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Unique method creates correct mirror image of molecule
23-05-2013
Many molecules have a right and a left form, just like shoes. In pharmaceuticals, it is important that the correct form of the molecule is used. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have been able to produce the one mirror image by using crystals with special properties. This can have ...
KI becomes first university in Sweden to offer open online courses for a global student audience
23-05-2013
A new partnership with educational platform edX means that Karolinska Institutet has become the first university in Sweden to offer internet-based courses to hundreds of thousands of students around the world. “This means that we have put ourselves way ahead of the field as we meet the ...
Successful results in developing oral vaccin against diarrhea
23-05-2013
The University of Gothenburg Vaccine Research Institute (GUVAX) announces successful results in a placebo controlled phase I study of an oral, inactivated Escherichia coli diarrhea vaccine. Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) bacteria are the primary cause of diarrhea in children living ...
A new European Consortium to boost our understanding of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
22-05-2013
The Inflammatory Bowel Disease characterization by a multi-modal integrated biomarker study (IBD-Character) Consortium is a collaborative effort to advance our understanding of the inflammatory bowel diseases Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease and to increase diagnostic precision in ...
Cells must use their brakes moderately for effective speed control
16-05-2013
How cells regulate their own function by "accelerating and braking" is important basic knowledge when new intelligent medicines are being developed, or when plant cells are tweaked to produce more bioenergy. In a study published by Nature Communications, researchers at Uppsala and Umeå ...
Unethical advertising at launch of antidepressants
06-05-2013
The new feature of the antidepressant drugs of the 1990s was that they had milder side-effects than their predecessors. Combined with aggressive marketing, this meant that annual sales in Sweden increased from just under EUR 18 million to over EUR 100 million in the space of just a few ...
Mammograms reveal response to common cancer drug
24-04-2013
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed a method for assessing the effect of tamoxifen, a common drug to prevent the relapse of breast cancer. The key lies in monitoring changes in the proportion of dense tissue, which appears white on a mammogram, during treatment. Women who show ...
New light shed on early stage Alzheimer's disease
24-04-2013
The disrupted metabolism of sugar, fat and calcium is part of the process that causes the death of neurons in Alzheimer's disease. Researchers from Karolinska Institutet have now shown, for the first time, how important parts of the nerve cell that are involved in the cell's energy metabolism ...
Swedish study suggests reduced risk of dementia
22-04-2013
A new Swedish study shows the risk of developing dementia may have declined over the past 20 years, in direct contrast to what many previously assumed. The result is based on data from the SNAC-K, an ongoing study on aging and health that started in 1987. “We know that cardiovascular disease ...
Registry-based research – a challenge of great potential
12-04-2013
Research using registry data can contribute a great deal to the improvement of health and healthcare. Sweden is uniquely positioned in this respect, but the resources remain under-exploited, and there are methodological and financing problems that need resolving. Extensive databases in the ...
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