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2011 - Conference on "Real Estate Finance" - Anders Anderson - Swedish Institute for Financial Research
The Institute for Financial Research conducts high-quality research in applied financial economics. Through open seminars and conferences, the institute disseminates research results and...
2011 - The role of regulatory T cells and gut bacteria in reducing the risk of allergy - Anna Rudin - Sahlgrenska Academy
The allergic immune response is almost always established in childhood. Allergies are due to an overreaction to harmless proteins in allergens that the immune system...
2011 - New strategies to curb the allergy epidemic - Agnes Wold - Sahlgrenska Academy
Allergy is the most common chronic disease among children and young adults in Sweden today. Allergies are barely prevalent among the...
2011 - Neurotoxicity of superoxide dismutase-1 and other causes of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) - Stefan Marklund - Umeå University
In amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the motor neurons that control the body's muscles die. The most common cause is inherited mutations in the protein superoxide dismutase-1 (SOD1)...
2011 – Torsten Söderberg Research Professorship in Medicine – Staffan Normark – Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
There is a need for this type of research position where proven outstanding professors are given the opportunity to further strengthen and develop their research...
2011 - Development of new therapeutic strategies for vascular regeneration in ischemic tissues - Lorenz Poellinger - Karolinska Institutet
The research concerns a protein that senses low oxygen levels in a tissue. When oxygen levels are low, for example in the heart during atherosclerosis,...
2011 - Development of new methods for expansion of blood stem cells - implications for cell therapy in hematological diseases - Jonas Larsson - Lund University
The aim of the research is to identify and characterize genes that regulate the growth of blood stem cells. It is the blood stem cells that are responsible for...
2011 - Development of a vaccine against herpes simplex virus type 2 infection - Jan-Åke Liljeqvist - University of Gothenburg
There is a great need for vaccines against herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infection. In the first place, to...
2011 - Immunotherapy of cancer with genetically modified T cells - Rolf Kisessling - Karolinska Institutet
Immunotherapy of cancer with genetically modified T cells. With several breakthroughs in basic immunology research, we are on the verge of a new...
2011 - Regulation of B cells in inflammatory disease - Mikael Karlsson - Karolinska Institutet
Our immune system protects us from infections, and the inflammatory response that results from its activation is designed to...
2011 - Bacterial virulence factors, innate immunity and prothrombotic mechanisms in kidney diseases - Diana Karpman - Lund University
Chronic kidney disease often leads to kidney failure. We study four kidney diseases: Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS), Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP), vasculitides and...
2011 - From genes and disease mechanisms to treatment of rheumatoid arthritis - Rikard Holmdahl - Karolinska Institutet
Chronic inflammation appears to be a contributing factor to several major diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). There is as yet no...
