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Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland have uncovered potential mechanisms by which microRNAs (miRNA) drive atherogenesis in a cell-type-specific manner.

Spinal cord stimulation is an effective and safe treatment for persistent lower extremity radicular nerve pain after spinal surgery, according to the doctoral thesis of Mette Nissen, MD.

The aim of MPH Hyocher Kim’s dissertation was to explore the scale of occupational injury and suggest a direction for developing occupational safety and health checklists and regulations in Korean agriculture.

In his PhD study, Toni Luokkala, Lic Med., investigated the soft tissue injuries related to elbow collateral ligaments and distal biceps tendon tears.

People with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are less likely to have cataract surgery than people without Alzheimer’s disease. The procedure rate starts to decrease already one year after the diagnosis.

Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland have found a potential neuroprotective effect of a protein modification that could be a therapeutic target in early Alzheimer’s disease.

The Academy of Finland’s Research Council for Biosciences, Health and the Environment announced yesterday 24 new Academy Research Fellow posts and 33 new Postdoctoral Researcher posts.

Researchers can now investigate individual leukaemia cells to find out what makes them resistant to treatment. “Single-cell technologies provide an immense amount of new information on the diversity of cancer cells,” says Merja Heinäniemi, Professor of Computational Biomedicine.

The Proof of Concept ideas funded in 2021 included a functional biomarker for Alzheimer's disease, a mathematic algorithm for the personalized prediction of aortic rupture, and enzymes cleaving biomass fibers.