COVID-19 - May 11, 2022
Increased risk of blood clots long after COVID-19
Several months after COVID-19, one is still at an increased risk of blood clot and bleeding, shows research from Umeå University. The researchers analyzed all COVID-19 cases in Sweden from the start of the pandemic until May last year. “The results underline the importance of people getting vaccinated against COVID-19 but also of healthcare providers identifying […]
COVID-19 - July 21, 2021
Two different types of COVID-19 vaccines provide good protection
A new study from Umeå University shows that a first dose of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine and a second dose of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine gives a good immune response against COVID-19. A combination of different types of vaccines also leads to a significantly higher level of antibodies compared to having two doses of the same […]
Funding - May 14, 2021
Swedish scientists receive prestigious grant to fight antibiotic resistance
Scientists at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Umeå University will receive a grant of 11 million USD from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The aim of the research project is to find new ways of treating bacteria infections without antibiotics and to study a potential new class […]
Uncategorized - May 13, 2019
Umeå researchers have found a new strategy for tuberculosis treatment
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine and Umeå University have found a molecular compound that prevents and even reverses resistance to the most widely used antibiotic for treating tuberculosis – isoniazid. The research team have discovered a molecule that in conjunction with isoniazid could potentially restore the antibiotic’s effectiveness in people with drug-resistant tuberculosis, […]
Uncategorized - March 3, 2017
Frozen chemistry controls bacterial infections
Chemists and molecular biologists at Umeå University have shown that two proteins that bind to one another slow down a chemical reaction central to the course of the disease in the bacteria Yersinia pseudotuberculosis. “The discovery paves way for new insights in the regulation of bacterial virulence. The results have given us a new opportunity […]
Uncategorized - October 27, 2016
New e-health lab for remote care
A new laboratory environment for e-health and care is being formed through a collaboration project between Sweden and Finland. The collaboration between Umeå University and the County Council of Västerbotten was initiated in order to establish a center for competence to support the development of new innovations within e-health and the spread of knowledge about […]
