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2025.05.28

Newly discovered ‘molecular fingerprints’ could transform diabetes treatment and diagnosis

Unprecedented insights into insulin resistance could pave the way for better treatments and earlier detection of type 2 diabetes.

GENETICS

2025.05.09

Researchers map 7,000-year-old genetic mutation that protects against HIV

Modern HIV medicine is based on a common genetic mutation. Now, researchers have traced where and when the mutation arose.

Ancient DNA:

2025.05.05

Eske Willerslev and team link Native American community to their ancestors through ancient DNA

Researchers help the Native American Picuris Pueblo people uncovering their history using ancient DNA. Their research connects the Picuris Pueblo not only to their ancestors but also to the UNESCO World Heritage site of Chaco Canyon.

Funding

2025.05.01

Chronic headache, ADHD, Alzheimer’s and psychosis: Young researchers at SUND receive large grants

10 young researchers conducting brain research at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences have received funding from the Lundbeck Foundation LF Postdocs and Early-Career Clinician Scientists programmes.

STEM CELLS

2025.04.25

Researchers create ‘super stem cells’, seeing potential for improved fertility treatment

The ‘super stem cells’ perform better than regular stem cells, being able to develop into many different cell types, researchers from the University of Copenhagen find.

Proteomics

2025.04.23

New research reveals how cancer drugs impact cells at the molecular level

A University of Copenhagen study uncovers intricate details about protein function at the molecular level. The discovery could transform disease diagnostics and treatment.

HEALTHY AGING

2025.03.25

Eat healthy in midlife to increase your chances of a healthy old age

Particularly, a plant-based diet with a low to moderate intake of healthy animal proteins is associated with healthy aging.

antibiotic resistance

2025.02.05

Researchers raise the alarm: Antibiotic resistance can spread unpredictably into the environment

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have learned that antibiotic resistant DNA can survive on the surface of minerals such as sand or clay, and this may increase the spread of antibiotic resistance from animals to humans.

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Newly discovered ‘molecular fingerprints’ could transform diabetes treatment and diagnosis

Researchers map 7,000-year-old genetic mutation that protects against HIV

Eske Willerslev and team link Native American community to their ancestors through ancient DNA

Chronic headache, ADHD, Alzheimer’s and psychosis: Young researchers at SUND receive large grants

Researchers create ‘super stem cells’, seeing potential for improved fertility treatment

New research reveals how cancer drugs impact cells at the molecular level

Eat healthy in midlife to increase your chances of a healthy old age

Researchers raise the alarm: Antibiotic resistance can spread unpredictably into the environment

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