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New cancer gene discovered(19 Oct 2009) A new cancer gene has been discovered by a research group at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. The gene causes an insidious form of glandular cancer usually in the head and neck and in women also in the breast. The ...
New marker for Alzheimer's discovered(16 Sep 2009) Gothenburg researchers have discovered a previously unknown substance in spinal fluid that can be used to diagnose Alzheimer's disease. The findings, described in a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, will ...
Hormone therapy may confer more aggressive properties to prostate tumors(11 Jun 2009) Hormone therapy is often given to patients with advanced prostate cancer. While it is true that the treatment prevents growth of the tumour, it also changes its properties. Some of these changes may result in the tumour becoming more aggressive and ...
Newly Discovered Protein Inhibits the Formation of the Precursor to Alzheimer's Plaques(31 Mar 2008) Unexpected Discovery Made by Swedish Researchers within the Field of Alzheimer As of today, there is no cure or effective treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Swedish researchers have now through their discoveries opened up new possible strategies for potential treatment of the actual cause of the disease. These results have been ...
New discoveries about nitric oxide can provide drugs for schizophrenia(23 Nov 2007) Problems with memory and social function in patients with schizophrenia may result from an imbalance in the brain's nitric oxide system. A dissertation from the Sahlgrenska Academy shows that rats with characteristics of schizophrenia regain normal ...
A previously unknown coupling between obesity and diabetes(19 Oct 2007) Obesity increases the risk of developing diabetes, but nobody knows the details of why this is the case. Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy in Sweden have now identified a protein that may play a role in increasing the risk. The discovery may in ...
New method shows that neocortical nerve cells are not renewed(15 Aug 2006) Most bodily organs continually die and regrow a little at a time. It takes two years, for example, for all the cells of the liver to be replaced by fresh ones. Research from Karolinska Institutet now shows that there is one important exception to ...
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