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2012 - Translational research of anti-angiogenesis in cancer therapy - Yihai Cao - Karolinska Institutet
Several common cancer drugs based on antiangiogenesis have become key components in the treatment of patients with different types of cancer. While antiangiogenic drugs in...
2012 - Establishing a nerve and the olfactory nerve as a model for healing the nerve-brain barrier - Anna Berghard - Umeå University
Our research has helped to show the link between the development of the olfactory nerve and so-called GnRH cells (gonadotropin-releasing hormone cells). What happens...
2012 - The ideal and practice of medication. An Ethnological Study of Older People's Use of Medicines - Åsa Alftberg - Lund University
Older people today use many medicines. Their use has increased significantly over the last twenty years. This is partly due to the fact that new...
2012 - The turnover of fat cells and their fat content in humans. Mechanisms and clinical significance - Peter Arner - Karolinska Institutet
Reduced resistance to the hormone insulin (insulin resistance) can cause the most common form of diabetes (type 2 diabetes) and other common conditions....
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...
