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The University of Oslo's board has decided that the initiative UiO:Life Science will be continued for a new five-year period.

Thanks to all who attended the 5-year anniversary of the Oslo Life Science Conference! Several of the events were filmed, so if you missed any of them, or want to see them again, you may watch them now.

Six new teams have been admitted to UiO?s innovation programme SPARK Norway. They will develop their ideas within health-related life sciences for the benefit of patients and society.

Follow the construction process through pictures that are taken by webcam regularly.

Psychology student Emma Eriksson is part of the team at the University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital that will test a new innovative treatment on Norwegian patients with chronic pain. The method involves meditative breathing with monitoring on smartphones at home.

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 and vice-rector for research and innovation Per Morten Sandset invite all employees at UiO to breakfast meetings 27 May, 28 May, 29 May and 5 June at 8¨C9 AM.

Diabetes, organ donation, consciousness, the immune system, evidence in rape cases, mental illnesses, medicinal plants and cancer. These are societal challenges that will be examined in interdisciplinary life science research groups at the University of Oslo.

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

Thanks to all who attended Oslo Life Science 11¨C14 February 2019. See pictures and watch videos from the events. We hope to see all of you again at Oslo Life Science 2020. 

Six new teams have been admitted to UiO?s innovation programme SPARK Norway. They will develop their ideas within health-related life sciences for the benefit of patients and society.

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.

New paper in Gastroenterology: Authors found that both aspirin, and in particular oral anticoagulants, lowers the positive predictive value of fecal testing for occult blood.

SPARK Norway is UiO:Life Science¡¯s innovation programme for health-related life sciences. Meet three of the SPARKees and get inspired to apply.

UiO:Life Science hopes to see Norwegian finalists in the pitch competition at the tech conference SLUSH in Helsinki on 5 December. The winner is granted 30 000 euros. Life science students and researchers in startups or pre-startups are welcome to apply before 1 October at 12:00.

Standardized computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) can help reduce unnecessary removal of colonic polyps with no malignant potential.

Overdiagnosis is recognized as a major harm of mammography and prostate cancer screening ¨C what about colorectal cancer screening?

At present UiO:Life Science funds seven convergence environments that address major challenges within life sciences related to health and environment/sustainable growth. A new application round starts now. Researchers from all units at UiO are welcome to participate.

Researchers have now found out what happens when normal cells develop into breast cancer. This finding can lead to more individualized treatment: the right treatment in the right dosage for the right patient.

Like our unique fingerprints, we all have a unique combination of connections in the brain. These networks of connections stabilises during childhood and adolescence. Delayed development may be an early sign of mental health disorders.

Researchers have discovered that plasma cells in the human intestine live longer than previously assumed. This finding may change treatment for gastrointestinal illnesses and boost the development of vaccines in pill form.

The severity of a heart attack is the most important factor affecting the patient¡¯s subsequent outcome. New research shows that the severity can be reduced through the use of anti-inflammatory medication.

Research smell and taste is a relatively new field in Norway, but Postdoctoral Fellow Preet Bano Singh at the Faculty of Dentistry is breaking new ground in this area.

If you suffer from a dry mouth, the chances are that you also have dry eyes. The problem may be due to the sebaceous glands in the eyelids.