News about Health

The Faculty of Social Sciences allocates funding for emergency research on COVID-19

The Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Copenhagen allocates funding for researchers interested in studying COVID-19 with the purpose of helping citizens and authorities in the coming weeks and in relation t…

Coronavirus: Measures for students, staff and visitors to the Faculty of Social Sciences

The University of Copenhagen has decided to take a number of precautions. Naturally, these also apply to the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Paradise Under Pressure

Paradise Under Pressure – new podcast series reveals the consequences of increased tourism in Zanzibar.

Community-directed interventions against schistosomiasis in Malawi

A research project in Malawi sets out to test the effectiveness of community-directed interventions against schistosomiasis.

Scientists pinpoint brain coordinates for face blindness

Danish and Norwegian researchers have moved one step closer to understanding where face blindness stems from in the brain.

29-year-old Danish physicist helps pioneering Harvard researchers understand cancer

The result is a major step forward towards understanding and preventing cancer. The new knowledge could even be used for detecting problems within cells before cancer develops.

Niels Grarup wins Leif C. Groop Award for Outstanding Diabetes Research

CBMR's Niels Grarup has won the Leif C. Groop Award for Outstanding Diabetes Research for his work with the increase in type 2 diabetes in Greenland.

New tool opens up old data and discovers novel links between exercise and health

MetaMEx pools data from 66 studies that examined the impact of exercise on gene behavior in muscles and holds enormous potential.

Young scientists from Department of Neuroscience win prizes for best poster presentations at NeuroGrad Winter School 2020

Young scientists from Department of Neuroscience won 1st (Sara Lolansen, MacAulay lab) and 3rd (Maite Marcantoni, Kiehn lab) prize for best poster presentations. Sara also received the 3rd prize for best abstract.

Researcher discovers terrifying epilepsy demon on 2,700-year-old clay tablet

A 2,700-year-old cuneiform tablet from ancient Iraq describing medical treatments has suddenly revealed a secret – a hitherto overlooked drawing of the demon that the ancient Assyrians thought caused epilepsy. It is the…

Ancient “Chewing Gum” Yields Insights into People and Bacteria of the Past

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have succeeded in extracting a complete human genome from a thousands-of-years old “chewing gum”.

Inside the CBMR (un)Conference

On November 29, CBMR came together for its first (un)Conference, a teambuilding day with sessions that were crowdsourced entirely by the staff themselves.

Birgitte Rahbek Kornum receives DKK 4.5 Mio. from the Carlsberg Foundation

Associate Professor Birgitte Rahbek Kornum has been awarded the Carlsberg Foundation Young Researcher Fellowship of DKK 4.481.103 for the project ‘Neuronal regulation of sleep and wakefulness during sickness’. The…

Global Health Case Challenge 2019: And the winners are...

The winners of the Global Health Case Challenge 2019 are...

Chinese activists protest the use of traditional treatments - they want medical science

In China, traditional Chinese medicine has the same status in the health system as modern medical science. This has led thousands of science activists to protest that the state neglects its duty to treat its citizens…

Chinese activists protest the use of traditional treatments - they want medical science

In China, traditional Chinese medicine has the same status in the health system as modern medical science. This has led thousands of science activists to protest that the state neglects its duty to treat its citizens…

New discoveries map out CRISPR-Cas defence systems in bacteria

For the first time ever, researchers at the University of Copenhagen have mapped how bacterial cells trigger their defence against outside attacks. This could affect how diseases are fought in the future.

Department of Neuroscience receives DKK 55 million from the Lundbeck Foundation

The Lundbeck Foundation has decided to support five projects at Department of Neuroscience which all aim at finding the cause for different brain diseases. Prof. Ulrik Gether and Assis. Prof. Freja Herborg receive DKK…

From Thule Air Base to Gala Dinner at D’Angleterre

Internationalisation in education creates unique opportunities for students. Global health student, Alina Aiesha Khan, recognised for her work on arctic health issues in the US military.

A concussion can cost your job - especially for the young and well educated

According to a large new study a seemingly harmless concussion can cause the loss of a job - especially for patients who are in their thirties and for those with a higher education.

Risk and unnaturalness cannot justify EU’s strict policy on GMO

The EU’s policy on GMO is extremely strict and prevents new GMO crops from being authorized. The policy is based on arguments about the risk and unnaturalness of GMO plants – but these arguments cannot justify the…

Researchers establish global microbial signatures for colorectal cancer

A team of researchers find patients with colorectal cancer have the same consistent changes in the gut bacteria across continents, cultures, and diets.

Celebration of 100 year anniversary of August Krogh's Nobel Prize

Novo Nordisk Foundation supports August Krogh Club to arrange a series of seminars and symposia in celebration of the 100 year anniversary of August Krogh's Nobel Prize in 1920.

The importance of social relations in healthy aging

Sociologist and demographer Lisbeth Loft examines the role of social environment factors and genetic predispositions in healthy aging.