Uppsala University is a centre for knowledge, culture and critical dialogue, with the task of gaining and spreading knowledge to the benefit of humanity and for a better world.
Uppsala University is the first university in Sweden and is ranked among the top 100 in the world. We are well-equipped to meet the challenges of tomorrow. Our research enables new perspectives on fundamental scientific questions, and contributes to environmental sustainability, human health and the development of society. Here you will find world-leading research and first-class educational offerings of global use to society, industry and culture. Uppsala University has diversity and breadth, with international front-line research across nine faculties and a limitless educational offerings at Bachelorâs, Masterâs and PhD level.
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Box 256, SE-751 05 Uppsala
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22 March, 2023 - Uppsala universitet
Churches are preserved by an antiquarian system that risks killing them instead of keeping them alive. The Swedish State and the Church of Sweden therefore need to define new joint visions and goals to enable the ecclesiastical cultural heritage to be used and developed. This is shown by historian of art Henrik Lindblad in a new doctoral thesis from Uppsala University.
17 March, 2023 - Uppsala universitet
Scientists from Uppsala University have used cryo-electron microscopy to reveal details of the protein synthesis mechanism in the parasite Giardia intestinalis, which causes diarrhoeal disease. The new insights could be valuable for screening specific drugs against Giardia and other protozoan parasites.
13 March, 2023 - Uppsala universitet
For nearly 190 years, scientists have searched for the origins of ancient sea-going reptiles from the Age of Dinosaurs. Now a team of Swedish and Norwegian palaeontologists has discovered remains of the earliest known ichthyosaur or âfish-lizardâ on the remote Arctic island of Spitsbergen.
8 March, 2023 - Uppsala universitet
Overweight and obesity among four-year-olds increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study by Uppsala University involving over 200,000 children in Sweden. The number of children with obesity increased by some 30 percent, and there are large regional differences. The study was published in the journal Acta Paediatrica.
2 March, 2023 - Uppsala universitet
Detailed images of illness, death and cancelled activities; these were some of the common themes of childrenâs drawings during the COVID-19 pandemic. A new study from Uppsala University, in which researchers studied 91 drawings made by children aged between 4 and 6, shows that the pandemic affected the children significantly and that they had extensive knowledge about the disease.
24 February, 2023 - Uppsala universitet
A research group at Uppsala University has developed a simple and effective artificial blood-brain barrier model that can be used to determine how well antibody-based therapies can enter the brain. Today animal experimentation is the most common method for testing an antibodyâs function and the new model could reduce the need for animal testing.
8 February, 2023 - Uppsala universitet
ï»żThanks to a new prognostic method for detecting cancers including cancer of the large intestine, doctors could provide clearer disease prognoses and predict which patients will respond best to immunotherapy. The method consists of a combination of two types of immune cells that characterise certain forms of cancer. This has been shown in a new study published in the journal eBioMedicine.
18 January, 2023 - Uppsala universitet
ï»żThe earlier infants begin to taste small samples of solid food, the earlier they eat more food and stop breastfeeding. This is shown in a new study from Uppsala University and Sophiahemmet University, in which the mothers of 1,251 infants from all over Sweden participated. Almost half of the infants received tastings at the age of four months.
4 January, 2023 - Uppsala universitet
Bacterial perseverance is a new phenomenon that helps explain how bacteria adapt to survive antibiotic treatments. A group of researchers at Uppsala University have studied how individual bacteria react when exposed to different antibiotics. The result underlines the importance of adhering strictly to antibiotic prescriptions.
21 December, 2022 - Uppsala universitet
A new study from researchers at Uppsala University presents novel findings on why human lymph nodes lose their function with age and the consequences for the effectiveness of our immune system. The article has been published in The Journal of Pathology.
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