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2015 - Molecular mechanisms and novel treatment of cardiovascular complications in diabetes - John Pernow - Karolinska Institutet
Diabetes is one of the main risk factors for developing cardiovascular disease. A key reason for this is poor functioning of the...
2015 - A new mechanism for body weight regulation - Claes Ohlsson - University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska Academy
Obesity is a growing public health problem worldwide with more than one billion overweight and 300 million obese people according to WHO....
2015 - The role of the immune system in neonatal brain injury: Molecular mechanisms and new targets for treatment - Carina Mallard - University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska Academy
Being born prematurely increases the risk of brain damage, cerebral palsy and impaired cognitive and social functions. Prematurity is a...
2015 - Personalized specific cell therapy for patients with glioblastoma and pancreatic cancer - Markus Maeurer - Karolinska Institutet
Many studies show that T cells infiltrating tumor tissue have the ability to specifically recognize tumor cells. The treatment of cancer patients, using...
2015 - Studies of pathogenetic mechanisms leading to new treatment options in kidney diseases - Diana Karpman - Lund University
The overall objective of this project is to study molecular mechanisms and develop new treatment options for certain kidney diseases. Starting from...
2015 - Associative learning and timing in the cerebellum - Germund Hesslow - Lund University
Memories are based on learned associations. The photo of a boat evokes its name, perhaps the smell of the sea. The sight of sheet music in...
2015 – Torsten Söderberg’s Academy Professorship in Medicine 2016 – Göran K. Hansson – Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The Chair shall promote internationally leading research in the field of medicine by enabling the holder to devote full-time time to the...
2015 - How do we experience the body as our own? Research on cerebral cortex mechanisms - Henrik Ehrsson - Karolinska Institutet
Bend your head forward and look down at your body. You see two arms, two legs, a stomach and a chest. ....
2015 - Does loss of chromosome Y in men cause cancer and Alzheimer's disease? - Jan Dumanski - Uppsala University, Sweden
Women and men have different sets of sex chromosomes; women have two Xs and men have one X and one Y chromosome....
2015 - Financing firms, households and nations after the crisis - Pehr Wissén - Swedish Institute for Financial Research
The SIFR organizes an annual conference on a theme in financial economics. The theme for 2016 is financing of companies, banks and...
2015 - Spices and Socks: Global and Peripheral Consumption Patterns 1600-1850 - Marie Ulväng - Uppsala University, Sweden
What role did Swedish manufactures, abundance regulations and the Norwegian border trade play in the consumption patterns of farmers in inland Sweden? In the forested and...
2015 - Why are wages in the financial industry so high? Causes and implications - Per Strömberg - Stockholm School of Economics
The wages of employees in the financial services industry have increased dramatically since the 1980s relative to other industries in a large number of countries. In one...
