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2016 - A novel approach to choose the best individual antidepressant treatment - Sandra Ceccatelli - Karolinska Institutet
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a major cause of disability and affects the working-age population worldwide....
2016 - Type 2 diabetes - new markers and mechanisms - Ulf Smith - University of Gothenburg
The application (two years) is focused on our novel findings with clear clinical translational relevance. We expect that within the period...
2016 - Multicellular disease models to find and functionally validate new drug targets in immune diseases - Mikael Benson - Linköping University
Treatment of inflammatory diseases is complicated by the fact that many different molecules and cell types are involved, and that these can differ...
2016 – Torsten Söderberg’s Academy Professorship in Medicine 2017 – Göran K. Hansson – Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The Torsten Söderberg Foundation currently funds five academic professorships in medicine at a level of 2 million Swedish kronor per year for five years....
2016 - Development of novel therapy for inflammatory systemic diseases using HMGB1 antagonists - Ulf Andersson - Karolinska Institutet
An alarmin is a preformed molecule with a given intracellular cellular function but which can be released extracellularly as a...
2015 - Epigenomic control and molecular characterization of insulin resistance in diabetes - Juleen Zierath - Karolinska Institutet
Type 2 diabetes occurs when the body's tissues develop a strong resistance to the hormone insulin and also a reduced production of...
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...
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...
