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Foetus suffers when mother lacks vitamin C

PRESS RELEASE -- 19, November 2012

vitamin C supplements are important during pregnancy. Photo: Wikimedia Commons af Tom & Katrien.
19-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Maternal vitamin C deficiency during pregnancy can have serious consequences for the foetal brain. And once brain damage has occurred, it cannot be reversed by vitamin C supplements after birth. This is shown through new research at the … Read the full press release

International research team become the first to map pig genome

PRESS RELEASE -- 16, November 2012

The new findings are significant for studying disease in humans and can also form the basis for sustainable pig breeding in the future.
Together with an international team of scientists, researchers from the University of Copenhagen are the first to map the genome of pigs. This new knowledge can be used to better understand serious human diseases as well as to ensure sustainable … Read the full press release

ADHD medicine affects the brain’s reward system

PRESS RELEASE -- 15, November 2012

The scientists' model shows how some types of ADHD medicine influence the brain's reward system
15-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — A group of scientists from the University of Copenhagen has created a model that shows how some types of ADHD medicine influence the brain’s reward system. The model makes it possible to understand the effect of the medicine … Read the full press release

Solar system’s birth record revised

PRESS RELEASE -- 14, November 2012

NASAR illustration: An artist's interpretation of how the solarsystem is believed to have appeared shortly after its birth and prior to planetary formation.
Some 4.567 billion years ago, our solar system’s planets spawned from an expansive disc of gas and dust rotating around the sun. While similar processes are witnessed in younger solar systems throughout the Milky Way, the formative stages of our own … Read the full press release

High blood cholesterol is overlooked

PRESS RELEASE -- 13, November 2012

These new figures mean that there are about 50 million people worldwide with hereditary high blood cholesterol.
13-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ —  High blood cholesterol, a serious hereditary disease, is far more common than previously recognised and not treated sufficiently. This is shown in new research from the University of Copenhagen and Herlev Hospital, and the results have recently … Read the full press release

European personalities urge EU leaders to back Erasmus

PRESS RELEASE -- 12, November 2012

Brussels, 12-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — More than 100 European personalities from the worlds of education, art, literature, economics, philosophy and sport have signed an open letter to EU Heads of State and Government in support of the threatened Erasmus student exchange programme. The … Read the full press release

The modern view of nature has religious roots

PRESS RELEASE -- 31, October 2012

The Ploughshare Tortoise is one of the worlds most endangared species. Scientists estimate the current population size to less than a thousand. Photo:@Scanpix
31-10-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — All over the planet, people are fighting to save animals and plants from extinction – even though many species have no utilitarian value for us. In a new book, University of Copenhagen theologian Jakob Wolf takes up … Read the full press release

Danish researchers release ground-breaking knowledge about calcium pumps in cells

PRESS RELEASE -- 29, October 2012

The researchers’ starting point was the calcium pump located in the cell membrane of the model plant thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana) Photo: Jørgen Nielsen.
29-10-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — When animals and plants are exposed to influences such as bacterial attack, odour and cold, calcium ions flow into the cells. The calcium provides the cells with a signal about what is going on outside, but as … Read the full press release

A cancer diagnosis does not make young people religious

PRESS RELEASE -- 26, October 2012

26-10-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — A sociologist of religion from the University of Copenhagen has interviewed 21 young patients diagnosed with a life-threatening cancer about their religious beliefs. She concludes that a cancer diagnosis will not make young people, who are not … Read the full press release