Uncategorized - January 17, 2018
Oxysterols stimulate specific immune cells in the large intestine to form lymphoid tissue
Cholesterol metabolites cause specific immune cells in the large intestine to move, which lies behind the formation of the immune system’s important lymphoid tissue in the intestine, reports researchers at Karolinska Institutet. “We have discovered that ILCs use a surface protein called GPR183 to sense the oxysterols, which attracts ILCs to specific sites in the […]
Collaboration - January 3, 2018
Unique genetic study launched in Finland
The research study, FinnGen, plans to tap into 500 000 unique blood samples collected by a nation-wide network of Finnish biobanks and aims to deepen our understanding about the origins of diseases and their treatment. ”All breakthroughs that arise from the project will eventually benefit health care systems and patients both locally and globally. The […]
Science article - January 1, 2018
Could chocolate lower risk of a heart condition?
Danish researchers link chocolate consumption and atrial fibrillation. Few people can resist chocolate. That’s why a paper from US, Canadian, and Danish scientists in Heart, from the British Medical Journal group, was hailed as good news. The study showed that regularly eating chocolate might reduce risk of atrial fibrillation (AF), which is an irregular heartbeat. Professor […]
Uncategorized - October 18, 2017
Researchers from Gothenburg has found new antibiotic resistance genes
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg have found several new genes that make bacteria resistant to last-resort antibiotics. The genes were found by searching large volumes of bacterial DNA and are published in the scientific journal Microbiome. The researchers found 76 new types of resistance genes. Several of these genes […]
Science article - October 12, 2017
Spinning silk – without the spiders
Spider silk proteins have medical and research uses and are remarkably soluble. Spider silk is lightweight, strong, and nontoxic. It has biomedical applications in surgery, transplants, and as a matrix for culturing cells. The genes for spidroins, which are spider silk proteins, are known. Generating fibers is challenging, however. To make spider silk in vitro, […]
Uncategorized - September 22, 2017
New findings on inflammatory bowel disease
Children who develop inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease) run a higher risk of cancer, both in childhood and later in life, reports a study from Karolinska Institutet published in The BMJ. Adulthood onset inflammatory bowel diseases such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease have been associated with an increased risk of bowel cancer. […]
