NLS Research

For the first time ever, researchers at Uppsala University, have been able to study the process in living cells, showing that it may be more complex than previously thought. In all living organisms, genes are regulated by proteins called transcription factors. The established model states that a gene is switched off as long as a […]

New study indicates that the environment has larger effects on genes than previously assumed. According to recent research, in which scientists from Karolinska Institutet have participated, show that what we eat can have effects on the genetic material and leaves traces in generations to come.  The study, published in BMC Genetics, has investigated whether large fluctuations in […]

In a study published in Nature Communications, researchers at Uppsala University and Karolinska Institutet present a new drug candidate which selectively kills dormant cells within a cancer tumour through starvation. These tumour cells, which are found in less oxygenated parts of solid tumours, are resistant to conventional treatments. In solid tumours larger than a few millimetres, […]

According to new findings from Karolinska Institutet the final stage of the normal inflammatory process may be disrupted in patients with Alzheimer’s disease. As with other neurodegenerative diseases, Alzheimer’s is characterised by an inflammatory process in the brain. Prolonged inflammation with the release of inflammatory and toxic substances can cause further damage and neuronal death. […]

Edlunska priset, handed out by the Royal Swedish handed out by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, goes to Erik Johansson. Johansson is Professor of medical chemistry and biophysics at Umeå University. The motivation for 2014 year’s award is for Johansson’s “development of a groundbreaking biochemistry and fundamental discoveries in eucaryotic DNA replication,” as stated by […]

An extensive sample of patients revealed new drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis particularly in Eastern Europe. The evolution and contagion methods of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacterium which causes tuberculosis were under scrutiny in a major international study with particular focus on Russian tuberculosis patients. The study sequenced the genome of the tuberculosis bacterium based on 1,000 patient […]