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2016 - Role of VEGF-B mediated lipotoxicity in diabetic complications - Ulf Eriksson - Karolinska Institutet
Type 2 diabetes is a major medical challenge with several hundred million patients worldwide. The disease is also rapidly increasing...
2016 - Novel Immune activation-based Drug Discovery Strategies for psychiatric disorders - Sophie Erhardt - Karolinska Institutet
Our project aims to identify biomarkers for psychiatric symptoms such as psychosis and suicidal ideation. The goal is to refine clinical...
2016 - New treatment against multidrug-resistant bacteria by activating natural immunity - Peter Bergman - Karolinska Institutet
The aim of the project is to use a cellular model of infection to study the activation of effector mechanisms in the natural immunity,...
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 – 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Improved PET diagnostics in Alzheimer's disease - Stina Syvänen - Uppsala University, Sweden
In Sweden, around 100,000 people are currently living with Alzheimer's disease. The number of people affected will increase as a consequence of a...
