Health, Body & Mind

HEALTH

2015.03.10

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

2015.03.09

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…

Diabetes

2015.02.26

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…

Prize

2015.02.12

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.

Health

2015.02.05

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…

Healthy Aging

2015.02.03

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

2015.01.27

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

2015.01.26

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…

RESISTANCE

2015.01.21

New type of antibiotic resistance living in hiding

New research from the University of Copenhagen shows how MRSA bacterial strains under special circumstances can withstand higher concentration of antibiotics.

Protein

2015.01.14

University of Copenhagen on track to becoming a global hub for protein research

The Novo Nordisk Foundation has decided to award an additional grant of DKK 180 million (€24.2 million) to The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research at the University of Copenhagen.

obesity

2015.01.13

The obese can teach us how to lose weight

New research shows that patients who have been through gastric bypass surgery can teach us important lessons about weight loss: if we are to change our eating habits, we need to take into consideration the experiences w…

Neuroscience

2015.01.13

Danish Researchers one-step closer towards a cocaine antidote

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have gained new insight into future medical treatment against cocaine addiction.

Biopharmaceuticals

2015.01.06

New drug design enhances brain signalling by a factor of 1,000

Chemical-biological research from the University of Copenhagen sheds light on important communication processes in the brain by means of new effective molecules that improve the starting point provided by nature by more…

health

2014.11.24

Selenium compounds boost immune system to fight against cancer

Cancer types such as melanoma, prostate cancer and certain types of leukaemia weaken the body by over-activating the natural immune system. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have now demonstrated that…

Health

2014.11.19

Low vitamin D levels increase mortality

New research from the University of Copenhagen and Copenhagen University Hospital shows that low blood vitamin D levels increase mortality.

JUNIOR RESEARCHERS PROJECT

2014.11.17

Junior researchers take unconventional routes

All four winners of this year's Junior Researchers Project and Minister of Education Christine Antorini and UCPH rector Ralf Hemmingsen. The University of Copenhagen today named four upper-secondary school students as…

Healthy Aging

2014.11.05

High-fat diet postponing brain aging

New Danish-led research suggests that signs of brain aging can be postponed in mice if placed on a high-fat diet.

ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS

2014.10.27

Adverse drug reactions in children following use of asthma medications

In a new study based on EU adverse drug reaction reports, researchers at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Southern Denmark now document that children's use of asthma medications may result in serious…

Bacteria

2014.10.17

Scientists opens black box on bacterial growth in cystic fibrosis lung infection

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have shown for the first time how bacteria can grow directly in the lungs of Cystic fibrosis patients.

ageing

2014.10.08

Active ageing is much more than exercise

To equate active ageing strictly with health is too narrow a focus, new research from University of Copenhagen shows; the elderly can reap social and health benefits from activities that do not necessarily conform to…