Nov. 22, 2019News
A bacterial infection is not just an unpleasant experience - it can also be a major health problem. Some bacteria develop resistance to otherwise effective treatment with antibiotics. Therefore, researchers are trying to develop new types ...
Mar. 12, 2015News
Diagnostic research: Lack of oxygen in cells is an indicator of serious diseases such as cerebral haemorrhages, stroke and cancer. Regrettably, measuring real-time oxygen concentration in living tissue is difficult with current ...
Apr. 09, 2014Science
Proteins, especially therapeutic monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have attracted significant attention during the last few decades within the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. Their use as therapeutics is steadily increasing, with ...
Nov. 20, 2012News
Pepchipomics project, which is supported by the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7) of the European Union, aims at synthesising and reading very high-density peptide microarrays. ...
Sep. 27, 2012News
Studying gut bacteria can reveal a range of human illness. Now, new research shows that the composition of a person's intestinal bacteria could play an important role in the development of type 2 diabetes. These results, from a joint ...
Aug. 24, 2012News
A key how to burn fat faster has been discovered by chemists at the University of Copenhagen. Enzymes involved in breaking down fat can now be manipulated to work three times harder by turning on a molecular switch recently observed by the ...
Feb. 20, 2012News
Aggressive infections in hospitals are an increasing health problem worldwide due to the alarming development of bacterial resistance. Now a young Danish scientist has found a natural substance in a Chilean rainforest plant that ...
Dec. 22, 2010News
Researchers from the Quantum Photonics Group at DTU Fotonik in collaboration with University of Copenhagen surprise the scientific world with the discovery that light emission from solid-state photon emitters, the so-called quantum dots, ...
Jan. 01, 2008News
The Nano-Science Center at the University of Copenhagen has been chosen to coordinate research funding from the European Unions Seventh Framework Programme. The 2.5 million € appropriation will aim to maintain and develop Europe's leading ...
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