ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE A new method developed at the University of Copenhagen has been used to identify more than 1,000 different types of bactericidal viruses in the human intestines. The researchers behind the new study believe the discovery may help fight antibiotic resistance.
CANCER Radiation is usually an effective treatment for cancer. Unfortunately, cancer cells are frequently able to defend themselves against the treatment. But now researchers from the University of Copenhagen have shown how cancer cells defend themselves, and their discovery may help ensure that this frontline treatment can save more lives.
CELL BIOLOGY Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and Aalborg University presents a new study demonstrating that a small molecule in brain cells affects the level of hypocretin, which is responsible for making us feel awake during the day and tired at night. People with a genetic variation of this molecule have a higher risk of suffering from daytime sleepiness.
CORONA Young people’s mental health has not been affected by the two corona lockdowns, a new study from the University of Copenhagen concludes. But in the short run, it did suffer temporarily.
SKIN The lipids, or fat molecules, in the skin are significantly different in patients with a certain type of Parkinson’s disease from healthy individuals, a new multicenter study involving the University of Copenhagen finds. The researchers hope the findings could improve early detection of Parkinson’s disease in younger people.
PAIN RELIEF A sea snail living in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines may be able to help scientists develop an alternative to addictive painkillers like morphine, a new study from the University of Copenhagen concludes.
DNA UCPH researcher Hannes Schroeder from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences receives the prestigious European Research Council’s Consolidator Grant for his inspiring project on the evolution of the human oral microbiome and the population history of prehistoric Europe.
ULCERATIVE COLITIS Stem cell transplantation can cure mice suffering from inflammation in the large intestine. This is good news for ulcerative colitis patients, as it may lead to the development of new treatment forms that do not result in ostomy.
ASTHMA For a long time, scientists have debated whether or not growing up with a cat or a dog would influence either the risk of allergy or an asthmatic condition. A new study from the University of Copenhagen brings answers to the table.
MEDICATION Researchers at the University of Copenhagen and Statistics Denmark have analysed more than one billion prescriptions issued by general practitioners. In the long term, the analysis may help to optimise prescription trajectories, but there are still many things we do not know about the associations between diseases and treatment patterns, explains Professor Søren Brunak who has been in charge of the study.
MEDICATION Researchers at the University of Copenhagen and Statistics Denmark have analysed more than one billion prescriptions issued by general practitioners. In the long term, the analysis may help to optimise prescription trajectories, but there are still many things we do not know about the associations between diseases and treatment patterns, explains Professor Søren Brunak who has been in charge of the study.
INEQUALITY In a new study conducted at the University of Copenhagen, data on more than 1.2 million Danish children show a clear connection between parents’ level of education and children’s risk of dying far too early. A main reason is social and family issues in childhood, the study concludes.
PROTEIN In order to live, all mammals depend on the function of a large molecule in our nerve cells made up of four proteins. But what these proteins look like has been mostly unknown, making it difficult to treat diseases related to the molecule. Now, an international team of researchers, including a group from the University of Copenhagen, have mapped the missing pieces.
THE BRAIN Specialized groups of neurons within the brainstem control movement. Now researchers at the University of Copenhagen have found that activation of such neurons is sufficient to restore full movement function in mice with symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease. The study helps clinicians to focus Deep Brain Stimulation to the right therapeutic spot and hopefully could improve treatment of motor symptoms in Parkinson’s Disease.
HEALTH CARE Patient involvement has been a manta within the healthcare system for a long time. Now new research from the University of Copenhagen proves that patient involvement actually does make a difference. But we still do not know exactly how to achieve successful involvement of elderly patients’ in their often complex course of treatment in a Danish context.
DRUGS The blood-thinning drug heparin, which is used to prevent blood clots, is extracted from the intestines of fattening pigs. Now, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have succeeded in making heparin in a laboratory without the use of live animals, and the result is promising.
MIGRAINE The world's largest gene study on migraine describes, for the first time, the genetic differences between migraine with and without aura. The results look promising for developing new medicines, says the Danish co-author.
HEADACHE A new study shows that people with migraine or frequent tension headaches have a reduced work ability in particularly three areas. The researchers hope that the new knowledge may help workplaces become better at accommodating those suffering from headaches.
BACTERIA Pneumonia is one of the most common infectious diseases in the world. But – as shown in a new study from the University of Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet and Hillerød Hospital – our understanding of the disease may have been mistaken. The new knowledge may provide better treatments in the future.
INEQUALITY It is well known that divorces can lead to poor health and early death among men, but less so among women. Now, a new study shows that men are also more prone to develop inflammation than their female peers after going through breakups or living alone for extended periods.