News about Health

Introducing Kelli Hvorecny

Interview with ISBUC's new PI - Assistant Professor Kelli Hvorecny from the Department of Biology.

A new method for analysing complex biotherapeutics

Victor Cheng Yin’s new project, DeMIST: Deciphering Biomacromolecular Heterogeneity by Single Molecule Mass Spectrometry has received 17.7 mill DKK from ERC as an ERC Starting Grant.

Decoding nature’s peptides to design the medicines of tomorrow

Understanding the human genetic variations in our peptides and hormones can give us a better understanding of drug binding and create new data for future drug discovery.

Obesity may disrupt the brain’s ability to sense blood sugar

Cells in the brain can sense a rise in blood sugar, however, in mice fed a high-fat diet, that response was largely lost, or reversed.

New group leader joining the Finsen Lab and BRIC will investigate tumour evolution in response to therapeutic pressure

As of 1 September 2026, Ferran Fece de la Cruz is appointed group leader in a joint position between the Finsen Laboratory and BRIC. Ferran comes from a position as Instructor in Medicine at the Krantz Family Center for…

Tune Pers promoted to Professor of Central Regulation of Metabolism

Tune joined CBMR as an Associate Professor in January 2016 and has since made a series of breakthrough discoveries into the biology downstream of obesity and type 2 diabetes risk variants, linking them to specific brain…

Antibody-drug conjugates offer a strategy for targeted elimination of Cutaneous T cell cancers

Researchers from the LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center (SIC) and collaborators have developed a new antibody-drug conjugate strategy designed to selectively eliminate malignant T cells in T cell cancers.

RS virus admissions among infants fall sharply following vaccine rollout

A new study from the University of Copenhagen and Nordsjællands Hospital suggests that Denmark's new RS virus vaccination programme for pregnant women may have dramatically reduced the number of infants hospitalised wit…

Myggetal.dk relaunched with a new design and updated vector-surveillance data

The University of Copenhagen’s Vector Group has relaunched Myggetal.dk, the public platform presenting results from the Danish surveillance of mosquitoes, biting midges and ticks. The redesigned website makes it easier…

Hansson H et al. Malar J (in press)

Team DRUGS manuscript accepted

CLEAR Network Meeting and Training in Tübingen

From 21 to 25 June 2026, the CLEAR network gathered at the University of Tübingen, Germany, for a combined network meeting and doctoral training event.

Inaugural lecture of Professor Carsten Kirkeby

On 14 August 2026, Carsten Kirkeby gave his inaugural lecture for his professorship in ecological disease modelling. Afterwards, a reception was held in the garden of the veterinary school, where colleagues from near an…

Oxidative stress: a new key player in T-cell lymphoma

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are natural by-products of cellular metabolism and play important roles in cell signaling. When ROS accumulate beyond the cell’s antioxidant capacity, however, they can damage DNA, proteins…

Natural Hazards fellowship visit extends to COPE student supervision

Learn about Dr Gabi Mocatta’s fellowship visit to COPE in June 2026.

"My toxic trait is throwing myself into risky situations"

Born and trained in Malawi, Bernadette Chimera qualified as a medical doctor at 21 and was heading towards a career in surgery when she kept meeting patients who were too malnourished to operate on.

Calcium supplements may slow bone loss in postmenopausal women

A new study from the University of Copenhagen shows that daily calcium supplementation in the years following menopause may help prevent loss of bone mass. Further it can help reduce the risk of osteoporosis. The…

Constipation is common in astronauts – blood tests provide new answers

Many things are different in space – including how the intestines work. Constipation is a known side effect of space travel, but until now we have known little about why it happens.

Hocke EF et al. Int J Parasitol Drugs Drug Resist 31: 100662, 2026

Team DRUGS paper published

Staying on diabetes medication is linked to fewer heart attacks and strokes

Adults with type 2 diabetes that don't take their medicine consistently has a 27 percent higher rate of heart disease according to new study. The effect hit younger patients even harder.

Cracking one of genomics' biggest puzzles: which DNA switches control which genes?

Understanding how genes are controlled is one of the biggest challenges in genomics. Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have now developed a computational method that predicts which regulatory DNA elements…

Lewis SN et al. eBioMedicine (in press)

Team SURFACE manuscript accepted

Toure M et al. Lancet Reg Health Africa (in press)

Team DRUGS manuscript accepted

Wittenberg B et al. Malar J (in press)

Team DRUGS manuscript accepted

Researchers uncover hidden mechanism behind congenital heart disease

The discovery of a signaling mechanism in the cells’ ‘antennae’ may help explain why some fetuses develop disease in both the heart and other organs, according to researchers from the University of Copenhagen.