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2012.05.01
A large new Danish-British study documents for the first time a definite correlation between a high
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2012.04.27
In a new study, scientists show that a specific type of carbohydrate plays an important role in the
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2012.04.26
Scientists from DanStem have gained new insight into the signaling paths that control the body’s insulin
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2012.04.24
Researchers have just completed an extensive report that shows there are potential benefits in changing
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2012.03.15
The results of a new study will help unravel exactly how chemotherapy affects cells´ workings and will
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2012.03.12
Researchers from BRIC, University of Copenhagen, have just found a mechanism of the protein Codanin-1,
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2012.03.08
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have documented a previously unknown biological mechanism
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2012.03.06
New research may change the way we view our DNA and its ability to change. This could not only help
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2012.03.01
An international study under the leadership of the HIV in Europe initiative has revealed that a number
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2012.03.01
Researchers from BRIC have just shown that the molecule REST acts as an adapter between genetic off-switches
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2012.02.22
A major European research effort with Danish participation and EU funding of DKK 11 million is taking
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2012.02.21
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have designed, produced and patented a new chemical compound
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2012.02.21
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have discovered one of the molecular combat mechanisms
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2012.02.20
Researchers have discovered a natural substance in a Chilean avocado plant that is active in combination
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2012.02.16
A large-scale population study in Denmark involving nearly 20,000 people shows a direct link between
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2012.02.16
Scientists have found a way to generate and maintain stem cells much more efficiently by amplifying
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2012.02.10
BGI Europe, a subsidiary of the leading Chinese genomic organisation, will open its first European genome
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2012.02.09
Danish Ministry awards two of its five prestigious Elite Researcher Awards to leading scholars at the
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2012.02.03
New research shows that just a few hours of schooling a week markedly effects the health of children
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2012.01.25
Professor Matthias Mann has just received the prestigious Louis-Jeantet Prize for medicine for his outstanding
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2012.01.19
The number of new cases of blindness and severe visual loss in Denmark has been halved during the last
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2011.12.20
A PhD project from LIFE – the Faculty of Life Sciences – has shown that breastfed children follow a
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2011.12.19
For the first time ever scientists have been able to work backwards by using 126 proteins from a 43,000-year-old
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2011.12.15
University of Copenhagen has decided to merge four of the University’s eight faculties into two. This
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2011.12.12
A new research project conducted shows that dietary fibres from brown algae boost the sensation of satiety,
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2011.12.08
Researchers have explored the active principles of a Danish mushroom and found that some of the substances
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2011.12.01
Researchers who have been following Danish HIV patients for more than fifteen years now see that the
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2011.12.01
A new research project will bring together an unprecedented range of young researchers to examine the
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2011.11.15
Training basic surgical techniques on toy animals before having to perform operations on living animals
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2011.11.10
World citizen number 7 billion is less likely to die from infectious diseases like measles or even AIDS,
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2011.11.07
Associate Professor Anja Groth has recieved an ERC Starting Grant and has been selected for EMBO's Young
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2011.11.03
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen are behind the development of a new method that will make
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2011.11.02
If infants encounter a wide range of bacteria they are less at risk of developing allergic disease
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2011.10.09
Researchers from BRIC have found that a small molecule in our cells can block autophagy in cancer cells
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2011.10.02
Playing street football two or three times a week could halve the risk of early death in homeless men,
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2011.09.22
Several members from one of Europe's leading research groups in stem cell research which focuses on
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2011.09.16
In a new project, researchers document that the vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) plays a previously
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2011.09.14
A University of Copenhagen PhD student has developed a new chemical analysis technique that will help
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2011.08.25
The incidence of malaria in many African countries south of the Sahara is falling rapidly, shows new
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2011.08.25
Researchers have examined a number of plants which are used for illegal abortions in Tanzania. Several
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2011.08.19
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have made a discovery that could form the basis for future
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2011.08.19
Danish researchers are the first in the world to block a bio-antenna of the memory cells of the immune
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2011.07.14
New research published in Journal of Controlled Release confirms that camel blood can help scientists
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2011.07.11
Researchers from Rigshospitalet and the University of Copenhagen have discovered why malaria parasites
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2011.07.11
In the remote region of Pamir in Afghanistan two University of Copenhagen students have tracked antihistaminic
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2011.06.27
The Center for Advanced Bioimaging has been inaugurated at LIFE – the Faculty of Life Sciences at the
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2011.06.09
The South African plant, Tulbaghia can soothe oral fungal infections, which HIV/AIDS patients often
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2011.06.08
BRIC researchers have elucidated BRCA2 function - the new knowledge can improve breast cancer therapy.
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2011.06.06
Doctors all around the globe have for years been looking in vain for a medical protection against malaria. Now
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2011.05.25
It has long been known that serum vitamin D level is important for reproductive function in various
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2011.04.21
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have now discovered that EPO, the doping drug known from
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2011.04.20
As partners in the international research consortium named MetaHit, scientists from the University of
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2011.04.12
To ensure normal fetal development and prevent disease, it is crucial that certain genes are on or
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2011.03.28
Danish researchers, some from the University of Copenhagen, have discovered that very early symptoms
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2011.03.16
Denmark now has one of Europe’s most well-equipped animal hospitals when The Veterinary Teaching Hospital at the
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2011.03.03
The University of Copenhagen and three other Danish universities are part of the largest grant ever
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2011.03.01
New research has shown another great challenge in nanomedicine – the immune system – and the importance
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2011.02.21
HCV mutates so strongly that traditional vaccines are useless. However, University of Copenhagen researchers are
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2011.01.27
University of Copenhagen Professors Lene Hansen and Eske Willerslev have each been awarded the Elite
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2011.01.27
New research from the University of Copenhagen and Harvard University has found that infants understand
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2011.01.12
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have found that certain sleep disorders can have serious health
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2011.01.03
The University of Copenhagen Board has received an open letter concerning the Milena Penkowa case.
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2010.12.16
Sleep disorders like hypersomnia have socio-economic consequences for both patients and society.
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2010.12.14
Researchers at BRIC, the University of Copenhagen, have discovered that the human body can create its
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2010.11.24
Large European diet study recommands high protein diet with low glycemic index
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2010.11.03
Danish stem cell research receives a boost with the announcement of the new Danish Stem Cell Center,
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2010.10.29
Millions of women with the parasitic disease snail fever have increased risk of deadly infections.
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2010.10.26
New research investigates why an obesity operation cures type 2 diabetes.
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2010.10.20
Researchers have succeeded in creating a model of the way the brain releases dopamine, an important
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2010.10.07
Doctors have long known that viral infections can bring about asthma attacks and the shortness of breath,
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2010.10.06
For years, hospitals and researchers have been testing blood samples from the umbilical cords of newborn
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2010.10.04
Aging, which starts from the moment we are born and continues until the moment we die, has now come
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2010.09.29
A new invention could cut energy use in buildings by 25 percent by creating a better indoor climate.
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2010.09.24
Cell biology Researchers from University of Copenhagen document that external stress-factors can control
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2010.09.17
Billions of brain cells are communicating at any given moment. Like an organic supercomputer they keep
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2010.08.19
Scientists from Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences, University of Copenhagen have in collaboration
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2010.06.25
A new study shows that use of psychotropic medications during pregnancy increase the probability of
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2010.06.25
Professor Jens Lundgren of the Copenhagen HIV Programme at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University
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2010.06.16
Football researcher Peter Krustrup receives award, which puts focus on men's health.
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2010.06.14
Professor Ylva Hellsten recently received a professorship in cardiovascular regulation in relation
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2010.06.07
Danes are increasingly turning to medication in order to improve their quality of life and performance
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2010.04.22
The results of an extensive study indicate that, in the future, it will often suffice for dentists
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2010.04.19
Did you ever wonder how you are able to perform complex tasks - even under stress? And how do emotions
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2010.04.06
Soccer is a pleasurable team sport that provides an all-round fitness and can be used as treatment
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2010.03.22
With funds from the largest-ever private donation in Danish history, the University of Copenhagen is
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2010.03.07
Scientists have discovered that Vitamin D is crucial to activating our immune defenses and that without
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2010.03.02
It is well known that the risk of falls and fractures increases with age as a result of lower balance,
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2010.02.05
For the first time researchers havebeen able to synthesize the entire protein that is responsible for
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2010.02.02
A just published research experiment on inactive men with high blood pressure shows that just 3 months
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2010.02.01
Dopamine's action upon the brain explains why people who constantly crave stimulation are in danger
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2010.01.27
When the first semester of 2010 starts, the University of Copenhagen will come to include the best
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2010.01.22
A special postgraduate degree course in disaster management has been run jointly by the University
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2010.01.13
From prehistoric times, Aloe vera has been know for its healing effects - now, using DNA technology,
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2009.11.30
Watch online videocasts of all the presentations and check out the main recommendations from the event...
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2009.11.30
Major cities around the world use the modelling of Ole Hertel, when they want to asses how badly their
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2009.11.02
Reducing the volume of training and introducing speed endurance training can improve not only short-term
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2009.10.07
Through a UNIK grant of 120 million kroner the University will open its largest ever cross-disciplinary
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2009.10.02
New research shows that women benefit more from playing recreational soccer than from running when it
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2009.09.22
A foundation of an industrially-oriented platform for education and training of PhD students and researchers
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