News from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Life style

2023.05.23

Need help to quit smoking? Known drug might help reduce nicotine cravings

A drug that was originally developed to treat diabetes and severe overweight might also help people with nicotine dependence, concludes new research from the University of Copenhagen.

Postpartum depression

2023.05.17

Did hormonal birth control make you depressed? If so, you may be at higher risk of postpartum depression

Postpartum depression can have great impact on maternal mental health and infant development. New research shows that a woman’s history of mental side effects to hormonal birth control, such as the contraceptive pill or…

Award

2023.05.01

Professor Ruth Loos awarded Obesity Prize for Excellence

Professor Ruth Loos is the first recipient of the new Obesity Prize for Excellence established by the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) and the Novo Nordisk Foundation. The Prize is accompanied by DKK…

Grant

2023.04.26

New research centre is going to catch up on lost knowledge of human genes

All life is based on a genetic process where genes are transcribed and translated into proteins. The Danish National Research Foundation has invested a large sum of money in a new research centre that will investigate…

Grant

2023.04.25

CBMR secures five-year funding extension from Novo Nordisk Foundation

Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research at the University of Copenhagen is awarded up to DKK 1 billion (€134.2 million) from the Novo Nordisk Foundation.

eating disorder

2023.04.17

The intestinal ecosystem directly affects anorexia

Severe changes in the intestinal ecosystem of bacteria and viruses directly affect the development and maintenance of anorexia nervosa.

Education

2023.04.14

New medical programme in Region Zealand gets green light to move forward

The Minister of Education and Research has approved the plans for a new medical programme in Region Zealand. "The programme has now become a reality," says Jørgen Kurtzhals, Vice Dean at the University of Copenhagen. A…

Ecosystems

2023.04.13

Animals go extinct on Mauritius. That puts the ecosystem at the island at risk

When an ecosystem is threatened, new species cannot necessarily replace those that disappear, according to a new study from the University of Copenhagen.

Grant

2023.03.30

Young talents to strengthen research into antibiotic resistance and bone pain

Two SUND projects receive attractive MSCA Doctoral Networks grants for projects that shall help train PhD students in highly desirable areas of research.

Grants

2023.03.30

SUND receives three prestigious Advanced Grants for innovative projects

Three researchers at SUND have been awarded with the highly prestigious European Research Council's Advanced Grant of DKK 18 million for innovative research over the next five years.

Obesity

2023.03.29

Hormone predicts ability to maintain weight loss

The appetite hormone neurotensin released by the intestine upon eating may predict our ability to maintain weight loss, new study from the University of Copenhagen concludes.

RESEARCH

2023.03.14

New malaria study is good news for pregnant women

Each year, 13 million pregnant women get malaria, and as drug resistance increases, the disease is hard to control. A new study provides the WHO with new knowledge on prevention and treatment.

RESEARCH

2023.03.13

Risk of heart problems makes Danes get flu vaccination

More Danes got vaccinated for the seasonal flu if they received a nudging letter from the health authorities, which linked the flu and the risk of subsequent heart problems, study concludes.

RESEARCH

2023.03.10

Bartender model predicts how drugs affect each person

A model based on numerous studies of people with type 2 diabetes can make a new type of prediction: how a certain drug would affect each person at the molecular biological level.

Antibiotics resistance

2023.03.09

Resistant bacteria are a global problem. Now researchers may have found the solution

A new substance has proven useful for treating staphylococcus infections in people with skin lymphoma. This is good news for the patients, but also for the global threat of antibiotics resistance.

Cancer

2023.03.01

Grey hair and wrinkles at an early age led researchers to new treatment for rare cancer

Sarcoma is a rare and complex type of cancer of i.a. the bones and muscles. Now researchers have found a way to predict which sarcoma patients will benefit the most from a potential new treatment.

Sperm quality

2023.02.28

Why has sperm counts decreased to an all-time low? New leading study seeks to find the answer

Sperm counts have halved in the last 50 years – one possible explanation could be because the sex chromosomes are fighting each other, new Danish research suggests.

Exercise

2023.02.20

Exercise burns fat differently depending on the time of day

Physical activity at the right time of the day seems able to increase fat metabolism, at least in mice, shows a new study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the University of Copenhagen.

Award

2023.02.20

Elite Research winner: “You shouldn’t count yourself out just because you don’t think you are quite there yet”

Today, newly appointed Professor Eline Lorenzen receives the Ministry of Higher Education and Science’s Elite Research Prize for her research in biodiversity and environmental changes and her capacity for…

Mental Illness

2023.02.17

Depression can lead to memory dysfunction. This study may pave way for new drugs

PET scanning of patients has identified changes in the serotonin system in patients suffering from depression and memory dysfunction, a new joint study suggests.

Space

2023.02.09

How many habitable planets are there in the Milky Way? A new project sets out to answer this question

Researchers from the Globe Institute want to know how many planets in our galaxy are habitable. Professor Anders Johansen has received just under DKK 20 million from the Carlsberg Foundation for the project.