NLS Research

A study by researchers from Denmark, Norway and Sweden demonstrated that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) can reduce the amount of symptoms in children diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).  The study involved 260 children and adolescents with OCD and almost half the children were entirely free of their OCD symptoms after the first phase of […]

Medicon Village, a Swedish cluster for life sciences, visited Wales’ new center for life sciences this month. The visit builds on a relationship which began 18 months ago when Life Sciences Hub Wales was chosen as Medicon Village’s first “twin.” The two organizations identified a number of areas where they can share knowledge and collaborate. […]

Researchers have found a virus in the pancreas of patients with type 1 diabetes. The discovery may offer the potential for both treatment and a vaccine. For many years it has been suspected that a virus is a possible cause of type 1 diabetes. A new study has found a virus present in the pancreas […]

According to a new register study in the scientific journal BMJ, researchers at Karolinska Institutet are able to dismiss previous claims that there is a link between the increased use of antibiotics in society and a coinciding rise in childhood asthma. The study includes half a million children and shows that exposure to antibiotics during pregnancy or […]

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have demonstrated that selenium – naturally found in garlic and broccoli – slows down the body’s over-response to certain cancers that leaves patients feeling weak. The findings, which could improve cancer treatment, have been published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. Cells undergoing change, such as precursors of cancer […]

Scientists from Uppsala University, the Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab) in Stockholm and Uppsala University Hospital have developed a new method of rapidly identifying which bacteria are causing an infection and determining whether they are resistant or sensitive to antibiotics. The findings are now being published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology. ‘Clinical use of […]