2014

Osteoporosis is one of the most common diseases in Norway. Researchers have now discovered that the body alters genes to counteract the disease.

Transplanted stem cells make the hearts of mice more resistant to heart attacks.

What doctors believed to mark nerve cell death may instead show reparable injury in patients with Multiple Sclerosis.

Our cells eat themselves so that we can stay healthy. A detailed understanding of ‘autophagy’, our cells’ waste management system, may be the key to preventing diseases and extending our lives.

Fewer and fewer pupils in Norwegian schools are given the 20-minute meal break recommended by the government.

Ammonia is very toxic to the brain and new research shows why: the glial cells ability to remove potassium is perturbed.