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The external investigators has presented the results of their inquiry into Karolinska Institutet’s handling of visiting professor Paolo Macchiarini. Their report criticises KI on several counts, including that the recruitment of Macchiarini in 2010 and the extension of his contract in 2013 were pushed through improperly. The report also finds that KI cannot be completely […]

Karolinska Institutet responds to Heckscher report on the Macchiarini case. The findings of the Macchiarini case inquiry were presented on Monday to Karolinska Institutet’s board chairman Lars Leijonborg.  Commissioned by KI’s University Board, the inquiry was led by former Supreme Administrative Court President Sten Heckscher.  The report severely criticises KI’s handling of the case – […]

Thousands of genes and their interactions across tissues mediating cardiometabolic diseases have been identified. The research, published in Science , is a result of a joint collaboration between the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Tartu University Hospital in Estonia, Karolinska Institutet and Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab) in Sweden, and AstraZeneca. The identified […]

Oligodendrocytes, a type of brain cell that plays a crucial role in diseases such as multiple sclerosis, are more diverse than have previously been thought, according to a new study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. The findings, published in the journal Science , will help increase our understanding of diseases in which these […]

In a new study, researchers from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and from the Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) in France have identified epigenomic alterations that are associated with inflammation and type 2 diabetes. The findings, which are published in the journal Nature Medicine , help to explain how alterations of the epigenome […]

Karolinska Institutet (KI) is investigating another case of suspected scientific misconduct involving the researcher Paolo Macchiarini. The case concerns a scientific article in which Paolo Macchiarini is one of the authors. The issue was discovered during a review that the university is conducting to detect scientific misconduct. The current case concerns a scientific article published […]