NLS Research

Nordic Life Science has interviewed many Nobel Laureates, and among them a few Nordic ones.

A Finnish-led international research team has discovered novel gene variants that increase the risk of a rare but severe lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. The results also demonstrate notable genetic similarities with susceptibility to severe COVID-19 infection, reports HiLIFE. The study, led by the University of Helsinki, identified seven previously novel genetic risk factors. Only […]

Scientists at deCODE genetics in Iceland have discovered rare, protective loss-of-function variants that point to potential drug targets for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Last week, the scientists published a large genome-wide association study on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in Nature Genetics. Sequence variants that associate with NAFLD were identified, including rare, protective loss-of-function […]

This weekend most countries in Europe will spring backward one hour. We take a closer look upon how our inner clock regulates critical functions like behavior, hormone levels, sleep, body temperature and metabolism. Daylight Saving Time (DST) is not removed in 2022 despite the fact that the European Parliament voted to end daylight saving time in […]

An investigational stem cell-based therapy for the treatment of Parkinson’s Disease, STEM-PD, has been given regulatory approval for a Phase I/IIa clinical trial. Ethical approval of the trial has already been obtained from the Swedish Ethics Review Authority, and the team, led from Lund University is thereby ready to proceed with the trial, they state. […]

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022 is about making difficult processes easier, describes the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. “This year’s Prize in Chemistry deals with not overcomplicating matters, instead working with what is easy and simple. Functional molecules can be built even by taking a straightforward route,” says Johan Åqvist, Chair of the Nobel […]