.se/genetic-and-environmental-factors-contribute-to-the-overlap-between-depression-and-endocrine-metabolic-disorders Depression is common in individuals with endocrine-metabolic disorders and vice versa. In a study involving 2.2 million people in the Swedish population, researchers at Karolinska Institutet confirmed that individuals with endocrine-metabolic disorders have increased rates of depression and found that there are also higher rates of depression in their siblings. The study is published in the American Journal of Psychiatry. Wed, 28 Sep 2022 15:59:17 +0200 https://news.ki.se/new-thesis-on-avidity-markers-in-thyroid-cancer Joachim Nilsson at the research group Endocrine Surgery, the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, will defend his thesis "Avidity-guided radionuclide therapy for thyroid cancer" on September 30, 2022. Main Supervisor is Catharina Ihre Lundgren. Fri, 23 Sep 2022 09:35:23 +0200 https://news.ki.se/professor-jan-zedenius-elected-president-of-iaes Congratulations to Professor Jan Zedenius who has been elected President of the International Association of Endocrine Surgeons, IAES. IAES is an integrated society of the International Society of Surgery ISS/SIC and the inauguration ceremony was held at the International Surgical Week in Vienna on August 16, 2022. Wed, 31 Aug 2022 16:15:17 +0200 https://news.ki.se/hormonal-breast-cancer-treatment-reduces-long-term-risk-of-recurrence To investigate the long-term benefit of hormone-lowering treatment, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have done a 20-year follow-up of premenopausal women with breast cancer. The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, indicates that the treatment provides protection even after a longer period of time and that different patients seem to benefit from different hormonal treatments. Tue, 02 Aug 2022 14:58:53 +0200 https://news.ki.se/distinguished-investigator-grant-to-elisabet-stener-victorin A Distinguished Investigator Grant - Endocrinology and Metabolism 2022, from Novo Nordisk Foundation’s Research Leader Program, is awarded to Elisabet Stener- Victorin, professor and researcher at the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology. The project title is "Dissecting the molecular, mechanistic and causal pathways of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and how these are passed on across generations". Mon, 02 May 2022 14:40:18 +0200 https://news.ki.se/energy-crisis-in-fat-cells-behind-inflammation-associated-with-obesity In a new study published in Nature Metabolism, KI researchers show how disturbances in the energy metabolism in human fat cells, can lead to the development of inflammation and insulin resistance. Mon, 14 Feb 2022 17:05:49 +0100 https://news.ki.se/novo-nordisk-foundation-grants-to-researchers-at-bionut Three researchers at the Department of Biosciences and Nutriton, Karolinska Institutet, have received grants from the Novo Nordisk Foundation for their research in endocrinology. Fri, 01 Oct 2021 10:37:41 +0200 https://news.ki.se/new-method-of-gene-analysis-prevents-early-death-in-familial-hypercholesterolemia Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have investigated how a newly developed algorithm in connection with gene analysis can be used to improve the possibilities of preventing premature vascular disease and death in individuals with the hereditary lipid disorder, familial hypercholesterolemia. The findings, published in the Journal of Internal Medicine, show how the method can lead to faster and more cost-effective investigations in such families. Mon, 07 Jun 2021 07:56:33 +0200 https://news.ki.se/new-fundamental-knowledge-of-the-abdominal-brain Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have succeeded in mapping the neuron types comprising the enteric nervous system in the intestine of mice. The study, which is published today in the scientific journal Nature Neuroscience, also describes how the different neurons form during fetal development, a process that follows different principles to brain neurons. Mon, 07 Dec 2020 17:00:04 +0100 https://news.ki.se/brain-study-contributes-to-increased-understanding-of-endocrine-diseases Many nerve cells in the brain region hypothalamus have unexpected origins and go through complex development programs, where millions of neurons assemble into a precisely knit network by birth. That is according to a study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the Medical University of Vienna published in the journal Nature. The findings may further our understanding of hormonal diseases and their origins, according to the researchers. Wed, 06 May 2020 17:00:06 +0200 https://news.ki.se/wallenberg-clinical-scholars-for-research-on-rheumatoid-arthritis-and-fat-cells-change Two clinical researchers at KI have been appointed Wallenberg Clinical Scholars 2020. The individual funding of SEK 15 million from Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation provides Anca Catrina and Mikael Rydén with the opportunity to deepen their research and disseminate their results in healthcare. Mon, 23 Mar 2020 09:06:45 +0100 https://news.ki.se/professor-franz-matschinsky-receives-the-rolf-luft-award-2020 Dr Franz Matschinsky, Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Institute for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia receives the 2020 Rolf Luft Award for the discovery that glucokinase (GK) is the sensor controlling glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in the pancreatic beta cell. Thu, 20 Feb 2020 12:44:33 +0100 https://news.ki.se/high-androgen-levels-during-pregnancy-increase-the-risk-of-pcos-for-several-generations Daughters of women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) are five times more likely to be diagnosed with PCOS as adults, and the generational transmission is driven by high androgen levels during pregnancy, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden report. Their results, which are based on register-based and clinical studies as well as transgenerational animal studies, are published in Nature Medicine. Mon, 02 Dec 2019 16:25:24 +0100 https://news.ki.se/novel-findings-explain-indirect-regulation-of-glucose-homeostasis The hormone secreting part of the pancreas, the islets of Langerhans, has a unique cyto-architecture that allows functional interrelationships between the different cell types. Somatostatin is secreted by the delta cell and is an effective inhibitor of the insulin secreting beta cell and the glucagon secreting alpha cell. According to a novel study from Karolinska Instiutet, published in the journal Nature Communications, the delta cell can thereby indirectly affect glucose homeostasis Fri, 16 Aug 2019 10:58:11 +0200 https://news.ki.se/professor-mitchell-lazar-receives-the-2019-rolf-luft-award Professor Mitchell Lazar at Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia has been selected as recipient of the Rolf Luft Award 2019. Wed, 13 Feb 2019 13:09:37 +0100 https://news.ki.se/new-study-elucidates-link-between-pcos-and-anxiety 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. Thu, 22 Mar 2018 19:00:00 +0100 https://news.ki.se/hormone-therapy-in-the-menopause-transition-did-not-increase-stroke-risk Postmenopausal hormone therapy is not associated with increased risk of stroke, provided that it is started early, according to a report from Karolinska Institutet published in the journal PLOS Medicine. Thu, 23 Nov 2017 15:40:23 +0100 https://news.ki.se/professor-per-olof-berggren-elected-member-of-the-national-academy-of-medicine Per-Olof Berggren, Professor of Experimental Endocrinology at the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, has been elected as member of the National Academy of Medicine, NAM. Tue, 18 Oct 2016 13:16:30 +0200 https://news.ki.se/type-2-diabetes-drug-can-exhaust-insulin-producing-cells Fri, 12 Feb 2016 08:00:00 +0100 https://news.ki.se/the-best-scenario-is-to-both-prevent-and-cure Paolo Parini is a researcher in cardiometabolic diseases and senior Physician at Endocrinology Clinic. Since September 2015 his professorship is shared between Department of Medicine, Huddinge and Department of Laboratory Medicine. Tue, 22 Dec 2015 10:07:54 +0100 https://news.ki.se/hypersexual-disorder-linked-to-overactive-stress-systems New research from Karolinska Institutet shows that hypersexual disorder – known popularly as sex addiction – can be linked to hyperactive stress systems. In a stress regulation test using the cortisone drug dexamethasone, men with hypersexual disorder showed higher levels of stress hormones than controls, a finding that the researchers hope will contribute to improved therapy for this patient group. The results are published in the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology. Mon, 02 Nov 2015 08:20:00 +0100 https://news.ki.se/novel-mechanism-of-insulin-resistance-in-type-2-diabetes Thu, 17 Sep 2015 18:05:00 +0200 https://news.ki.se/study-explains-the-link-between-cilia-and-diabetes Thu, 06 Nov 2014 11:01:00 +0100 https://news.ki.se/diabetes-drug-may-reduce-brain-damage-after-stroke In a study in mice, scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered a new potential therapy that may reduce brain damage following stroke in type 2 diabetic patients. The suggested drug is already approved for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. However, the scientists hope that this new results, presented in the scientific journal Diabetes, also opens up the possibility to decrease brain injury after stroke in other patient groups with a high stroke risk. Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0100