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Ancient riddle solved: Danish researchers find a way to make faba beans safe for all to eat

Consuming large amounts of faba beans can be dangerous for about 400 million people due to a compound called vicine, which accumulates in the beans. This limits their potential as a widespread, sustainable source of…

Ancient riddle solved: Danish researchers find a way to make faba beans safe for all to eat

Consuming large amounts of faba beans can be dangerous for about 400 million people due to a compound called vicine, which accumulates in the beans. This limits their potential as a widespread, sustainable source of…

The Weight of an Olympic Medal

It can have negative consequences for the individual athlete when we focus more on the performance than the person behind. Because what happens when the moment the athlete has based his or her identity on is over?

Covid-19 clinical trials ignore gender differences

Although the coronavirus affects men and women differently, most clinical trials do not mention sex/gender, a new analysis of 4,420 studies concludes. Ultimately, it can influence the treatment negatively.

From CBMR to Intomics: Julia Villarroel

Julia Villarroel is a bioinformatics scientist at Intomics, a Danish company that uses insights from big biomedical data to help pharmaceutical companies develop new drugs.

New in ISBUC: Eva Kummer

Eva Kummer is one of the newest members of ISBUC. In April 2021, Eva was recruited as an Associate Professor in the Structural Biology Group at the Centre for Protein Science, UCPH.

The sense of smell in older adults declines when it comes to meat, but not vanilla

Contrary to what science once suggested, older people with a declining sense of smell do not have comprehensively dampened olfactory ability for odors in general – it simply depends upon the type of odor. Researchers at…

Understanding the transborder implications of volcanic eruptions using a holistic approach

The webinar was hosted by the Copenhagen Center for Disaster Research (COPE) and held on 10 June 2021. Dr. Amy Donovan, University Lecturer at the Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, discussed recent…

Researchers test virtual reality as a tool for promoting vaccination

234 random passersby got the opportunity to try a new virtual reality game, when researchers from the University of Copenhagen visited Fælledparken to test the efficiency of VR technology within health information.

Researchers test virtual reality as a tool for promoting vaccination

234 random passersby got the opportunity to try a new virtual reality game, when researchers from the University of Copenhagen visited Fælledparken to test the efficiency of VR technology within health information.

DMP knowledge base - a consolidated understanding of social media and crowdsourcing in disaster management processes

New report reviewing Social Media & Crowdsourcing (SMCS) in Disasters calling for a more people-centred approach.

New method provides unprecedented insight into the biology of cells and disease

Researchers have developed a method for identifying distinct cell states by using proteomic profiles, thereby ensuring that tissue can be very accurately characterized to assist in making clinical decisions.

Using personalized medicine to avoid resistance to leukemia treatment

T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia is an aggressive cancer type that mostly affects children. The standard treatment is chemotherapy, but about one in four patients do not respond or develop resistance to this. Now,…

Ashamed of shaming? Stories of managing, deflecting, and acknowledging shame after committing image-based sexual abuse

PhD Fellow Sidsel Kirstine Harder has contributed to the journal First Monday with the article 'Ashamed of shaming? Stories of managing, deflecting, and acknowledging shame after committing image-based sexual abuse'. Th…

A student solution for Brazil's mass vaccination problem

A multidisciplinary team consisting of five students from Global Health, Global Development, and Medicine represented the University of Copenhagen at the 2021 Emory Morningside Global Health Case Competition.

Basketball Mathematics scores big at inspiring kids to learn

New study with 756 1st through 5th graders demonstrates that a six-week mashup of hoops and math has a positive effect on their desire to learn more, provides them with an experience of increased self-determination and…

Our personality traits explain how we perceive and react to COVID-19

Both Danes and Germans with prosocial personality traits are more likely to follow health recommendations, while people with traits that make them more susceptible to negative emotions are more likely to see COVID-19 as…

We need to rethink the healthcare sector

The conference on chronic conditions at the UCPH revealed a growing interest in the everyday lives of chronic patients. The job is now to make improved quality of life a matter of priority, says Ayo Wahlberg, one of the…

New Global Health Case Challenge: Improving quality of care at birth in the wake of COVID-19

There is a new student case challenge in town! University of Copenhagen is re-launching its popular international Global Health Case Challenge in collaboration with three Nordic universities.

The fight against diarrheal diseases in Bangladesh

Rebeca Sultana has spent the last six years investigating diarrheal diseases including cholera transmission in a low-income urban community in Dhaka. Read her story here.

Failing to see the wood for the trees may be preventing better outcomes in cardiovascular disease

Managing single risk factors like blood pressure rather than looking at overall risk may be wasting scarce resources in countries where cardiovascular disease (CVD) is on the rise, according to a new study.

Researchers discover how to control zinc content in plants: Could help the world’s malnourished

Over 2 billion people worldwide are malnourished due to zinc deficiency. Led by the University of Copenhagen, an international team of researchers has discovered how plants sense zinc and use this knowledge to enhance…

New project looking to enhance young people’s climate crisis awareness, agency and action in Tanzania

Researchers from the sections of Global Health and Health Services Research have been awarded DKK 12 million from the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The University of Copenhagen gathers medical anthropologists for a conference on chronic conditions

With close to 500 participants, the Chronic Living conference on 4-6 March will be one of the largest medical anthropological events on record.