News about Health

The world’s oldest RNA extracted from woolly mammoth

New research offers a unique insight into the lives of mammoths during the last Ice Age.

Martinez-Vega R et al. BMC Infect Dis 25: 1547, 2025

Team DRUGS paper published

National Congress of the Italian Society of Microbiology SIM 2025

Sally Waheed Yousief presented a poster at the National Congress of the Italian Society of Microbiology (SIM 2025, Catania, 19–22 September)

STAPHGBI2025

Sally Waheed Yousief presented at the Staphylococcus Great Britain and Ireland (StaphGBI) 2025 Conference (Leicester, 24–25 June)

Three researchers at SUND are Ascending Investigators

Lundbeck Foundation has named Jean-Francois Perrier, Carmelo Bellardita and Jannick Prentø Ascending Investigators.

Two Ascending Investigators

Professor Jean-Francois Perrier and Associate Professor Carmelo Bellardita have been named Ascending Investigators by the Lundbeck Foundation.

Watch: Co-Creation of Mosquito Control Solutions in Zanzibar Hospitals

Din internetbrowser understøtter ikke iframes. Det betyder, at videoen Co-Creation of Mosquito Control Solutions in Zanzibar Hospitals ikke kan afspilles. Conventional vector control tools, such as insecticide-treate…

DGHM–VAAM 2024

Sally Waheed Yousief presented at DGHM–VAAM 2024 (Würzburg, 2–5 June).

Genetics and gill microbes work together to shape salmon disease resistance

A new open-access study reveals that both the genes of Atlantic salmon and the microbes living on their gills play crucial roles in how the fish resist Amoebic Gill Disease - a major health problem in aquaculture caused…

Independent Research Fund Denmark funded four new research projects

Professor Bente Frølund, Professor Lennart Bunch, Associate Professor Umberto Maria Battisti and Professor Stephan Pless recently received funding from the DFF 1 call.

National Congress of the Italian Society of Microbiology (SIM 2024) Pavia

Sally Waheed Yousief presented a poster at the National Congress of the Italian Society of Microbiology (SIM 2024, Pavia, 8–11 September)

New Approaches to Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Conference Ascona

Sally Waheed Yousief participated in the “New Approaches to Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria” Conference (Ascona, 9–13 June 2024).

Nordic Zebrafish Network meeting 2025

Nordic Zebrafish Meeting on 12 - 14 November 2025 in Stockholm, Sweden.

Elhassan I et al. Malar Control Elimin 14: 05, 2025

Team SURFACE paper published

Jessica Preston joins CMP

Jessica joins the TANZANIA team

DNA Repair's Hidden Cost: Why 'Fixed' Cells Never Fully Recover

New publication in Science.

Innovation, Law, and Ethics in International Bioscience – Bill of Health Digital Symposium

CeBIL is pleased to share the conclusion of a special digital symposium on AI in Medicine, published on the Bill of Health blog hosted by the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at…

Developing advanced mass spectrometry imaging techniques for visualizing peptide drugs

Independent Research Fund Denmark funds a DFF1 project about new MSI techniques for visualizing peptide drugs.

DFF funds four research projects at Department of Neuroscience

Independent Research Fund Denmark funds four new research projects at the Department of Neuroscience under the call “DFF-Research Project 1”.

Eberl EE et al. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 22: 27, 2025

Team TANZANIA paper published

Manisha Nair: Improving women’s cardiometabolic health in pregnancy

Meet Manisha Nair, a newly appointed Professor of Global Health at the Global Health Section, University of Copenhagen.

Expansion of CGEN

In 2025, we welcomed Fena Ochs and Niels Erik Møllegaard and their laboratories to CGEN

New Study: Cancer Diagnosis Triggers Existential Crisis and Search for Meaning

A cancer diagnosis significantly increases patients’ need to reflect on life’s big questions and find meaning in suffering - especially during the first six months after diagnosis, according to a new study. The…

Zorana Jovanovic Andersen elected Advocacy Council Chair of the European Respiratory Society (ERS)

ERS is the world’s largest respiratory society, bringing together over 35,000 lung health professionals—including clinicians, nurses, and scientists—from more than 160 countries, all dedicated to improving lung health…