Uncategorized - April 16, 2020
Disease prevention and cancer screening would benefit from genomic risk assessment
A new Finnish study has demonstrated the benefits of large-scale genomic information in estimating the risk of onset for cardiac diseases, diabetes and common cancers. The findings, based on the FinnGen research dataset encompassing more than 135,000 Finns, show that new tools based on genomic data are helpful in identifying high-risk individuals not identified by […]
Uncategorized - April 15, 2020
A quartet with a brain monitoring mission
Timo Koskela, Eero Väyrynen, Ilkka Juuso and Jukka Kortelainen are developing AI tools for the analysis of brain function in intensive care – and they are enjoying their journey as entrepreneurs. A few years ago, Dr Jukka Kortelainen was doing his residency at the Department of Clinical Neurophysiology at Oulu University Hospital. His work included […]
Uncategorized - April 2, 2020
HiLIFE scientist receives prestigious grant
Assistant Professor Juha Saarikangas at HiLIFE, University of Helsinki, has been awarded the Young Investigator Grant of the Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) to study cellular aging from a new angle. Saarikangas leads the Cellular Individuality group at the Helsinki Institute of Life Science (HiLIFE) at the University of Helsinki Viikki Campus in Finland. His research group is also […]
Uncategorized - March 25, 2020
Aarhus University and the pharma industry collaborate on open innovation
The basic idea behind the Open Discovery Innovation Network (ODIN), a pilot project that will be a free space for the next three years, is to improve Denmark’s ability to convert research results into new products and solutions. Without the restrictive framework of patents, ODIN will boost and use the collective thinking and creativity of […]
Uncategorized - March 12, 2020
Low-dose aspirin linked to reduced liver cancer risk
Researchers from Karolinska Institutet and Örebro University Hospital in Sweden and Massachusetts General Hospital in the US have published new findings about the risks of developing liver cancer. Among adults with chronic viral hepatitis at high risk of liver cancer, those who took low-dose aspirin long-term were less likely to develop liver cancer or to […]
Uncategorized - March 12, 2020
A better understanding of the human brain
An international team of scientists led by researchers at Karolinska Institutet has launched a comprehensive overview of all proteins expressed in the brain, published in the journal Science. The open-access database offers medical researchers an unprecedented resource to deepen their understanding of neurobiology and develop new, more effective therapies and diagnostics targeting psychiatric and neurological […]
