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Turning down the thermostat seems to make it harder for cancer cells to grow, according to a study in mice by researchers at Karolinska Institutet. The study, published in the journal Nature, found that chilly temperatures activate heat-producing brown fat that consumes the sugars the tumors need to thrive. Similar metabolic mechanisms were found in […]

The Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF) has awarded a 195  million DKK grant for establishing a national, brickless Danish Diabetes and Endocrine Academy (DDEA) with an executive office based at Odense University Hospital. The purpose of the Academy is to develop and strengthen the quality of Danish diabetes and endocrine research and research-based education. The Academy […]

There are so many benefits for patients and society, but also for the healthcare itself, from performing clinical trials. So why are the sponsor initiated trials so hard to bring about? And how come that lack of resources is the most common reason for not performing clinical trials, when the clinic is more than well […]

Solna District Court is convicting the surgeon Paolo Macchiarini for one case of causing bodily injury, serious crime. Macchiarini is found not guilty in two other cases and convicted to suspended sentence. The surgeries went against “science and proven experience” but can be viewed as justifiable from the patients’ conditions. In the third case, there […]

Scientists at Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University have visualized in detail the machinery that the mitochondria use to form their proteins. The mitochondria convert energy locked in our food into a functional “energy currency” for the cells. They also have their own protein synthesis factories called ribosomes, which have a different appearance to those found […]

When celebrating it’s 10-year anniversary next year, the conference organizers of NLSDays have decided to try out Copenhagen and the newly renovated Bella Centre for the first time. After several years in Stockholm only and a handful of years in either Stockholm or Malmö, where NLSDays will be held September this year, SwedenBIO and the […]