Institute of Biomedicine - News

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.

The awarded research focused on adipose tissue-derived extracellular vesicles.

The results provide a comprehensive integrated analysis of multiple genome-wide analysis methods that improves the understanding on how genetic variation is linked to the different layers of gene regulation in a model for polygenic disease.

The textbook explains how nutrition has shaped human evolution and its consequences for our susceptibility to diseases like diabetes and atherosclerosis.

The doctoral research led to the development new methods, designed to advance the discovery of disease subtypes and facilitate targeted drug development.