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2011 - Cold-induced lipolysis and angiogenesis significantly contribute to development of cardiovascular disease - Yihai Cao - Karolinska Institutet
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death in the Western world, including Sweden and the rest of the Nordic countries. ....
2011 - Impaired natural immunity to phospholipid antigens as a cause of chronic inflammatory disease, mainly cardiovascular disease and atherosclerosis: a new hypothesis - Johan Frostegård - Karolinska Institutet
Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease that leads to cardiovascular disease (CVD). Since the mid-1990s, our group has been interested in...
2011 - New diagnosis and cure of pre-eclampsia - Stefan Hansson - Lund University
Preeclampsia is one of the most serious pregnancy-related diseases in the world, affecting 8.5 million women every year. There are...
2011 - Virus receptors: importance for tropism, therapy and targeting - Niklas Arnberg - Umeå University
Viruses cause a wide range of human diseases of varying severity. In this project, we are mapping the molecules and...
2011 - Interdisciplinary studies of the aggregation process of the amyloid beta peptide - parallel analyses of transgenic fruit flies and biophysical measurements - Ann-Christin Brorsson - Linköping University
The research studies the aggregation process of the amyloid (A) beta peptide linked to Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's is a dementia disease in which the nerve cells in...
2011 - Developing a platform for studying the metagenome and its role in metabolic diseases - Fredrik Bäckhed - Sahlgrenska Academy
Our intestinal tract contains 10 times more bacteria than we have cells in our body. These bacteria express 150 times...
