News about Medicine

Lars Engelholm awarded prestigious grant to advance innovative pan-cancer therapy

Patients suffering from pancreatic cancer, as well as other cancer types, may face better treatment in the future. Researchers from BRIC and Rigshospitalet are awarded a 5 million DKK Frontier Grant by LF.

Physicians can significantly reduce antibiotic use – without compromising treatment

Some physicians prescribe far more antibiotics than others. But more frequent use of antibiotics doesn't benefit patients – and it can contribute to the antibiotic resistance that could soon kill millions of people…

Price increases for internal users in 2025

The Department of Experimental Medicine (AEM) is the University of Copenhagen’s facility for experimental animals. AEM is responsible for the housing and breeding of experimental animals, and the department offers…

New project will examine the surface properties of drug polyAmorphs

The project “Unraveling the molecular mechanisms of surface and bulk mobility in structurally related amorphous drugs” has received funding from NNF as part of the Project Grants in the Natural and Technical Sciences…

10th BBBB conference on Pharmaceutical Sciences in Tartu: deadline for final abstract submissions 31.5.2024!

We welcome you to the 10th BBBB Conference, “Today’s science, tomorrow’s healthcare” that takes place September 12th - 14th 2024 in Tartu, Estonia. The conference will offer opportunities to exchange scientific ideas an…

The next generation of weight-loss medicine is on its way

A groundbreaking paper in Nature describes a promising new therapy for obesity that leads to greater weight loss in mice than existing medications. The approach smuggles molecules into the brain's appetite centre and…

Charles River & The Jackson Laboratory Seminar Series

Date: May 13, 2024, 13.15-17.00 Location: Victor Haderup Auditorium, University og Copenhagen, Panum, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200 Copenhagen N The full programme is available here. Registration required.

Newsletter #1 2024

Please read the whole newsletter here. Renovation of SPF 10.4 – all breeding mice have been relocated to SPF 10.2 Introduction to policies Policy for survival surgery Policy for single housing of animals Expired…

Save the date for Turku Biomaterials Days 2024 - this year focused on Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications

With the support of Nordic POP, Åbo Akademi University, University of Turku, The BioCity Turku and Biomaterials and Medical Device Research Program are organizing the Turku Biomaterials Day 2024. "Turku Biomaterials Day…

The registration for 5th Nordic Conference on Paediatric and Orphan Medicines on May 14-15, 2024 in Helsinki is now opened!

The programme and registration for the 5th Nordic Conference on pediatrics and orphan medicines 14-15 May 2024, Helsinki, Finland is now launched. The conference, this time in #collaboration with the University of…

Taconic Colony Management Solutions

This could be a possibility if expansion of a breeding strain is necessary for your research during the refurbishment of AEM's SPF breeding facility, and AEM cannot find space for it. We hope to be able to welcome you…

Transnetyx genotyping services

One of the possibilities is to use an external service, like TransnetYX, and establish a Tag Center where ear punches can be collected and sent from. At this meeting information on this approach will be presented and…

Identifying and tracing fake drugs

Else Holmfred from IF is postdoc at Stanford University where she develops methods, not only to identify fake drugs, but also ultimately to trace where in the world the drug has been produced.

With regular exercise, medical weight loss treatment does not have to be permanent

For nearly a year, we have been debating weight loss drugs like Wegovy, Zepbound, Saxenda and similar products and what happens when people stop taking them. Are they able to maintain weight loss? A new Danish study…

SAVE THE DATE for 5th Nordic Conference on Paediatric and Orphan Medicines on May 14-15, 2024 in Helsinki

EU Paediatric Regulation (EC 1901/2006) came into force in 2007 with the aim to improve the health of the children in Europe by increasing the research and authorization of medicines for children and improving the…

Impact of contaminated biological material in animals' health and in research data

Do you value your research data so much to assume that it is not contaminated by pathogenic agents? Did you know that lab animals’ health and welfare is of vital importance in order to produce valid and reproducible…

Pioneering project to capture life in the stomach

A new two-year research project aims to explore the evolution of Helicobacter bacteria spanning 2 million years and a diverse array of host species. The study will investigate the important correlation between…

Follow-up on the renovation of Unit 10.4

You can read the entire announcement here.

InPharma & Nordic POP joint Drug Transport & Enabling Formulations Symposium 2024 takes place in June

Drug Transport & Enabling Formulations Symposium 2024 is jointly organized by InPharma & Nordic POP will take place on June 11th/12th, 2024 at the University of Southern Denmark, Odense Denmark. An international…

Joint meeting of pharmaceutical sciences, NMR spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry with synthetic and medicinal chemistry

It is our pleasure to announce Chemical Solutions for Biological Challenges - a joint meeting of pharmaceutical sciences, NMR spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry with synthetic and medicinal chemistry to take place in…

New project on philosophy of consumer medicine

The COPE project will investigate the epistemic, social, and ethical implications of Consumer Medicine.

Don’t expect cost savings from Precision Medicine

While genetic information may lead to better treatments, promises of cost savings are unfounded. Instead, a large additional bill is more likely, according to University of Copenhagen researchers.

Don’t expect cost savings from Precision Medicine

While genetic information may lead to better treatments, promises of cost savings are unfounded. Instead, a large additional bill is more likely, according to University of Copenhagen researchers.

Award of NordForsk grant for university cooperation within Pharmaceutical Translation and Innovation

The consortium received up to 20 MNOK in funding from NordForsk under their University Cooperation call and the new project commencing next year will be led by Professor Christel Bergström from Uppsala University. All…