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Stulna celler gjorde Henrietta Lacks odödlig Historien om Henrietta Lacks, vars livmoderhalstumör gav upphov till de odödliga HeLa cellerna, vilka sedan bidragit till vacciner, nobelpris och att i väsentliga drag lösa cancerns gåta. Förre vicerektorn Ulf Pettersson och Anders Bergqvist (forskare vid IMV) har medverkat i detta ämne i vetenskapsradion |
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One Health konferens i Bangkok ”A world united against infectious diseases: cross-sectoral solutions” var temat på den andra internationella One Health-konferensen som gick av stapeln i månadsskiftet januari/februari i Bangkok. Representanter från IEE – One Health Sweden från SVA, SLU och Uppsala universitet fanns på plats |
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Vart tionde astmafall har samband med jobbet Faktorer på jobbet ligger bakom ungefär vart tionde fall av astma som bryter ut i vuxen ålder. – Yrkesastma har varit ett nästan bortglömt problem under senare år, men våra resultat visar att det i många jobb fortfarande finns brister i arbetsmiljön som kan ge upphov till astma, säger professor Christer Janson i en artikel i UNT. |
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PIVUS - Prospective Investigation of the Vasculature in Uppsala Seniors
The PIVUS study started in 2001 with the primary aim to investigate the predicive power of different measurements of endothelial function and arterial compliance in a random sample of 1000 subjects aged 70 living in the community of Uppsala.
The inclusion of subjects in the study was completed in June 2004 by the team below:
Anna Stenborg, Kerstin Marttala, Lars Lind, Jan Hall
In March 2006 a reinvesigation of the cohort at the age of 75 was started. The major measurements performed at age 70 will be repeated at age 75. In addition, we will focus on infarcts in the brain and heart, so both of these items will be investigated by brain and myocardial MRI in all subjects. Also cognitive tests are included in the reinvestigation that was completed in September 2009.Of the initial 1016 subjects, 52 had died during the 5 years and 827 attended the re-examination at age 75.
In the spring of 2011 we started the 80-year reinvestigation of the cohort. This round will continue until the summer of 2014 and we expect that 500-600 of the original sample will attend. We measure the traditional CV risk factors, 2 cognitive function tests, ultrasound of the carotid arteries and the heart, a DXA scan and an MRI scan of the brain and abdominal region.
MRI angiography, supplied by Håkan Ahlström and Lars Johansson, Dept. of Radiology