Common medications alter flu virus activity
Several commonly prescribed medications used for completely different illnesses can enhance or reduce the activity of the influenza virus.
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Inaugural opening of “Mohn Research Center for the Brain”
The University of Bergen and the Kavli Institute at NTNU are joining forces on brain research with support from the Trond Mohn Foundation.
New drug combination effective against SARS-CoV-2 infection
The fight against COVID-19 is far from over. A new combination of drugs could help save lives.
Start-up takes NTNU’s Covid technology to new markets and applications
Lybe Scientific, a start-up company based on NTNU research, is entering the market as a provider of high-quality diagnostic solutions – not just for COVID-19 diagnostics, but also other areas such as the common flu and sexually transmitted diseases.
Vulnerable women most likely to seek out sexual assault centres
A psychiatrist’s study reviewed more than 200 rape cases and found that the most vulnerable women who were raped received the worst follow-up by the police.
Now researchers know more about how we remember new places
Do you find it easier to remember exactly where something is located rather than remembering exactly what is there? In that case, your experience is in sync with NTNU brain researchers’ new findings about memory.
Smells and emotions tug on the brain’s “rein”
A tiny region in the middle of the brain plays a far more important role than previously known in helping it respond to changes in the environment, a new study shows.
Is it always right to save lives? A radical proposal
In neonatal medicine, there is a grey area where professionals may be uncertain whether it is in the child’s best interests to start life-saving treatment. Without it, the infant dies. But the treatment can also do great harm. One of the foremost duties of medicine is often said to be to “do no harm”. But how much of a burden on the infant is acceptable? At what point is the hope simply too small to justify action?
New app helps relieve back pain
Back pain is very common. But a new app called selfBACK can help us get better.
Authorities concealed fallout from atomic bombs
France covered up the consequences of their nuclear tests in the Pacific. As many as 110 000 people may have been exposed to radioactive fallout above the assumed safe levels.
Boys’ problems with body size and eating need to be taken seriously
Much more research has been done on eating problems in girls than in boys. There are major differences between the genders when it comes to symptoms and bodies, and the same technique is not as suited to detecting problems in boys, says NTNU researcher Farzaneh Saeedzadeh Sardahaee.
Mini-brains reveal cause of rare syndromes
The culprit behind a large number of cancerous tumours is known to be a certain protein. Now for the first time, research shows that the same protein is the cause of several rare brain syndromes.
Children of well-educated people have higher survival rates
The higher parents’ education level, the more likely it is that their children will survive the first five years of life. Over three million births have been examined.
Nordic prize for excellent research awarded to NTNU professor
The Anders Jahre’s Award for Medical Research for young researchers is awarded this year to Professor Barbara van Loon at NTNU. Several previous winners of the main prize have since received the Nobel Prize in Medicine. This includes May-Britt and Edvard Moser at NTNU.
Using real neural networks to pinpoint the start of brain disease
Researchers at NTNU are studying brain cells in the lab to investigate the foggy beginnings of diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.
An automated box on wheels — with personality
Robots are becoming more and more omnipresent in our lives, even though we may not notice. New research shows that when a boxy motorized hospital robot can talk, people find it funny and engaging. And that may help people be more willing to accept new technologies, like robots, in their everyday lives.
Genetic link between preeclampsia and heart disease
Researchers at NTNU have contributed to the discovery of gene variants in mothers that increase their risk of both preeclampsia and heart disease.
Tomorrow’s research technology co-developed at Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience
Nobel laureate and Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience founding director and professor Edvard Moser says a new technology “opens doors to experiments we could only dream about 5 years ago.” The technology in question is called Neuropixels 2.0, a new favourite in the neuroscientists’ toolbox.
A simple exercise goal protects against unhealthy weight gain
Exercising enough can prevent weight gain. Researchers have found a simple measurement method that helps to maintain or reduce weight– and it’s free.
Toxic fluorocarbons – not just in ski waxes
The toxic pollutants in your ski wax basically never disappear. A Norwegian lake and the area around several Norwegian airports are full of them, and so is your body.
Mom is right — get up off the sofa
A lot of young people struggle with depression, a fact that is especially true for girls. But youth who are physically active are less vulnerable.
Mini-hearts are similar to human hearts
NTNU master’s student Vanessa Solvang cultivates tiny little beating hearts in the lab. She takes good care of them, weekends included.
People do not learn from regretting one night stands
Do you regret what you did the last time you had the option of a one night stand? You probably have not learned anything to help you next time.
Twenty years of sequencing genes… for better or for worse
It’s been 20 years since the first draft sequence of the human genome was published in the journals Nature and Science. The result led then-President Bill Clinton to state that we are now learning the language in which life was written, and that “doctors will increasingly be able to cure diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, diabetes, and cancer by attacking their genetic roots.”
Sequencing 30 000 genes has changed the world, but in a different way than expected.