Faculty of Health Sciences - News

YUFE Ideas Lab is championing a new wave of European student entrepreneurs.

Automated insulin delivery pumps significantly improved quality of life and reduced diabetes-related complications.

Professor Tarja Malm has been awarded an ERC Proof of Concept Grant for the WAVEAD project focusing on the development of novel methods for measuring the electrical activity of the brain.

Inhibition of the lipid kinases PIKfyve and PIP4K2C provides a potentially higher barrier to resistance than conventional therapies and could be beneficial in the treatment of diseases particularly in the case of emerging viruses.

Finland remains a world-leader in neonatal care, despite the country’s falling birth rate and, consequently, a decline in hospital delivery volumes.

Good physical performance is associated with better cognition in people with relapsing-remitting MS, according to a recent study by the University of Eastern Finland.

Exposure to alcohol during the first weeks of embryonic development changes gene activity and cellular metabolism. In laboratory cultures, it was found that the first cells of the nervous system are the most sensitive to alcohol.

The Research Council of Finland’s Scientific Council for Biosciences, Health and the Environment has granted 6.6 million euros of funding to five new Academy Research Fellows, one Clinical Researcher and seven new Academy Projects.

“One absolutely can change their research topic after the PhD. Indeed, it is essential to adopt new perspectives and methods during the post-doc phase,” said Professor Christian Haass, speaking at the Neuroscience Research Community’s spring seminar in Kuopio.