The risk of a newborn baby being born with birth defects is greater if the mother has drunk drinking water with even small amounts of nitrate during pregnancy. This is shown by a large study carried out by researchers at the universities in Aarhus…

Good news for innovative researchers: Working together with the Novo Nordisk Foundation, the five largest universities in Denmark are bringing the successful international SPARK programme to Denmark. The programme offers life science researchers…

A major international study involving researchers from the Danish iPSYCH psychiatry project has identified new genes that increase the risk of febrile convulsions. And in contrast to previous research, the study did not find a correlation between…

Professor Bente Lomholt Langdahl from Department of Clinical Medicine receives DKK 25 million from the Novo Nordisk Foundation to collaborate with colleagues from around Denmark on finding the best way to treat people with osteoporosis.

The use of stem cells from the blood – called hematopoietic cells – in the treatment of cancer and genetic diseases can be a challenge. According to Associate Professor Rasmus O. Bak from Aarhus University, the solution is genetic engineering. He has…