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Scientists from the Vaccine & Gene Therapy Institute of Florida (VGTI)’s Center for Diseases of Aging (CDA) and Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet plan to host a first-time symposium Innovative Approaches to Diseases of Aging, Feb. 11-12. The symposium is scheduled for the VGTI Florida’s Tradition Center for Innovation in Port St. Lucie, Fla. The CDA at […]

A team of scientists from Uppsala University, Karolinska Institutet and Colorado State University have identified novel lipid-derived molecules associated with future coronary heart disease events. The study published in the journal PLOS Genetics examined the metabolic profile of blood samples from more than 3,600 individuals who have been followed for as long as 10 years. […]

According to a new register study in the scientific journal BMJ, researchers at Karolinska Institutet are able to dismiss previous claims that there is a link between the increased use of antibiotics in society and a coinciding rise in childhood asthma. The study includes half a million children and shows that exposure to antibiotics during pregnancy or […]

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have found that the human brain has more plasticity than originally thought, thanks to a type of support cell called the oligodendrocyte, which is critical to cell-to-cell communication in the nervous system. While earlier theories of brain plasticity have been based on lab animals, a study published in the […]

A type 2 diabetes clinical study from Karolinska Institutet showed lower blood glucose when using remote diabetes care system with patient app. The main finding reported by Professor Kerstin Brismar from Karolinska Institutet showed that by using the Triabetes smartphone app and TriabetesClinic online decision support service in Type 2 diabetes treatment long-term blood glucose […]

Professor Thomas Helleday at Karolinska Institute has been awarded the Erik K. Fernström Prize for younger medical researchers. Helleday is a professor at the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics and is now recognized for his discoveries of new targets for cancer therapy. Earlier this year a team of researchers, led by Professor Helleday, were […]