News on life sciences
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New technique for analysis of protein activity in cells
15 augusti 2022
With MolBoolean, researchers at Uppsala University are introducing a new method which can extract more information from cell and tissue samples tha...
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Y chromosome loss causes heart failure and death from cardiovascular disease
15 juli 2022
Loss of the Y chromosome in blood cells of men is associated with disease and mortality, but no clear causal relationship has previously been ident...
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New hypothesis about crocodiles’ ears may help people with impaired hearing
05 juli 2022
Impaired hearing affects over 1.2 billion people worldwide. But crocodiles, who live almost as long as humans and can surpass 70 years of age, have...
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Discovery paves way for possible new cancer treatment
04 juli 2022
Radiopharmaceuticals that fight cancer are on the rise and Marika Nestor is contributing to their development. An antibody from her lab offers hope...
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Oral contraceptives and hormone therapy increase the risk of stroke
01 juli 2022
A new study from Uppsala University shows that oral contraceptives and hormone therapy at menopause increase the risk of stroke. The increased risk...
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E-infrastructure for life sciences receives SSF grant
29 juni 2022
Johan Rung, a researcher at Uppsala University and SciLifeLab, receives a grant of SEK 15 million for the project “En nationell e-infrastruktur för...
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New chemical biology method aims at more specific disease diagnoses
27 juni 2022
Are there more effective ways to detect diseases in biological samples than the standard ones today? A new method developed at Uppsala University s...
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New inherited retroviruses identified in the koala genome
17 juni 2022
Historic virus infections can be traced in vertebrate genomes. For millions of years, these genomes have been repositories for retroviruses that in...
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“Healthcare needs to undergo some pretty big changes”
14 juni 2022
Hello to Eva Tiensuu Janson, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy. You’ll be holding two seminars on precision medicine d...
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Newly discovered coronavirus common in bank voles
10 juni 2022
Researchers from the Zoonosis Science Center at Uppsala University have identified a new coronavirus. Their study of approximately 260 bank voles c...
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Gene variant influences risk for blood clots in covid patients
30 maj 2022
A gene variant in the natural immune system influences the risk for blood clots in the lungs of severely ill COVID-19 patients. This has been docum...
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Innovation Award for the Entrepreneurs behind Olink Proteomics
05 maj 2022
Ulf Landegren, Björn Ekström and Jon Heimer have been selected to receive Uppsala University's 2022 Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award, which wi...
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Trio behind Olink receives Uppsala University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award
03 maj 2022
Ulf Landegren, Björn Ekström and Jon Heimer, the key figures behind the successful biotech company Olink Proteomics, are the first recipients of Up...
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Insects in the Fyris river carried 33 different pharmaceutical substances
18 mars 2022
In a study of insects in the Fyris river, researchers identified traces of 33 different pharmaceutical substances. "In combination, these substance...
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Ancestors of legionella bacteria infected cells two billion years ago
16 februari 2022
Researchers at Uppsala University have discovered that the ancestors of legionella bacteria infected eukaryotic cells as early as two billion years...
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Promising molecule for treatment of COVID-19
11 februari 2022
Uppsala researchers have succeeded in designing a molecule that inhibits the replication of coronaviruses and that has great potential for developm...
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Genomic effects of inbreeding on Scandinavian wolves
10 februari 2022
For many years, researchers at Uppsala University have been exploring the genetic origins of the Scandinavian grey wolf population, which was found...
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CRISPR-Cas9 can generate unexpected, heritable mutations
08 februari 2022
CRISPR-Cas9, the “genetic scissors”, creates new potential for curing diseases; but treatments must be reliable. In a new study, researchers have d...
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Strong bonding - a long-term commitment or many brief relationships?
28 januari 2022
In an article in the scientific journal Science, researchers at Uppsala University show how a DNA-binding protein can search the entire genome for ...
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Less sleep may alter how intense exercise stresses the heart
28 januari 2022
In a new study, participants underwent an intense bout of exercise after both normal sleep and after three nights of curtailed sleep. When they exe...