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Medical treatment of fatty liver may be possible thanks to omega-3 fatty acid nanoparticles

Non-alcoholic fatty liver is a widespread disease because of the common occurrences of obesity and type-2 diabetes in Europe, particularly in Denmark.

Nanna MacAulay receives LF Scientific Enrichment Prize 2023

Professor Nanna MacAulay has personality tests at the ready and an eye for diversity when putting together research teams. Her work testifies to the importance of different perspectives, methods, disciplines and…

Vegetables and legumes can prevent heart conditions

A vegetarian or vegan diet can help prevent high cholesterol and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, which is the most frequent cause of death among people above the age of 50.

Nanna Dalgaard

Ph.D., Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen

Wild foods contribute to women’s nutrition during the lean season

Around the world poor people struggle with food insecurity. In some countries, food that grows naturally in forests and on common land (wild food) is relied upon to supplement the daily caloric intake. Researchers from…

Michael Ploug receives research grant to study the breakdown of fat in the smallest blood vessels

BRIC/Finsen Group Leader, Michael Ploug, and his Network Receives a Research Grant to Study the breakdown of fat in the smallest blood vessels.

Daria Ropac

Cand. scient. (human biology), Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen

New Grant: Mapping Perceptual Presence

Søren Overgaard and Mads Gram Henriksen have received 6.2 million DKK from the Independent Research Fund Denmark for an interdisciplinary project exploring perceptual presence.

A secret sibling of fat cells could hold new clues to understanding fat’s role in cardiometabolic diseases

Scientists have discovered a new type of cell, SWAT, which can transform into fat cells depending on the microenvironment.

Ann Skafte

Cand. scient. (human biology), Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen

Hidden mechanism connects cancer and diabetes

Insulin resistance is usually associated with type 2 diabetes. Now researchers have found it in cancer patients and learned that it can cause cancer to spread faster.

Research priorities for mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings for the years to come

Wietse Anton Tol from the University of Copenhagen has developed a consensus-based research agenda that outlines the top 20 research questions that key stakeholders in the field feel should be answered in the current…

Researchers reverse stunting in children, challenging WHO recommendations

At present the WHO does not recommend nutrient supplements for children with stunted growth – a health problem that affects more than one in five children under the age of five globally. The rationale is that supplement…

Group leaders Jesper B. Andersen and Claus S. Sørensen appointed professors

Group Leader Jesper B. Andersen has been appointed professor in translational hepatology by June 1st 2023. Jesper B. Andersen has been a group leader at BRIC since 2014. The goal of Andersen Group is to unravel the…

Brain scientist receives the Anders Jahre Award for discovering the brain’s cleaning system

Professor Maiken Nedergaard receives the prestigious medical Anders Jahre Award 2023 for her ground-breaking brain research which has led to the discovery and description the brain’s cleaning system, the glymphatic…

Hidden mechanism connects cancer and diabetes

Insulinresistens er normalt noget, man forbinder med type 2-diabetes. Men nu har forskere opdaget det hos kræftpatienter, og det kan have betydning for, hvor hurtigt kræften spreder sig.

George Mtove

Ph.D., Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen

ISBUC researchers receive 8 grants from DFF

This spring, no les than 8 ISBUC researchers have received project grants from Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond (DFF).

Mark Bergholt Cuadrado

M.Sc. (Biochemistry), University of Copenhagen

Louise Wellmann Thomsen

Cand. scient. (biology), Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen

Modern humans arrived in Southeast Asia 40,000 years earlier than we thought

An international research team jointly lead by Globe Institute show one of the earliest modern humans migrations out of Africa.

Sarah Wellmann Thomsen

Cand. scient. (biology), Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen

New ISBUC collaboration to develop cyclic peptides for acid-sensing ion channels

ISBUC sits down with Principal Investigator Stephan Pless (ILF), Henriette Autzen (BMI) and Joe Rogers (ILF) to find out how they went from meeting at an ISBUC event to landing a DFF Project grant in under two years.

Memory killer cells could help improve survival for melanoma patients

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and Karolinska Institutet have shown that people with better survival in melanoma also have high levels of such memory killer cells in cancer tissue.