NLS Denmark

Denmark is the most digital country among the 28 EU member states according to the Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) 2017. 94% of Danish citizens are online and actively engaged in the use of a variety of online services, making their digital skills highly advanced. The Digital Economy and Society Index highlights Denmark as […]

Researchers working at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and University of Southern Denmark have managed to produce short synthetic DNA analogues – oligonucleotides – that bind direct to the gene that is mutated in Huntington’s disease and prevent the production of a protein that damages the nerve cells. The discovery, published in the journal Nucleic Acids Research, opens the […]

Last week, the Danish Government officially announced its candidacy for hosting the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in Denmark. ”The Danish Medicines Agency is excited about the Danish Government’s decision. The EMA is the most important European coordination forum in the pharmaceutical field, and Copenhagen offers a visionary and innovative life science cluster. Major international pharmaceutical […]

Maersk Tower, the new home of the University of Copenhagen´s Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, was inaugurated a few weeks ago. The building will among other things be the center of the University of Copenhagens research and education activities within the fields of cancer, obesity and diabetes, cardiac disorders, vaccines, dementia and ageing. Concrete, […]

The newly started company GlycoDisplay has discovered how to alter the properties of proteins by changing their sugar structures – a discovery that could help pharmaceutical producers optimize their products. GlycoDisplay is a spin-out from SUND at the University of Copenhagen and specialises in changing sugar structures in proteins, thus improving their capacity to treat illnesses. […]

Aarhus University and the Central Denmark Region will create a new joint genome data centre in Aarhus which will establish a strong foundation for research within genetic causes of common diseases and how to prevent them. Aarhus University and the Central Denmark Region are already working in close corporation within research-based treatment to be used […]