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‘Voluntary’ solitary confinement makes prisoners in Danish prisons ill

Eight per cent of prisoners in Danish prisons choose so‑called voluntary solitary confinement to avoid violence from other inmates. However, this ‘voluntary’ isolation is unregulated, and many vulnerable prisoners…

A Continent of Innovation and Solutions: What the World Health Summit Regional Meeting Nairobi Said About Climate and Health in

After the World Health Summit Regional Meeting in Nairobi, Nick Baumgart finds one message to be clear: Africa is bearing the consequences of a polycrisis it did little to create. A $30 billion annual health financing…

Getting the right dosis of stroke medicine into the brain

Every year, millions of people suffer a stroke, and in Denmark alone, 12.000 people suffer a stroke on a yearly basis. While doctors can restore blood flow, the drugs that can protect the brain from damage have not been…

New investment to democratise access to genomics technology

Up to DKK 95 million in funding from the Novo Nordisk Foundation will enable the implementation of the Genomics Research Infrastructure (GRI) and ensure open access to advanced functional genomics technology and…

Uncertainty-based communication fuels vaccine scepticism

Even small changes in official health communication can have major consequences for both trust and behaviour regarding vaccination. This is shown by an international study using US data.

ADVANCE moves to large-scale trials after successful feasibility studies

Over the past year, ADVANCE project has successfully completed six feasibility studies across multiple European sites.

Rukman Manapurath: Early-life determinants of cardiometabolic disease

Meet Rukman Manapurath, a postdoctoral fellow at the Global Health Section, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen.

Ilboudo H et al. PLoS One 21: e0348192, 2026

Team DRUGS paper published

Mothers without specific fatty acid in the blood more often have children with asthma

A small molecule in the blood of pregnant women is linked to children’s risk of developing childhood asthma and respiratory infections, a new study shows.

First psychiatric admission marks the beginning of a long-term illness for most patients

By following a group of young people with mental health problems for 20 years, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have found that as many as 95 per cent come into contact with hospital psychiatry again. At th…

Kone M et al. Lancet Infect Dis 26: 451-463, 2026

Team EPITOPE paper published

Two Ph.D. defenses highlight advances in translational neuroscience

Peter Brøgger defended his PhD thesis, “ “Epigenetic basis of glial differentiation arrest in Huntington’s disease” and Søren-William Hardam Nohns defended his PhD thesis, “Molecular Dissection of Intrinsic Dysfunction…

Maria Protano was guest on the PhD Pod Podcast

She talked about antimicrobial resistance and her research as part of the CLEAR Doctoral Network

Gut microbes might hold the key to chicken growth and health

A new open-access study published in ISME Communications sheds light on how gut bacteria may influence the growth and health of chickens - important research with great implications for global food production.

Aberese-Ako M et al. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (in press)

Team DRUGS manuscript accepted

How do you do co-creation in global health? Start with this kit.

A new open-access starter kit designed to guide researchers and practitioners in applying co-creation in global health, specifically in low-resource settings, has been launched.

Stone age population collapse revealed by DNA study in France

DNA analyses of ancient skeletons show that a Stone Age population in present-day France collapsed around 5,000 years ago and was replaced by people migrating from southern Europe, according to a new international study…

SIC's Annual Activity Report 2025

The LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center (SIC) has released its Annual Activity Report 2025, highlighting a year marked by scientific progress, strategic investments, and strengthened international…

Marie Claire Akitan visits CMP

Marie Claire visits SURFACE team 16/04-16/06/2026

Shayo MJ et al. Virology 619: 110861, 2026

Team DRUGS paper published

Brain scan can reveal the risk of psychiatric hospitalisation

The brain’s reaction to negative emotions may help predict which people with depression or bipolar disorder are at heightened risk of psychiatric hospitalisation, according to new research from the University of…

Gene sharing keeps life’s genetic code stable

A new paper in the Cell Press journal Trends in Genetics is challenging one of biology’s oldest assumptions: that the genetic code’s near-universality is simply a frozen accident of early evolution. Instead, researchers…

Olivier Rubin Publishes new Book: Chronic Crises: An Exploration of Crises with No End in Sight

The book explores six such cases, namely famine, starvation, antimicrobial resistance, climate change, COVID-19, and HIV/AIDS. While very different in nature, they share a common feature: their endings are unclear,…

When the system cracks, what emerges?

This year's film festival theme is 'Emerging': When the system cracks, what emerges? A moment to question, reflect, and see things differently.