1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (482+ words) Immunotherapy has improved treatment for many cancer patients, but not everyone responds to treatment. To develop better therapies, greater knowledge is therefore needed about the mechanisms that determine whether a treatment works or not. In the current study, the researchers…...

3+ day, 57+ min ago   (322+ words) Most people know what it feels like to be tickled, yet scientists still do not fully understand why some parts of the body are more ticklish than others. A new study from Karolinska Institutet and Radboud University shows that ticklishness…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (342+ words) Do you have a school-aged child diagnosed with autism? We are looking for parents or guardians who would like to take part in a study about autistic children's everyday travel and transport needs. This study is part of the Neuro-aware…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (184+ words) In March, Sofia Ullman was welcomed as a doctoral student at the Gastroenterology and Nutrition Unit at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge. Her principal supervisor is Axel Wester. The overall aim is to improve risk stratification and evaluate the effects…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (510+ words) The proportion of women with early breast cancer who receive chemotherapy varies significantly across different regions of Sweden. A study from Karolinska Institutet, published in the journal Breast Cancer Research, shows that these differences may affect survival among women aged…...

4+ day, 59+ min ago   (437+ words) People with both atrial fibrillation and Alzheimer’s disease who are treated with modern NOAC blood-thinning medicines may experience a slower rate of cognitive decline. This is shown by a study from Karolinska Institutet published in the European Heart Journal. Atrial…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (342+ words) A single blood test could in future provide a more comprehensive picture of cancer than current methods. In a review article published in the journal Genome Medicine, researchers at Karolinska Institutet describe how several different biological signals can be analysed…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (225+ words) We welcome Maria Briggert Bengtsson as a doctoral student at the Gastroenterology and Nutrition Unit at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge. Principal supervisor is Maria Henström Engblom. "My PhD thesis will focus on parental support within child health services. We…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (460+ words) The types of cells found in the microenvironment of a breast tumour may affect how well the hormone therapy tamoxifen works over the long term. This is shown in a study from Karolinska Institutet published in BMC Medicine. The findings…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (327+ words) Researchers at the Department of Women's and Children's Health have used a novel technique to map which genes are active in different regions of the skeleton's growth plates. The findings offer new clues about how the body controls bone elongation…...