Health, Body & Mind

Vaccine

2019.05.03

Needleless vaccine will protect children from dangerous viruses

Orally administered vaccine can protect millions from hepatitis B. Oral vaccines are both safer and less expensive than injections. Therefore, researchers are continuously pursuing ways to produce an oral vaccine that i…

GMO

2019.04.24

Risk and unnaturalness cannot justify EU’s strict policy on GMO

The EU’s policy on GMO is extremely strict and prevents new GMO crops from being authorized. The policy is based on arguments about the risk and unnaturalness of GMO plants – but these arguments cannot justify the…

VIRTUAL REALITY

2019.01.08

In VR boys learn best when the teacher is a drone - girls learn better from virtual Marie

The teacher is just as important in a virtual learning environment as in a normal classroom, but a new study shows that boys and girls differ greatly in terms of how they learn best.

LIFE EXPECTANCY

2018.10.30

Rich people don't live that much longer than the poor

New research results challenge previous findings of huge differences in life expectancy between the rich and those at the bottom of the income scale.

D-FACTOR

2018.09.26

Psychologists define 'the dark core of personality'

As results from a recently published German-Danish research project show, traits as egoism, machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy, and sadisme share a common ‘dark core’. So, if you have one of these tendencies, you…

Department of Food Science

2018.09.03

New research shows how children want their food served

Getting children to eat their food is a challenge for many parents but new research from Future Consumer Lab at at the University of Copenhagen could help. It turns out that children have different preferences for how…

Erhoff Prize

2018.05.18

Dean Ulla Wewer Rewarded for Unselfish Effort for Research in the Health and Medical Sciences

An excellent researcher, a quality-conscious and unselfish leader and a future-oriented promoter of Danish health and medical research. On 18 May Dean Ulla Wewer from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the…

FOOD research

2018.04.26

Researchers “assassinate” disease-causing bacteria with virus cocktail in a model of the small intestine

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have succeeded in targeting and killing a single bacterial species (E. coli) without causing harm to the surrounding community of commensal bacteria in a simulated small…

Basic Research

2018.04.26

Sugar Control Cell Absorption of Bad Cholesterol

Sugar or carbohydrates affect cells’ ability to absorb and remove bad cholesterol – LDL in the blood. This new knowledge is the result of research conducted at the University of Copenhagen, which for the first time at…

Fertility

2018.04.13

China needs babies

Anthropological study shows a Chinese fertility industry on the rise.

Brain Research

2018.02.02

Low doses of alcohol may help clean the brain

Low levels of alcohol consumption can tamp down inflammation in the brain and help clear away toxins, including those associated with Alzheimer’s disease. This shows a new study conducted in mice, which appears in the…

Artificial Intelligence

2018.01.11

Artificial Intelligence Can Reveal Your Body’s ‘Real’ Age

New artificial intelligence can determine your biological age with great precision. It can reveal whether lifestyle changes and medicinal products can increase your chances of living a long and healthy life. This is the…

Weight loss

2017.12.22

Study: Structured daily habits may be the key to lasting weight loss

New findings from a small study at the University of Copenhagen suggest that people who structure their own systematic rules for eating, and adhere to them regardless of feelings of hunger and satiety, are markedly…

Cell Research

2017.12.14

Cellular Reprogramming fuels Wound Healing in the Intestine

A large international collaboration headed by researchers at the University of Copenhagen has identified an essential mechanism that controls wound healing in the intestine. The new discovery shows that the cells in the…

Cycling

2017.11.01

Riding the Bike to Work Is Just as Effective as Leisure Time Exercise

A new study conducted at the University of Copenhagen shows that inactive, overweight people can lose fat mass just as effectively by riding the bike to work than by exercising in their leisure time. It is a…

The future of medicine

2017.10.31

Researchers map trends in drug development

One third of all drugs on the American market act on the same kind of important cell receptor – the G protein-coupled receptors. A major mapping of these drugs by the University of Copenhagen and Uppsala University foun…

Drug Research

2017.09.26

The Effect of Ibuprofen on the Nervous System

The popular pain-relieving medication ibuprofen plays a role in our nervous system. For the first time, researches from the University of Copenhagen have now been able to determine how the drug works in the nervous…

Stem Cell Research

2017.09.25

A new role for Insulin as a Vital Factor in Maintaining Stem Cells

New research conducted at the stem cell centre, DanStem, at the University of Copenhagen shows that insulin is a key determinant of embryonic stem cell potency in mammals. When large amounts of Insulin are around, stem…

Antibiotics resistence

2017.09.08

Researchers Break Resistant Bacteria’s Defence Against Antibiotics

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have discovered a method with which antibiotics can have an effect on pathogenic bacteria that are naturally resistant to treatment. In brief, the method targets the…

Exhibition

2017.09.05

Sugar Sweet Theatre Unites Art and Research

What happens when art studies research? For the exhibition Sugar Theater artists have created four works of art on sugar in cooperation with researchers from the University of Copenhagen. The result is an unusual…