Science Award - August 20, 2014
Award to Uppsala researcher and surgeon
Tomas Lorant, transplantation surgeon at Akademiska sjukhuset, Uppsala University Hospital, and researcher at Uppsala University, has received the Swedish Surgical Society’s research prize of 2014. He is given the award for his work in translational research within the area of transplantation. Lorant has conducted clinical studies in immunological risk assesment of kidney transplanted patients and […]
Uncategorized - June 19, 2014
Akademiska first on gene analysis prediction of serious side effects from statins
Akademiska in Uppsala is the first Swedish hospital laboratory to analyze a certain gene variety that can predict an increased risk of severe muscle side effects during statin treatment. Statins are a common group of colesterol lowering medicines, used by approximately one out of ten adults to treat increased blood lipids and to prevent cardiovascular […]
