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The Finnish Research Impact Foundation (FRIF) has granted 2.1 million euros of funding to joint research projects between universities and corporate partners.

In the future, it may be possible to use microRNAs in the treatment of heart attack and ischemic stroke to help the tissue to grow new capillaries and to gain back its normal function.

Hours of inactivity during childhood could be setting the stage for heart attacks and strokes later in life, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2023.

Cerebrovascular disorders in the working-age population have become common in high-income countries. “In part, this is probably due to changes in lifestyles," said Docent Jukka Putaala at the XXII Nordic Stroke Society Congress in Kuopio.

The University of Eastern Finland presented awards to accomplished teachers in the university’s Learning Environment Seminar on Tuesday, 22 August.

There is a growing need for English-language education in Finland – already now, the Open University at UEF offers 100 courses taught in English.

The doctoral research covers preclinical studies performed to obtain the comprehensive pharmacokinetic parameters of two important ocular drugs: brinzolamide and dexamethasone.

At the beginning of next year, there will already be some 60 doctoral researchers working in UEF’s shared doctoral researcher position system.

Improved overall diet quality and reduced consumption of red meat, as well as increased time spent in reading and organised sports enhanced reasoning skills among children over the first two school years.

Female genital mutilation could be prevented, e.g., through education, research and legislation.