Uncategorized - July 20, 2020
Treating brain disorders with lasers
In the research project NEUROPA Oulu researchers utilize recent progress in photonics, neuroscience and medicine to develop a non-invasive means of modulating specific neural pathways in the brain. The ultimate goal of the NEUROPA research is to provide treatment and alleviate the long-term brain dysfunction in certain neurodegenerative conditions, such as Huntington’s or Alzheimer’s disease. […]
Uncategorized - July 17, 2020
Swedish research paves way for new Alzheimer’s therapies
Neuroscientists and stem cell researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a research model that allows studying human hippocampal neurons, the brain cells primarily affected by Alzheimer’s disease pathology. The study has been published in Stem Cell Reports. 3-D hippocampal tissue-like structures In Alzheimer’s disease the hippocampus, a brain structure that regulates motivation, emotion, learning, […]
Column - July 16, 2020
Making a stand for gender equality
Last fall Young Academies from the Nordic and the Baltic countries published a joint statement on gender equality in academia with the aim to engage the new generation of researchers. The statement grew out of the first Nordic-Baltic meeting for Young Academies held in Stockholm last year, with the purpose to identify initiatives and strategies […]
Uncategorized - July 9, 2020
She is the new Torsten Söderberg Professor
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded Birgitta Henriques Normark the Torsten Söderberg Academy Professorial Chair in Medicine – a SEK 10 million grant over a period of five years. Common respiratory bacteria carried in the nose by healthy children, can sometimes cause life-threatening infections. Henriques Normark, Professor at the Department of Microbiology, Tumor […]
Clinical Trials Medtech - June 22, 2020
Random Walk Imaging announces positive data
Random Walk Imaging (RWI) has announced positive data from a study in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients using the company’s scanning method and software protocol. Data from the study, which was conducted at the Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, demonstrated a significant improvement in the sensitivity of MRI images to disease […]
Science article - June 20, 2020
How to succeed with heterologous genes
Scientists at the Technical University of Denmark upend conventional wisdom about introducing new genes into bacteria. Why do some foreign genes work well in a new host and some do not? The reasons are critical for synthetic biologists who add heterologous genes to bacteria. The issue is clinically relevant, since bacteria gain antibiotic resistance through […]
