Tiny particles filled with a drug could be a new tool for treating cancer in the future. A new study published by Swedish scientists in Particle & Particle Systems Characterization shows how such nanoparticles can be com ...

Nanotechnology - Bio & Medicine

Feb 28, 2013 not rated yet 0

Small stretches of DNA in the human genome are known as "pseudogenes" because, while their sequences are nearly identical to those of various genes, they have long been thought to be non-coding "junk" DNA.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Feb 24, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

Scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have made a large step towards the understanding of how human genes are regulated. In a new study, published in the journal Cell, they identified the DNA sequences that bind t ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Jan 17, 2013 not rated yet 0

Scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified two molecules that play an important role in the survival and production of nerve cells in the brain, including nerve cells that produce dopamine. The discovery, ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Dec 23, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

Scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden describe in a new study how so-called DNA origami can enhance the effect of certain cytostatics used in the treatment of cancer. With the aid of modern nanotechnology, scientists ...

Nanotechnology - Bio & Medicine

Sep 13, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

(Phys.org) -- Using data supplied by a mobile operator, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have shown that population movements after the 2010 Haiti earthquake followed regular patterns. This information can be used to ...

Technology - Computer Sciences

Jun 19, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 1 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden has generated a map over the effects of small drug-like molecules on PARP1 and other similar proteins in the body. This map may explain the mechanism ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Feb 20, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have developed a new method for counting molecules. Quantifying the amounts of different kinds of RNA and DNA molecules is a fundamental ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Nov 21, 2011 not rated yet 0 |

Difficulties in assessing the patients work capacity, non-medical problems, and handling situations in which the patients have different opinions about the need for sick leave are some of the challenges that physicians meet ...

Medicine & Health - Other

Apr 26, 2011 not rated yet 0

Pedestrian disability and fatality as a consequence of car crashes is a large global health problem. A new doctoral thesis from Karolinska Institutet now shows that upper-body collision with the car's lower windscreen is ...

Medicine & Health - Health

Apr 05, 2011 not rated yet 0

sometimes referred to as placebo - is just as beneficial as real acupuncture for treating nausea in cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy, according to a study from Karolinska Institutet and Linkoping University in Sweden. ...

Medicine & Health - Other

Mar 24, 2011 not rated yet 1

Research from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows, that a specific inflammatory factor may be important in the development of the heart valve disease aortic stenosis. The results suggest that anti-inflammatory medication ...

Medicine & Health - Medical research

Mar 15, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's are partly attributable to brain inflammation. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet now demonstrate in a paper published in Nature that a well-known family of enz ...

Medicine & Health - Medical research

Mar 10, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

A study from Karolinska Institutet has shown that the body's ability to break down medicines may be closely related to exposure to sunlight, and thus may vary with the seasons. The findings offer a completely new model to ...

Medicine & Health - Medical research

Mar 09, 2011 not rated yet 0

Parents who are both present and engaged are the very best way of preventing teenagers from consuming large quantities of alcohol. Adolescents who smoke, stay out with their friends and have access to alcohol - from their ...

Medicine & Health - Health

Mar 07, 2011 not rated yet 0