Research news
As the parent of a young child attending kindergarten, you can take extra pleasure in this piece of good news: the food that your child is served in kindergarten is healthier than it has been for a long time.
The body's natural killer cells are programmed to kill without the intervention of any safety mechanism. Now the secret behind the process has been revealed.
Premature babies are at greater risk for abnormal cognitive development and also have a higher incidence of concentration problems. Extra supplement of omega-3 and omega-6 in breast milk may benefit premature babies’ development.
Lactic acid is normally associated with stiff muscles. Now Postdoctoral Fellow Johanne Egge Rinholm has demonstrated that lactic acid in fact protects the white matter in the brain.
Special proteins are pre-programming genes which later regulate foetal development. This pre-programming occurs at an earlier stage than previously known.
Men are more extreme than women. According to the doctoral dissertation of biostatistician Anne-Catherine Lehre there are more men among the lightest and heaviest, tallest and shortest, those who fail exams and those who get the top marks.
Is the nervous system or the immune system the cause of the neurological disease multiple sclerosis (MS)? Thanks to the largest genetic study in the world on MS, with contributions by Norwegian scientists, we now know the answer. As many as 7,000 Norwegian patients will be able to benefit from this breakthrough.
As Norway's only forensic anthropologist, Per Holck has expertise that the police, legal system and general public depend on. Catastrophes like those in Oslo and at Utøya on July 22, highlight the importance of this kind of expertise.
Professor Marianne Thoresen has gained international recognition for a revolutionary treatment that prevents neurological damage in newborn infants that have been deprived of oxygen. Now she is back at the Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, where she started her research career 35 years ago.