Science - July 8, 2024
The genetics of obesity
Unfortunately genes do matter when it comes to obesity, but knowledge about these genes and how they work are key to improving treatment and prevention. “Over the past two decades, genetic association studies have identified hundreds of genetic variations that affect body weight. Individuals who inherit many of these variations are more susceptible to gaining […]
Profiles in Science - June 18, 2024
“I would like to push the field of cell therapy forward”
Anna Falk, Head of Lund University’s Center for Advanced Therapies (LU-ATMP) and principal researcher of the Department of Neuroscience at Karolinska Institutet (KI) shares insights into her research, her multi-faceted job, and her vision for the future of neuroscience. Anna Falk is a molecular biologist with a PhD in neural stem cells and adult neurogenesis. […]
Science - September 20, 2023
New study: How proteins’ structural changes contribute to aging
An international team of scientists led by the University of Helsinki performed comprehensive mapping of structural alterations in cellular proteins during the aging process. In the study published in Molecular Cell, the team mapped structural alterations in cellular proteins during the aging process and, in the process, identifying new ways aging impacts how cells hum […]
Business - May 16, 2023
From theory to therapy: Anti-obesity drugs
Up until recently the road for people suffering from obesity to lose weight was long and hard, often impossible, but a new breakthrough drug from Denmark has led to a paradigm shift. Worldwide obesity has tripled since 1975, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), and the World Obesity Federation estimates that there are 1.1 […]
Profiles in Science - May 10, 2023
“I fell in love with organic chemistry”
Carolyn Bertozzi, currently Anne T. And Robert M. Bass Professor at Stanford University, CA. USA, was awarded one of the three Nobel Prizes in Chemistry 2022. The other two Laureates, Morten Meldal of Denmark and K. Barry Sharpless of the U.S., laid the foundations for what today is known as click chemistry, a functional form […]
Science - April 26, 2023
Scientific research through an artist’s lens
The Royal Institute of Art and SciLifeLab have connected the creative minds of artists and scientists and the outcome of this fusion is explored in an exhibition at SciLifeLab campus. In February 2023, scientists and art students were given the possibility to present their respective fields to each other through the initiative Coalescence; Scientific research […]