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Physicists from the University of Copenhagen and doctors from Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, are investigating whether nanoparticles and laser light can replace chemotherapy in the treatment of malignant tumors. Researchers have found that when laser light strikes nanoparticles placed in a malignant tumor, the particles can get so hot that they burn the tumor away. While the results from tests on mice were […]

Life sciences company MSD (known as Merck in the U.S. and Canada) has entered into a strategic partnership with the University of Copenhagen and the Capital Region. The Capital Region is one of five regional governing bodies in Denmark assigned to region-wide issues such as health care. This strategic partnership comes soon after a similar agreement with Novartis […]

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 […]

A team of scientists from San Francisco has found a way to transport medication to fight Alzheimer’s disease through the blood-brain barrier in monkeys without serious side-effects. A Danish PhD student who is participating on the research team, Maria Selch Hersom, from the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Copenhagen, noted that it has […]

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 […]

Danish researchers have identified a particular genetic mutation that may cause ADHD and Parkinsonism in young people. In the a study, scientists at the University of Copenhagen and the Copenhagen University Hospital have looked closer at a special protein, the dopamine transporter (DAT). It is a transport protein, which controls the effect of dopamine by mediating re-uptake of released […]