Health, Body & Mind

New knowledge about the brain's effective bouncer

Research from the University of Copenhagen is shedding new light on the brain's complicated barrier tissue.

Mouse study: Natural birth may strengthen the immune system

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have uncovered new knowledge about the immune system in a mouse study, which indicates that natural birth improves the immune system of the pups.

Cell identity and cancer

Target for cancer therapy protects cell identity

New research from BRIC identifies crucial mechanism for maintaining cell identity and enables new cancer diagnostics

GENETIC KEY TO PARKINSON'S DISEASE

Movement disorders in young people related to ADHD

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen and the Copenhagen University Hospital have identified a particular genetic mutation that may cause parkinsonism in young people.

PhD thesis on masculinity in TV cooking shows

Masculinity in TV cooking shows is the focus in a new PhD dissertation by Jonatan Leer.

Forward-thinking protein scientist receives prestigious award

Professor Jiri Lukas, director of the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, has been awarded the prestigious international Leopold Griffuel Prize for his work on proteins role in cancer cells.

Researchers mapping your route from illness to illness

Studies in a complex data landscape now enable researchers to pinpoint very busy routes for widespread diseases such as cancer, arthritis and diabetes.

New research can improve heart health

For the first time, researchers at the University of Copenhagen and Rigshospitalet are able to show that a particular gene variant lowers the risk of arteriosclerosis by 41 per cent.

METABOLIC GENETICS

Scientists break the genetic code for diabetes in Greenland

New Danish genetics research explains the high incidence of type 2 diabetes in the Greenlandic population. The ground-breaking findings have just been published in the prestigious scientific journal Nature.

Researchers map parasite with promising effect on autoimmune diseases

Researchers have successfully mapped the genome of the whipworm parasite.

HIV patient nutrition more vital than once assumed

Access to HIV medication has significantly reduced the number of AIDS related deaths in Africa. Yet in a number of African countries one in four HIV infected still dies within the first few months of commencing…

internationalisation

International collaboration in medicines regulatory affairs

The Universities of Copenhagen, Basel, Hertfordshire and King’s College, London, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding whereby they will work together in harmonising programmes to produce a common Masters programme…

Gluten-free diet reduces risk of type 1 diabetes in mice

New experiments on mice show, that mouse mothers can protect their pups from developing type 1 diabetes by eating a gluten-free diet. According to preliminary studies at the University of Copenhagen, the findings may…

Experts disagree on horses with incoordination

At least one in 100 horses at some point in its life will lose the ability to control of its gait as a result of developing the neurological disorder ataxia. Once diagnosed with ataxia, the horse is often put down, or…

E-learning contributes to fight vicious worm

Tips for preparing a pork chop and good principles for free-range livestock are some of the scenes in a new digital learning program that researchers from the University of Copenhagen have developed and want to…

Stroke patients may benefit from new routines

People who have suffered a stroke often experience severe fatigue. But doctors find it hard to help these patients as their experiences of fatigue may not necessarily be caused by physiological problems.

Cosmetic treatment can open the door to bacteria

Many people have ‘fillers’ injected into their facial tissue to give them ‘bee-stung lips’ or to smooth out their wrinkles. Unfortunately, a lot of cosmetic treatment customers experience unpleasant side effects.

Medicinal chemistry

New sugar-test to reduce false-positive cancer diagnoses

The world’s most widespread test for ovarian cancer reports false-positives in 94 of 100 diagnosed cases. Now, chemists at the University of Copenhagen working with clinical researchers at University College London have…

Enzyme controls transport of genomic building blocks

Research from BRIC, University of Copenhagen, shows how the enzyme TLK1 turns a cellular carrier of genomic building blocks into a devoted fast-speed shuttle.

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT

3D scans map widespread fish disease

Seventy-five per cent of antibiotics in Danish fish farms is used to treat fish with enteric redmouth disease.