NLS Research

Solna District Court is convicting the surgeon Paolo Macchiarini for one case of causing bodily injury, serious crime. Macchiarini is found not guilty in two other cases and convicted to suspended sentence. The surgeries went against “science and proven experience” but can be viewed as justifiable from the patients’ conditions. In the third case, there […]

Scientists at Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University have visualized in detail the machinery that the mitochondria use to form their proteins. The mitochondria convert energy locked in our food into a functional “energy currency” for the cells. They also have their own protein synthesis factories called ribosomes, which have a different appearance to those found […]

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have identified a new vaccine candidate against pneumococci, bacteria that can cause pneumonia, sepsis, and meningitis. The vaccine molecules comprise nano-sized membrane vesicles produced by the bacteria and provide protection in mice, a new study published in PNAS reports. A pneumococcal vaccine has been included in Sweden’s childhood vaccination programme since […]

In March 2022, the Wallenberg foundations announced financial support for the employment of Ukrainian scientists at Swedish universities. Following the launch of an open call targeting the SciLifeLab research environment, seven Ukrainian scientists are now recruited at four different universities (UU, UmU, KI, SLU). “At present, when the lives and plans of many Ukrainians are […]

Scientists at deCODE genetics have together with their Nordic collaborators published the largest genome-wide association study to date on rheumatoid arthritis (RA), including over thirty thousand cases and one million controls. The study is based on an extensive collaboration between researchers in six northwestern European countries and includes information on not only RA overall but […]

The Nobel Laureates in Medicine 2021 revealed the mechanisms that underpin the different sensations of temperature and touch. Their discoveries have led to a better understanding of how the nervous system codes sensory information, as well as triggering a myriad of exciting new questions.