Uppsala University in the news

Uppsala University in the news

• Motion corrected DWI with integrated T2-mapping for simultaneous estimation of ADC, T2-relaxation and perfusion in prostate cancer.

  2017-03-19
  Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and PI-RADS (Prostate Imaging - Reporting and Data System) has become the standard to determine a probability score for a lesion being a clinically significant prostate cancer.
  Source: UroToday

• Press release: Nanotube film may resolve longevity problem of challenger solar cells

  2017-03-18
  Five years ago, the world started to talk about third-generation solar cells that challenged the traditional silicon cells with a cheaper and simpler manufacturing process that used less energy.
  Source: nanotechweb.org

• Instantaneous Wave-free Ratio versus Fractional Flow Reserve to Guide PCI

  2017-03-18
  Editor's Note: The narration and closed captions in this video are in English. For subtitles in 13 other languages, see this video on the website of the World Health Organization . Adobe Flash Player is required to view this feature.
  Source: New England Journal of Medicine

• Weight loss, especially with surgery, tied to lower risk of heart failure

  2017-03-18
  () Obese people who get surgery to lose weight have half the risk of developing heart failure as do patients who make lifestyle changes to shed excess pounds, a recent study suggests.
  Source: Washington Post

• New Tool For Assessing Clogged Arteries Performs Well, Reduces Discomfort

  2017-03-18
  For patients experiencing angina (chest pain) or a heart attack, a new tool called instantaneous wave-free ratio (iFR) was equivalent to the
  Source: Alpha Galileo

• Spring and Suicide: A Baffling Connection

  2017-03-18
  Metaphorically we refer spring to hope, youth and growth and symbolize winter as dreary and dark but scientists have something contrary to say as studies found that suicides peak in spring and are lowest in winter pertaining to sunlight and tree pollens.
  Source: Business Recorder

• Churchgoing and tolerance

  2017-03-18
  For decades, liberals have called the Christian right intolerant. When conservatives disengage from organized religion, however, they don’t become more tolerant. They become intolerant in different ways.
  Source: Bullfax.com

• Abe trips up in scandal involving organisation with nationalist bent

  2017-03-17
  Japan’s Prime Minister, Mr Shinzo Abe, has enjoyed an enviable record of political success and popularity since he launched his second shot at the country’s top job in 2012.
  Source: Today Online

• Why does spring bring more suicides?

  2017-03-17
  Over the next few months in the northern hemisphere, suicides are likely to become more common. Why? Studies dating back to the 1800s have .
  Source: BBC

• Automated Mounting of Pole-Shoe Wedges in Linear Wave Power Generators—Using Industrial Robotics and Proximity Sensors

  2017-03-17
  Open Access Article Machines 2017 , 5 (1), 10; doi:10.3390/machines5010010 (registering DOI) Department of Engineering Sciences, Uppsala University, Box 534, 751 21 Uppsala, Sweden * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
  Source: MDPI

• Tighten the grip on metastasis

  2017-03-17
  Breast cancer metastatic cells (red) nesting in a pre-metastatic niche at the lungs.
  Source: Medical Xpress

• Nanotube film may resolve longevity problem of challenger solar cells

  2017-03-17
  Researchers lengthened the lifetime of perovskite solar cells by using nanotube film to replace the gold used as the back contact and the organic material in the hole conductor.
  Source: Alpha Galileo

• Weight loss, especially with surgery, tied to lower risk of heart failure

  2017-03-16
  "We were surprised by the large difference in heart failure incidence between the two groups," said lead study author Dr. Johan Sundstrom of Uppsala University in Sweden....
  Source: Big News Network

• Is the dark really making me sad?

  2017-03-16
  The inhabitants of Rjukan in southern Norway have a complex relationship with the sun.
  Source: Yahoo! UK and Ireland

• THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC : New Allergies Study Results Reported from Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc (Human Allergen-Specific IgG Subclass Antibodies Measured Using ImmunoCAP...

  2017-03-16
  New Allergies Study Results Reported from Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc (Human Allergen-Specific IgG Subclass Antibodies Measured Using ImmunoCAP
  Source: 4 Traders

• Weight loss by surgery can cut down risk of heart failure: study

  2017-03-16
  Stockholm: Obese people who get surgery to lose weight have half the risk of developing heart failure compared to patients who make lifestyle changes to shed excess pounds, a recent study suggests.
  Source: Deccan Chronicle

• Ten ways being an international student in Sweden changes you

  2017-03-16
  Student life in Sweden. Photo: Cecilia Larsson Lantz/Imagebank.sweden.se Be it for bachelors, masters, or exchanges, Sweden is a popular destination among students all over the world.
  Source: The Local Sweden

• Weight loss, especially with surgery, tied to lower risk of heart failure | Reuters

  2017-03-16
  (Reuters Health) - Obese people who get surgery to lose weight have half the risk of developing heart failure compared to patients who make lifestyle changes to shed excess pounds, a recent study suggests.
  Source: DailyMe.Com

• Weight loss, especially with surgery, tied to lower risk of heart failure

  2017-03-16
  7:18 p.m. CDT By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - Obese people who get surgery to lose weight have half the risk of developing heart failure compared to patients who make lifestyle changes to shed excess pounds, a recent study suggests.
  Source: KFGO News

• Current Status of Radiopharmaceuticals for the Theranostics of Neuroendocrine Neoplasms

  2017-03-15
  Open Access Review Pharmaceuticals 2017 , 10 (1), 30; doi:10.
  Source: MDPI