NLS Research

The parasympathetic nervous system appears to be formed in a way that is different from what researchers previously believed, according to new research from the Karolinska Institute. The new study, published in the journal Science, alter a fundamental principal of our understanding of how the peripheral nervous system develops in the body. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet […]

Italy will contribute with SEK 999 million to the construction of the European Spalliation Source in Lund. The amount is equivalent to six percent of the total cost which now is estimated to EUR 1.8 billion. Spain and France have previously announced that the two countries also will contribute. Sweden, Denmark and Norway will together […]

The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation invests up to SEK 600 million during a ten-year period in the program Wallenberg Clinical Scholars. The aim with the boost is to maintain high quality in healthcare with cutting-edge clinical research in Sweden to keep up with the international competition. “Our objective is to boost Swedish clinical research by […]

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have for the first time identified a gene driving the development of pernicious adipose tissue in humans. The findings imply, which are published in the scientific journal Cell Metabolism, that the gene may constitute a risk factor promoting the development of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. Adipose tissue […]

The origin of each type of cancer is a small group of stem cells that drives the disease development. The gene mutations driving cancer have been tracked for the first time in patients back to a distinct set of cells at the root of cancer – cancer stem cells. The international research team, led by […]

Construction group Skanska has signed a deal with Akademiska Hus to build a new laboratory for Karolinska Institutet. The order regards the building of a ninth floor laboratory for medical research at the Karolinska Institute Campus in Solna, north of Stockholm, and will contain approximately a total of 17 000 squaremeteter work space. The laboratory […]