Those who suffer from prolonged and severe pain often have to choose between plague and cholera. The options are: trying to endure, which is often impossible, or taking strong drugs that affect everyday life, which can cause side effects and lead to addiction.But...
When Conny Karlsson became a father, he began to think about the air his child inhaled. As an anesthesiologist, he was aware that it contained a lot of pollution, but there was no help available. That's why he created his own invention, a kind of air bubble that...
33,000 people die from multi-resistant bacteria in the EU alone each year. There are few new effective drugs underway that can fight bacteria that have developed resistance to today's antibiotics, but there are bright spots.One such glimmer of light is a new gel...
Around the world, 300,000 women die from cervical cancer each year. But that figure may come close to zero in the future if a research team from Uppsala University succeeds in getting its new solution into widespread use.The solution in question is called HPVir and...
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have used AI to provide doctors with a better basis for how a patient should be treated. The AI has learned to distinguish between different tumors by analyzing digital microscope images. Based on the images, the AI...
Microplastics are a massive problem damaging our marine ecosystems as well as freshwater and terrestrial environments. In 2022 the EU ban on microplastics goes into effect. A substitute for microplastics and microcapsules (often found in laundry detergent) is needed....