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

Researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm are developing a serological test for COVID-19 antibodies. The test would be used to ensure whether individuals have had the disease,

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

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

Three coronavirus projects coordinated by researchers at Karolinska Institutet have moved onto the grant negotiation phase in a bid for 9 million euros (95 million kronor) in EU funding. The

Parts of tumor tissue, which is normally discarded in cancer surgery, bear information about the disease, and studies at the University of Gothenburg show that this has been unexploited. This

A new epidemiological study from Lund University and Skåne University Hospital in Sweden shows that there is a connection between high levels of the gastrointestinal hormone GIP in the blood,

Professor Ed Boyden has won the Lennart Nilsson Award 2019 for developing a new technique called expansion microscopy. But his research expands beyond this discovery, for example into the exciting

A common and inexpensive drug may be used to counteract treatment resistance in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), one of the most common forms of blood cancer. This is

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Tampere University have developed a method based on artificial intelligence (AI) for histopathological diagnosis and grading of prostate cancer. The AI-system has the potential to

Scientists at SciLifeLab have provided medical research with a detailed description of the proteins in human blood. Published in the journal Science, the Blood Atlas resource is the latest database

As weather warms, heart attack risks may decline, says a Lund University study. Heart attacks seem more common in winter, doctors have long observed, including in a nearly 100-year-old clinical

A new scientific study showing how fish behavior is being changed by pharmaceuticals entering water habitats after being incorrectly disposed highlights the urgent need for research into the impact of

A novel map of all proteins secreted to human blood is described in a paper by Mathias Uhlen et al. entitled “The Human Secretome”, published in the journal Science Signaling.

Sarah McGarrity’s research focuses on endothelial cells, which are important for blood pressure and clotting, and her findings might give us a better understanding and lead to treatments for conditions