NLS Research

Transplanting mouse stem cells from fatty tissue to the same mouse can reduce damage from a heart attack, researchers at the University of Oslo discovered.  During a study, stem cells were transplanted into the neck of the mice. After some time the researchers induced a heart attack in the mice in a controlled environment, subsequently testing heart function […]

Researchers in the department of biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Southern Denmark have discovered how cells responsible for storing fat can be converted into cells that burn fat.  Scientists identified a protein that activates specific genes to reprogram the fat cells to burn fat instead of storing it.  The findings are an important step in […]

Finland is one of the best countries in the world for conducting biobank research, according to Olli Carpén, Professor of Pathology at the University of Turku. It offers the opportunity to collect population-based, comprehensive samples for many disease groups, notes Carpén.  “Finnish people have a very positive attitude towards medical research. Consenting to give a […]

Many Ebola patients in Africa could be saved if they were infused with salts and fluids, said Professor Anders Perner of Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, in an article in the Lancet. “It has taken us too long to acknowledge that we could save a lot of lives in West Africa by very simple means,” says […]

Eating bilberries reduces the negative impact of a high-fat diet on the body, according to a study performed at the University of Eastern Finland. Bilberries were shown for the first time to lower both blood pressure and nutrition-derived inflammatory responses. Low-grade inflammation and elevated blood pressure are often associated with obesity-related diseases. The study focused on […]

A research team from Finland thinks it knows why about 800 people out of the more than 30 million who received GlaxoSmithKline’s Pandemrix developed narcolepsy. Comparing Pandemrix with Arepanrix, a vaccine used in Canada with the same adjuvant, the researchers found that Pandemrix had more of one structurally altered viral nucleoprotein–a disparity lead researcher Outi […]