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• Researchers develops oral vaccin against diarrhea

  [21 May 2013] University of Gothenburg Vaccine Research Institute (GUVAX) announces successful results in a placebo controlled phase I study of an oral, inactivated Escherichia coli diarrhea vaccine.

• Promising treatment for progeria within reach

  [16 May 2013] Pharmaceuticals that inhibit a specific enzyme may be useful in treating progeria, or accelerated aging in children. A new study performed at the Sahlgrenska Academy, published in Science, indicates that the development of progeria in mice was inhibited upon reducing the production of this enzyme.

• Parents who suck on their infants´ pacifiers may protect their children against developing allergy

  [6 May 2013] Swedish researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy in Gothenburg report that a simple habit may give significant protection against allergy development, namely, the parental sucking on the baby´s pacifier.

• Newly-discovered human fat cell opens up new opportunities for future treatment of obesity

  [21 Apr 2013] The body´s brown fat cells play a key role in the development of obesity and diabetes. Researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy have now discovered that we humans have two different kinds of brown fat cells and not one kind as previously thought. This discovery, now published in Nature Medicine, opens up new opportunities for future medicines that exploit the brown fat cells' ability to consume calories.

• Increased risk of cardiovascular disease for pregnant women with high blood pressure

  [9 Apr 2013] Women with high blood pressure during pregnancy have an increased risk of high blood pressure even 40 years after maternity, which leads in turn to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. This has been demonstrated by researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy.

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