NLS Research

Advanced techniques developed by the Copenhagen Center for Glycomics at the University of Copenhagen makes it possible to study cells in greater detail than ever before. The findings have just been published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry and may, in the long term, improve the treatment of high cholesterol. The researchers have studied an important […]

Researchers at Uppsala University have developed a new method to visualize gene damages that cause cancer. The method can be used to understand the development of cancer and improve future cancer diagnostics. The results of the study have been presented online in the Journal of Pathology. Gene mutations are the cause of cancer development. There […]

Recent discovery at the Technical University of Denmark on gut bacteria could lead to the development of new antibiotics and give better understanding of diseases and conditions. 500 previously unknown gut bacteria and more than 800 bacteriophages that have previously been unknown have been mapped by the scientists, meaning that all intestinal bacteria are now mapped. The study […]

Researchers have identified more than 100 positions in the human genome that can be connected to the risk of developing schizophrenia. An international research team, where scientists from Umeå University and Karolinska Institute take part, have presented a new study in Nature on the findings which could lead to new methods to treat the disease. […]

The interest for AstraZeneca’s summer research school 2014 that started at Gothenburg University on August 4 has been high reports the company. The waiting lists have been long and the school were out of vacancies quickly, according to AstraZeneca. 53 students aged 14-17 participates in laboratories, lessons and study visits which are held at the laboratories of […]

AstraZeneca has revealed the proposed designs for its new Global R&D Centre and Corporate Headquarters in Cambridge in the UK. “We are very excited to be able to reveal the plans for our new site in Cambridge today. Our aim is to create an open, welcoming and vibrant centre that will inspire our teams and partners […]