A state-of-the-art zebrafish facility was recently inaugurated at Uppsala University’s Uppsala Biomedical Centre. It houses around 80,000 zebrafish...

The early treatment of obesity in children is effective in both the short and long term, researchers from Karolinska Institutet report. Paulina Now...

He opened up a completely new field of research by sequencing the genome of our long-extinct relatives. For his scientific accomplishment, Svante P...

There was a significant difference in the speed with which different groups were vaccinated against COVID-19. One explanation could be that people ...

Why is it challenging to detect early signs of diseases, and why does monitoring patient responses to treatment remain a complex task? Researchers ...

Is it possible to predict who will have unhealthy obesity and thus prevent diseases? Researchers at Uppsala University are intending to examine tha...

With a virtual intestine and an amped up 3D printer, Christel Bergström is on her way to alter pharmacy as we know it. "We are on an incredibly ins...

In a major Swedish study, researchers have discovered a link between the levels of certain bacteria living in the gut and coronary atherosclerotic ...

Dan I Andersson, Professor of Medical Biology, and Lena Claesson-Welsh, Professor at the Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, are the ...

Chronic pain is a global public health challenge that affects large groups of patients and carries a high cost in terms of both human suffering and...

Stina Syvänen, Professor at the Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, is awarded the Erik K. Fernström Foundation’s prize for younger, p...

Uppsala University is participating in four new research clusters bringing together universities in Africa and the EU. The research clusters are in...

To counteract the current biodiversity crisis, we need more effective monitoring of biodiversity. Can DNA-based analysis of environmental samples b...

Women who used combined contraceptive pills were at greater risk of developing depression than women who did not, according to a new study from Upp...

Complicated, hard-to-heal wounds are a growing medical problem and there are currently only two drugs approved with proven efficacy. In a new study...

Beta blocker drugs have formed part of the standard treatment for heart attacks for over 30 years to reduce the risk of new attacks. However, a new...

Nurses who research - how do we get more? This is the theme of a panel discussion during Almedalen Week. “In Sweden, there is a shortage of nurses ...

Two days in June, researchers and medical professionals from all the Baltic Sea countries gather in Visby at the conference Tuberculosis in the Bal...

On 28 April, the Department of Surgical Sciences at Uppsala University conducted a successful collaborative exercise together with the medical plat...

He has 10,000 ticks in a freezer and is one of the media’s frequently hired experts on the subject. Professor Thomas Jaenson has dedicated the last...