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Neurons produced from frontotemporal dementia patients’ skin biopsies using modern stem cell technology recapitulate the synaptic loss and dysfunction detected in the patients’ brains.

The unique Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programmes offer new insight into planetary health, faith and wellbeing, and data engineering.

A new study explored who are most likely to adopt and actively use digital well-being apps in North Savo, finding that app engagement was, ultimately, most active among those with highest life satisfaction.

Diet doesn’t just fuel the body, it sends molecular signals that can slow down or speed up biological ageing. Biological age, a measure of functional health, can diverge sharply from chronological age.

A recent study is the first to report that the fatty acid composition of blood and the enzyme activity associated with it predict the development of bone mineral density from childhood to adolescence.

The conference themes are Children, exercise, and planetary health, as well as Long-term athletic development in a changing world.

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

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.

“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.

A recent study from the Institute of Biomedicine at the University of Eastern Finland shows that the glucocorticoid receptor can both promote and inhibit prostate cancer progression, depending on the circumstances.