Health, Body & Mind

Ambitious new biomedical research programme at University of Copenhagen

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.

Health Axis Europe

University of Copenhagen joins European health elite

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…

Physical performance

Higher intelligence score means better physical performance

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…

Definitive scientific evidence to support earlier initiation of HIV treatment

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)…

Risk of COPD may already occur in adolescence

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…

NEW PhD PROJECT

Do children with ADHD benefit from nature?

A new PhD project seeks to investigate whether time in nature can be an effective supplementary treatment for children with ADHD.

Promoting the health benefits of football

Football’s impact on health and the Danish exercise concept of Football Fitness are key points on the agenda when the Copenhagen Centre for Team Sport and Health at the University of Copenhagen hosts the World Congress…

Danish discovery accelerates targeted cancer treatment

In collaboration with international scientists, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have developed a method to help shorten the road to better cancer treatment

Danish discovery may change cancer treatment

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have made a discovery that may change the way we treat cancer

New blood test can predict future breast cancer

By analysing a simple blood sample, scientists from the University of Copenhagen have succeeded in predicting if a woman will get breast cancer within two to five years. The method – a metabolic blood profile – is still…

Exercise can outweigh harmful effects of air pollution

New research from the University of Copenhagen has found that the beneficial effects of exercise are more important for our health than the negative effects of air pollution, in relation to the risk of premature…

Researchers reverse type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease

In a project co-funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation Centre for Basic Metabolic Research, researchers from Yale University have reversed type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease in rats

High levels of vitamin D is suspected of increasing mortality rates

The level of vitamin D in our blood should neither be too high nor to low. Scientists from the University of Copenhagen are the first in the world to show that there is a connection between high levels of vitamin D and…

Medicinal chemistry

Quick, easy and early diagnosis with rare earth ions

A chemist from the University of Copenhagen has invented a compound which measures oxygen in cells and other biological material with high precision. The novel method will make it possible to measure oxygen using the…

GLP-1 secretion is reduced in overweight, pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes

The world’s largest study looking at the secretion of the gut hormone GLP-1 has found that the secretion is reduced among overweight and obese people, people with pre-diabetes and newly diagnosed people with type 2…

Prestigious American award for Danish Professor Maiken Nedergaard

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has awarded scientist Maiken Nedergaard their oldest prize for a study that shows how the brain cleans itself during sleep.

University of Copenhagen and University of British Columbia share international professorship

Funding from the Lundbeck Foundation ensures joint professorship in drug delivery and nanomedicine between the University of Copenhagen and the University of British Columbia. The professorship will lead to the creation…

Innovative aging researcher gives us new view of older people

Professor Rudi Westendorp has for many years endeavoured to change the way society view older people in the Netherlands. He is one of the most cited researchers into ageing in Europe and has moved to the University of…

QUITTING SMOKING

Neuroscience researchers believe in quitting smoking gradually

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have studied the immediate reaction in the brain after quitting smoking.

Medicinal chemistry

New strategy to combat “undruggable” cancer molecule

Three of the four most fatal cancers are caused by a protein known as Ras. Now a group from the Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen discovered an effect that may lead to completely novel approaches to…