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The Faculty¡¯s management would like to award a digitalis purpurea to the Faculty¡¯s researchers and teachers for their skilful and effective handling of our new teaching situation, as well as for conducting research and writing applications to the best of their abilities during completely different conditions to normal.

The Faculty¡¯s management are awarding all our technical and administrative employees with a digitalis purpurea for their outstanding work during the coronavirus pandemic this spring. 

Rigid treatments of tuberculosis could lead to the emergence of more drug-resistant tuberculosis instead of less, new study shows.

Cambridge Core has published various articles on country responses to the Covid-19 pandemic. Helsam¡¯s Terje P. Hagen and Bj?rn Hofmann give an account of Norway¡¯s response.

Vaccines can be far more targeted and effective than they are today. A new method will allow us to develop new vaccines more cheaply and efficiently and perhaps get one step ahead of bacteria.

Grant applications to the Research Council for spring 2020 are due on May 6. All applicants at Helsam must anchor proposals via department leader, and seek quality assurance of budget via economist.

¨C We have to increase the awareness of what consent is, says Wangamati, senior lecturer at the University of Oslo.

An article entitled ¡°m6A RNA modification as a new player in R-loop regulation¡±, by the Dynamic Gene Regulation research group led by Arne Klungland at IMB, was published in the January edition of Nature Genetics.

If you want to maintain a stabile weight, reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and some types of cancer, then daily consumption of nuts is recommended, not only for Christmas, but all year round.

Aortic valve calcification is a challenging condition for the health service and for the patients concerned. The only treatment currently available is surgery. Mariia Boganova recently defended her thesis which addresses the options available for future pharmacological treatment.

In order to tackle drug-resistant tuberculosis, more focus needs to be placed on social conditions, rather than biomedicine, according to a new study.

Young people who eat breakfast and lunch generally eat more healthily during the course of the day. These are the results of a study which was conducted by researchers at the Department.

Ragnhild Helles?, professor and department head of Nursing Science, has been appointed as an "Honorary Skou Professor" at Aarhus University.

Many people take vitamin B as dietary supplements without needing them. The combination of B6 and B12 vitamins can even be harmful.

In many countries there are long waiting lists to get a new liver. The solution is to use older donors, says Trygve Thorsen in his thesis.

The Centre for Global Health (CGH) at the University of Oslo (UiO)¡¯s Medical Faculty is proud to announce that we have received support for the work and output of The Lancet One Health Commission from the UiO Life Science Open Call.

A new study published in JAMA Dermatology,  shows a clear association between number of solarium sessions and SCC development.

Mobility grants for research stays abroad are awarded to individuals whose positions are already funded of the Research Council of Norway. Deadline open-ended.

Over 3000 participants from more than 150 countries have signed-up to follow the MOOC ?How to Write a Ph.D. Research Proposal? after its launch. The MOOC is developed by the University of Oslo.

Immune cells at the centre of coeliac disease have been found in patients with other autoimmune diseases. These results give hope of finding the cause of a number of diseases.

UiO: Life Science may support projects at UiO that are in line with the UiO:Life Science strategy for research and education. Deadline: open-ended.

A new treatment for gout lowers the urinary acid level in the body. This can protect podagra patients against new outbreaks.

Researchers at the University of Oslo (UiO) could be close to a breakthrough in the treatment of Alzheimer¡¯s Disease.

Women's fat has a more active metabolism, but this effect disappears later in life.