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Umeå University (Swedish: Umeå universitet (Template:Lang-sju)) is a university in Umeå in the mid-northern region of Sweden

Can drug resistance in tuberculosis be reversed?

About 1.5 million people died of tuberculosis (TB) in 2017, making it the most lethal infectious disease worldwide. A growing rise in drug-resistant TB is a major obstacle to successfully treating the illness. Now, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Umea University in Sweden have found a compound that prevents

Can drug resistance in tuberculosis be reversed?

Light-emitting electrochemical cells could compete with fluorescent tube, LED and OLED lighting

Researchers from Umeå University and Linköping University in Sweden have developed light-emitting electrochemical cells (LECs) that emit strong light at high efficiency. As such, the thin, flexible and light-weight LEC promises future and improved applications within home diagnostics, signage, illumination and healthcare. The results are published in Nature Communications. The light-emitting electrochemical cell (LEC) can be

Light-emitting electrochemical cells could compete with fluorescent tube, LED and OLED lighting

Organic light-emitting devices and printed electronics can now be connected to a socket in the wall

Organic light-emitting devices and printed electronics can be connected to a socket in the wall by way of a small, inexpensive organic converter, developed in a collaboration between Linköping University and Umeå University. Printed electronics and organic light-emitting devices now perform at levels sufficient for a number of eco-friendly, energy-efficient applications. Previously the idea has

Organic light-emitting devices and printed electronics can now be connected to a socket in the wall

New hanging 3D printer does not depend on a box, frame or rails opening up new possibilities

Sliperiet at Umeå Arts Campus is in the process of making a 3D printed Tower of Babel using a novel hanging printer. This offers a low-cost solution and increased flexibility to print large volumes. A new type of 3D printer has been demonstrated at Sliperiet, Umeå Arts Campus. Suspended on thin fishing lines, ‘Hangprinter’ is

New hanging 3D printer does not depend on a box, frame or rails opening up new possibilities

Umeå researcher served a world first (?) CRISPR meal

For (probably) the first time ever, plants modified with the “genetic scissors” CRISPR-Cas9 has been cultivated, harvested and cooked. Stefan Jansson, professor in Plant Cell and Molecular Biology at Umeå University, served pasta with “CRISPRy” vegetable fry to a radio reporter. Although the meal only fed two people, it was still the first step towards

Umeå researcher served a world first (?) CRISPR meal

Lasers Help Speed Up the Detection of Bacterial Growth in Packaged Food and Other Environments

New technique enables fast, accurate and noninvasive measurement of bacteria levels It’s important to know how microorganisms — particularly pathogenic microbes — grow under various conditions. Certain bacteria can cause food poisoning when eaten and bacterial growth in medical blood supplies, while rare, might necessitate discarding the blood. Now a group of researchers from Zhejiang

Lasers Help Speed Up the Detection of Bacterial Growth in Packaged Food and Other Environments

Dye-sensitized solar cells that use carbon nanotube thin films as transparent electrodes offer significant cost savings

Solar energy is one of the most promising forms of renewable energy, but the high cost of conventional solar cells has so far limited its popularity. To increase the competitiveness of solar energy, scientists have turned to the development of dye-sensitized solar cells — solar cells that use low-cost organic dyes and titanium dioxide (TiO2)

Dye-sensitized solar cells that use carbon nanotube thin films as transparent electrodes offer significant cost savings

New treatment for African sleeping sickness comes closer

Researchers at Umeå University have identified drugs targeting infections of the parasite Trypanosoma brucei and are thereby well on the way to find a cure against African sleeping sickness. This is the kernel of a thesis, which will be publicly defended on 8 November 2013. African sleeping sickness (Human African trypanosomiasis) is caused by a

New treatment for African sleeping sickness comes closer

Discovery of a novel medicine for the treatment of chronic wounds

Every 20 seconds, a limb is lost as a consequence of diabetic foot ulcer that does not heal. To date, medical solutions that can change this situation are very limited. In his doctoral thesis Yue Shen from the Industrial Doctoral School and the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics at Umeå University presented a novel

Discovery of a novel medicine for the treatment of chronic wounds

Revealing the weapons by which bacteria fight each other – New Antibacterial Potential

This exciting finding opens the way for the development of new antibacterial drugs to fight bacteria using their own weapons. A new study which was performed jointly at Umeå University and the University of Washington in Seattle, USA, discovered that bacteria can degrade the cell membrane of bacterial competitors with enzymes that do not harm

Revealing the weapons by which bacteria fight each other – New Antibacterial Potential

New wastewater treatment technique protects fish from antidepressants

Researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm have developed a new technique to prevent pharmaceutical residues from entering waterways and harming wildlife. The new water treatment technology – called membrane distillation – separates drug residues from sewage with the help of district heating, says who worked on the development project with IVL and

New wastewater treatment technique protects fish from antidepressants

Pill to Gill: Antianxiety Drugs Flushed into Water May Be Making Fishes Fearless

Levels of human drugs commonly found in the world’s waterways may be altering the way fishes behave Antianxiety drugs may be making fish more aggressive. New laboratory tests reveal that even extremely low concentrations of the calming drugs benzodiazepines—more commonly known as Valium and Xanax, among others—cause fish to become less timid and to feed faster,

Pill to Gill: Antianxiety Drugs Flushed into Water May Be Making Fishes Fearless

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Improving quality of life for older adults with alcohol problems
Substance use problems, particularly alcohol problems, are "invisible epidemic" among older adults. In his thesis "Alcohol and aging: a multimethod study on heterogeneity and multidimensionality," ...
AMERICAN SWEDISH INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES NEW PRESIDENT AND CEO
The American Swedish Institute is pleased to announce today that Dr. Molly Wright Steenson (she/her), Carnegie Mellon University vice provost for faculty, associate professor in the School of Design ...
New research shows strong heredity component to middle ear cholesteatoma
A nationwide Swedish study including more than 10,000 cases of cholesteatoma, a lesion in the middle ear, shows a strong hereditary component to the disease.
Scientists reveal protein synthesis mechanism in Giardia
Scientists from Uppsala University have used cryo-electron microscopy to reveal details of the protein synthesis mechanism in the parasite Giardia intestinalis, which causes diarrheic disease. The new ...
Uppsala scientists reveal protein synthesis mechanism in Giardia parasite
Scientists from Uppsala University have used cryo-electron microscopy to reveal details of the protein synthesis mechanism in the parasite Giardia intestinalis, which causes diarrhoeal disease. The ...

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Drug Discovery & Development
The Master of Science degree program in Drug Discovery & Development (DDD) offers students the opportunity to understand, evaluate and engage with the entire process of drug discovery and development.
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Umeå University is also the site of the pioneering discovery of the CRISPR-Cas9 genetic scissors - a revolution in genetic engineering that has been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
East Carolina University hosts annual Voyages of Discovery
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - East Carolina University’s Voyage of Discovery series has brought leaders to speak directly to our community for fifteen years and this year is no different.
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Umeå University (Swedish: Umeå universitet) is a university in Umeå in the mid-northern region of Sweden. The university was founded in 1965 and is the fifth oldest within Sweden's present borders.
Discovery Day (Research Day)
Doctoral and master's students, medical students, MD/PhD students, undergraduates, residents, clinical fellows and postdoctoral trainees from the Drexel University College of Medicine community ...