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Outsourcing in Clinical Trials Nordic in Copenhagen, 9 – 10 of September 2015, offered a stronger presence from both the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. The event has established itself as the leading clinical outsourcing-specific event in the Nordic countries and now returned for its 3rd year to Copenhagen. The Outsourcing in Clinical Trials Nordic […]

A new report from the European Commission shows that Danes hold the European title of being most open to the use of robots, an attitude that makes Denmark a highly attractive place for testing and introducing new welfare and health technology, also to foreign companies. 84 percent of the Danes generally have a positive view of robots according to the […]

A new study published in the journal Annals of Neurology suggests that the vagus nerve — which connects the brain with he abdominal tract — may transport Parkinson’s disease from the stomach up to the brain. If the nerve is severed early, the occurrence of Parkinson’s can be halved, the research shows. According to Elisabeth […]

Researchers at iNANO at Aarhus University are testing a type of “scaffolding” made from biodegradable nanofibers that takes over for structures in the body that hold cells together and support body tissue. “So far we’ve tested it on mice and rats. But there’s still some way to go before we can use this scaffolding on […]

Scientists have devised a new method for predicting whether a woman will develop breast cancer within two to five years. “The method may not be perfect, but it’s seriously good,” says Rasmus Bro, co-author of the study and professor of chemometrics at the Department of Food Science at the University of Copenhagen. “At the same […]

A consultant and his colleague at the laboratory department at the University of Southern Denmark discovered bacteria they had never seen before in a sample taken from a patient with blood poisoning.  “We ran a number of comprehensive DNA analyses in an attempt to find out what we had found,” explains Ulrik Stenz Justesen, an […]