Presently many of Sweden’s 20,000 Parkinson’s patients are not receiving the treatment they need, and many of the most seriously ill receive incorrect or inappropriate therapy.
Metformin is often described as the first-line medication for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
Identical twins share the same DNA, but one twin can suffer from type 2 diabetes while the other twin does not develop the disease
Science has the technology to measure the activity of every gene within a single individual cell, and just one experiment can generate thousands of cells worth of data.
A large population study from Lund University in Sweden has shown that more sustainable dietary habits are linked to health benefits, such as a reduced risk of premature death from cardiovascular disease and cancer
One in 10 people may have clinically relevant levels of potentially infectious SARS-CoV-2 past the 10 day quarantine period, according to new research.
With 10,000 new cases a year, prostate cancer is the most common cancer type in Sweden. To create equal, accessible and high-quality prostate cancer care, Region Skåne has introduced Organised prostate cancer testing, OPT.
Researchers have developed a model that can calculate individual countries' carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel burning using observations from space.
A research team at Lund University in Sweden has succeeded in producing two molecules that are otherwise only formed by microorganisms from extremely contaminated wastewater in an abandoned mine in South Korea
Scientists at Lund University have discovered for the first time that it is possible to detect insect DNA in the air. Using air from three sites in Sweden, insect DNA from 85 species could be identified.
During the pandemic, physical summits were replaced by Zoom meetings, and global political leaders had to quickly adjust. How did they visually convey their status in this new world of digital diplomacy?
Uptake and continued use of the NHS Covid-19 app last year depended on people’s trust in the UK Government, their concern about privacy, and crucially whether other people in their social networks endorse it, a new study shows.
Steroid oestrogens play an important role as embryos develop a sense of smell, new research shows.
Mass biodiversity extinction events caused by extreme natural phenomena have marked the history of life on Earth five times.
Using a University of Hawaiʻi telescope on Haleakalā and another on Maunakea, astronomers, for the very first time, imaged the dramatic end to a red supergiant star’s life as it was happening.
Coastal plants and animals have found a new way to survive in the open ocean—by colonizing plastic pollution.
The first on-the-ground detection of water on the Moon’s surface was reported by an international team of researchers, including Shuai Li, a planetary geologist at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
Astronomers at the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA) are part of a team that recently discovered three planets orbiting dangerously close to stars nearing the ends of their lives.
World-renowned microbiome research at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa received a major boost by the National Science Foundation.
Local fisheries and their associated biodiversity benefit from the transfer of larvae between reefs, with some benefitting more than others, prompting recommendations to protect larval connectivity among coral reefs.