Health, Body & Mind

All cells protect themselves from the environment using very thin but ultra-strong membranes. In order to let useful molecules (nutrients etc.) go through the membrane, cells use ‘gatekeeper molecules’ called…

What if there is good reason to believe the greatest risks of climate change lie beyond 2050? This question is asked in a comment in the medical journal The Lancet by Professor Alistair Woodward, Head of Epidemiology an…

Entirely new approach for designing insulin-based pharmaceuticals could open the door for more personalized medications against Type 1 Diabetes.

Infection with the nematode parasite Mansonella perstans is one of the most neglected of the neglected tropical diseases. A team of researchers have mapped areas of high risk of M. perstans infection in Uganda and…

Researchers at the Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, have discovered an unknown reaction for cancer battling Hadron therapy...

There is increasing evidence that parents’ lifestyle and the environment they inhabit even long before they have children may influence the health of their offspring. A current study, led by researchers from the Novo…

Intestinal bacteria change their composition and function when diabetic patients are treated with the drug metformin.

Department of Food Science at University of Copenhagen is part of the consortium "FoodNexus" (formerly Foodbest), which is currently developing an application for the status of a European innovation alliance – a…

Persons with facial paralysis often experience difficulties in their social interactions because they lack facial expressivity. A new study shows that alternative communication strategies significantly improve…

Physically fit seniors expend as much energy as Tour de France cyclists. New Danish research shows that age is no obstacle to performing at a maximum for a longer period of time. The Department of Biomedicine and the…

Plant science has a necessary but not sufficient role to play in meeting the global food security challenge, conclude the Dr. John S. I. Ingram from University of Oxford and Professor Dr. John R. Porter from University…

Danish researchers have found that the ability to produce insulin is pivotal to the success of weight loss surgery in patients with type 2-diabetes. The study provides a better point of departure for advise and…

The hunt for a vaccine against malaria in pregnant women has provided an unexpected side benefit for Danish researchers, namely what appears to be an effective weapon against cancer. The scientists behind the vaccine ai…

He is one of the writers behind top box office films like Fasandræberne (The Pheasant Killers), A Royal Affair and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. For the first time, screenwriter Rasmus Heisterberg will now step into…

Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood (COPSAC), led by Professor Hans Bisgaard, University of Copenhagen, receives 2 million US dollars from the American National Institutes of Health (NIH), for a Danish…

The Novo Nordisk Foundation has awarded a grant of DKK 60 million for an ambitious new research programme in clinical proteomics at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, University of Copenhagen.

Knowledge, growth and visions for future health. These will be the keywords when the University of Copenhagen formally becomes part of the strategic alliance 'Health Axis Europe' on Thursday 27 August 2015 at 14.00. The…

New research reveals a distinct association between male intelligence in early adulthood and their subsequent midlife physical performance. The higher intelligence score, the better physical performance, the study…

Final results from two landmark studies bolstered the scientific case for initiating HIV treatment soon after diagnosis, and an additional study shed new light on the non-daily use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)…

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of most common causes of death in the world today - active smoking accounting for approx. 85% of all cases. Yet ground-breaking research from the University of…