News about Health

DNA in Viking poop sheds new light on 55,000-year-old relationship between gut companions

Using stool samples from Viking latrines, researchers at the University of Copenhagen have genetically mapped one of the oldest human parasites – the whipworm. The mapping reflects the parasite’s global spread and its…

Podcast: The PFAS problem - From Fanø to Flint

Professor Lisbeth E. Knudsen contributes to podcast about health and clean drinking water in Denmark

Lærke Smidt Gasbjerg receives the Young Researcher Award from the Bagger-Sørensen Foundation

Postdoc Lærke Smidt Gasbjerg has received the Young Researcher Award from the Bagger-Sørensen Foundation for her research in whether gut hormones can be used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes.

New book: Global Health in a Danish Context

The book has a specific focus on inspiring a debate about the opportunities and challenges that globalization entails for health, health professionals and health practices in Denmark.

Seeking parallels in the new trends and paradigms in contemporary arts and social research in (Global) Mental Health

by Felipe Szabzon ruruHaus, Central Office of Documenta Fiftheenth, Kassel – Authors own image This summer I visited two great exhibitions: The “Documenta Fifteenth” in Kassel, Germany, and the “Forensic Architecture …

Physician-patient match matters

Ida Lykke Kristiansen from CEBI and her co-author Sophie Yanying Sheng from University College San Diego have investigated the importance of the match between primary care physicians and patients.

Warring genetic parasites could lead to new defenses against dangerous bacteria

Plasmids – a type of autonomous genetic parasites in bacteria – are armed with a previously unknown arsenal of CRISPR-Cas "gene tools" that are frequently deployed to combat other plasmids, according to research from th…

New DDSA Fellow will improve the predictions of protein variants using machine learning methods

Richard Michael is one of the first ten candidates to receive the prestigious PhD fellowship from the Danish Data Science Academy (DDSA). He will be conducting research within protein engineering at the Machine Learning…

Hologenomics viewed through a mathematical lens

A recent paper published by researchers from Center for Evolutionary Hologenomics (CEH) and collaborators on a strategic model of a host-microbe-microbe system not only reveals the importance of a joint host-microbe…

More Danes quit smoking during COVID

Danish smokers bought less tobacco and more of them quit smoking than usual during the COVID pandemic, according to new research from the University of Copenhagen. The result comes as a surprise given that mental health…

8th International Caparica Conference on Analytical Proteomics 2022

The Conference was held in July 2022 and Dina Al Nahhas was awarded for best poster presentation.

ICOPA 2022

MAVARECA-II and BSU-III scientists at ICOPA 2022, Bella Center, Copenhagen

Bogdan Cristinoi

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

New gene technology can reveal how well medicine works. Behind it, you will find the new company BioPhenyx

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have started a new company which, on the basis of gene technology, shall make the development of medicine faster and more precise. According to the researchers behind the…

New publication from study in international journal

The overlooked paradox of the coexistence of overweight/obesity and anemia during pregnancy

N. Meltem in keynote: Antidepressants increase children’s test scores

At the fifth Essen Economics of Mental Health Workshop that took place on July 18-20 N. Meltem Daysal was invited to give keynote along with Janet Currie.

Professor receives honorary award for 11-year-old study that has been cited more than 2,800 times

In Denmark, we are famous for our register-based research, and now Professor Elsebeth Lynge – one of the pioneers in the field – receives the honorary 10-Year Impact Award. However, new work procedures threaten Danish…

Redesigning mRNA vaccines with new project

Professor Camilla Foged from Department of Pharmacy has received one mill. DKK from Novo Nordisk Foundation for the project “Design of novel lipid nanoparticles for next-generation mRNA vaccines”.

Considering the microbiota of mice can dramatically reduce the number of animals to be used in diabetes studies

Globally, there is a call for reducing the number of animals for research. On the other side.....

"It’s really nice to be able to spread my wings and not just work in the lab."

Emilie Glad Bak joined CBMR as a PhD Student working on human microbiomes and viromes, and after she joined SNIPR Biome to setup their Scientific Affairs division.

Researchers crack the code to muscle generation

In a new study, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have identified a protein that the body uses to generate muscle mass and have even succeeded in artificially triggering it.

Rationale for combination therapy in acute myeloid leukemia

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a highly heterogeneous disease for which there is an unmet need for improved targeted therapies. In a new study, the Olsen Group and collaborators use phosphoproteomics to devise rational…

Fur trading in Viking Age Denmark is now proven: ‘The black furs are worn by Arab and non-Arab kings’

For the first time, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have found 'smoking gun' evidence that Denmark participated in international fur trading in the Viking Age. Fur was an international status symbol for th…

The lives of premature babies are threatened by sugary nutrition

Many prematurely born infants are given sugary parenteral nutrition as it has so far been the belief that it was good for their development. But new research from the University of Copenhagen performed on pigs shows tha…