NLS Research

Researchers from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) have crafted a simpler procedure to determine if individuals have too many or too few genes, to assess their risk of developing cancer or genetic diseases.  Extra or missing genes can increase one’s risk of developing cancer. While people usually have two copies of each gene,  changes in the […]

A weak electric “noise” can adjust the balance and motor skills of patients with Parkinson’s disease, according to a study performed at Sahlgrenska Academy. Researchers working with NASA have developed a prototype of a portable electrical stimulation device that will be used in long-term studies of Parkinson’s patients in their homes. In a study involving 10 Swedish Parkinson’s patients, participants received an active […]

Physicists from the University of Copenhagen and doctors from Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, are investigating whether nanoparticles and laser light can replace chemotherapy in the treatment of malignant tumors. Researchers have found that when laser light strikes nanoparticles placed in a malignant tumor, the particles can get so hot that they burn the tumor away. While the results from tests on mice were […]

A group of Swedish researchers working at Uppsala University, the SciLifeLab in Stockholm and Uppsala University Hospital have discovered a faster way to identify a bacterial species and its susceptibility to antibiotics.  Bacteria signal whether they are resistant when they approach antibiotics. If they are resistant to a particular type of antibiotics they continue to grow normally. If they are […]

A new study from the University of Oslo has found that amphetamines are often used by men with physically strenuous jobs on the margins of the labor market. One of the study’s researchers, Willy Pedersen, professor in the Department of Sociology and Human Geography and expert on substance abuse, was surprised by the findings. “We […]

Medical researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy in Gothenburg, Sweden, have found a way to take stem cells directly from  blood to generate new vessels. About 25 milliliters of blood were sufficient to generate a new vein.  The new method accelerates the process and is far less painful than the past practice, which involved extracting stem cells from bone marrow. […]