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Flies, Worms Poorly Predict Drugs’ Life Span Effects in Mice, Study Indicates

Doctoral student’s research suggests difficulty of translating longevity interventions from lower species to mammals

Extremely Satisfying” as Researchers Find New Hope for Heart Patients

There is currently no cure for the heart condition ARVC, which usually affects young individuals. A new study from the University of Copenhagen presents a surprising new treatment strategy.

Should We Tax Robots?

Study suggests a robot levy — but only a modest one — could help combat the effects of automation on income inequality in the U.S.

Patients with Cancer Respond Poorly to the Hormone Insulin

Associate Professor at the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Lykke Sylow, has published a new meta-study showing that cancer patients are at increased risk of metabolic dysfunction.

Physician, Heal Thyself?

Research shows doctors and their families are less likely to follow guidelines about medicine. Why do the medically well-informed comply less often?

Celebrating Open Data

New prize program recognizes MIT researchers who make data openly accessible and reusable.

A new publication from the Hickson group at the CCS in Molecular Cell

On the 23rd Aug., the Hickson group published a paper that defines the role of RAD51 (and its partner, BRCA2)

Right-Wing Populist Rhetoric Dominates The Debate On Multiculturalism

The rhetoric of right-wing populists permeates all levels of society, but we can still increase understanding in various ways, says a researcher in social psychology.

Periodic Volcanism Triggered Multiple Jurassic Extinctions

A group of Finnish, Swedish, and Norwegian geologists provide critical new evidence for the timing of volcanic activity in the Karoo province, the largest of the Jurassic magma systems. The remnants of the province are widespread in southern Africa and Antarctica.

Researchers Discover New Tools In Regular Blood Samples For Developing Precision Therapies For Lymphoma

Tumour DNA circulating in the bloodstream of patients with aggressive lymphoma has a previously unknown and even crucial role in the identification of effective therapies for this serious disease.

How To Deal With School Segregation

Social disadvantage poses challenges to the Finnish schools. Schools find it difficult to face social problems caused by families’ socioeconomic disadvantage.

Brain Activity Reflects Early Maturation Of Speech Processing Already In Infancy

Auditory abilities and the speech processing capacity of the brain, factors central to language learning, mature to a notable degree in the first years of life. Familial risk for the reading disorder dyslexia also affects the development of auditory abilities already in infancy.

Freedom Of Will And Gratitude Characterise Finnish Perceptions Of Happiness

‘Being happy’ is built on the paradox between the self and others, which anchors happiness to a feeling of pride in myself on one hand, and to gratitude towards others and the world around us on the other.

Large Studies Reveal Genes That Dramatically Influence Schizophrenia Risk

International research consortia have analyzed common and rare DNA variants in hundreds of thousands of people, revealing clearest genetic signals yet for schizophrenia risk.

The Pandemic Put University Students’ Study Engagement To The Test And Greatly Increased Burnout

Researchers at the University of Helsinki investigated the wellbeing of University students by conducting three surveys during the pandemic. The findings show that engagement in studies plummeted and study burnout increased considerably.

Friend Or Foe? The Immune System Collaborates With Blood Cancer Cells

An international study coordinated by a University of Helsinki research group demonstrates that the body’s immune system attacks itself in a rare type of blood cancer. Consequently, treatment should be targeted at the immune system as well, not only the cancer cells.

New Publication from the Almstrup Group at ICMM in Nature

Together with collaborators around Europe Kristian Almstrup at ICMM has performed single-nuclei RNA sequencing of all major groups of mammals, including humans as well as their closest relatives, the great apes