Inflammation plays a crucial role in atherosclerosis, and cholesterol crystals is a candidate trigger early in the development of the disease. CEMIR scientists have…
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Mosers elected Foreign Associates of US National Academy of Sciences
by @NTNUhelse 30 April 2014Professors May-Britt and Edvard Moser are elected Foreign Associates of US National Academy of Sciences. FIRST WOMAN Professor May-Britt Moser, director of Centre for…
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Waves in your brain make smells stick to your memories and inner maps. When I was a child I used to sit in my…
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Data sharing from The Nord-Trøndelag Health Study contributes to breakthrough in diabetes research
by Maria Stuifbergen 28 March 2014This is a story about a small contribution. A contribution that will help explain how hereditary traits can prevent illness for some, whilst seemingly…
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Generic Health RelevanceResearch
On EU: Forget the framework – look to the horizon!
by @NTNUhealth 26 March 2014Blogger: Boukje Ehlen Working as an EU-advisor for the Faculty of Medicine at NTNU, I read this article in Universitetsavisa with great interest. (…) last week…
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Applied Human Physiology in Extreme Environments
by @NTNUhealth 26 March 2014Blogger: Andreas Møllerløkken The NTNU Barophysiology Group aims to promote safety and minimize the acute and long-term harmful effects of diving…
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Blogger: Eva Brekke One of the mantras from our training in paediatrics was that “children are not small adults”. By this they meant to…
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Prize for PCOS-research
by @NTNUhealth 21 March 2014Blogger: Elisabeth Darj The Gemzell prize at Uppsala University has this year been awarded to Eszter Vanky, researcher at NTNU. Eszter Vanky, associate…
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Is pre-eclampsia a risk factor for cerebral palsy
by @NTNUhealth 18 February 2014Medical research student Kristin Melheim and her supervisor Professor of Paediatrics Torstein Vik have examined whether pre-eclampsia is a risk factor for cerebral palsy.…
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Inflammatory and Immune SystemResearch
A new mechanism explaining the anti-inflammatory effect of HDL is revealed
by @NTNUhealth 13 February 2014Bloggers: Nathalie Niyonzima and Eivind Samstad Atherosclerosis is a progressive disease that was once believed to be a disease of…