News archive for Department of Clinical Science

Vimentin, component of the cytoskeleton, has so far been associated with epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, increased metastatic potential and, hence, poor prognosis in many cancer types. However, our newest study indicates that its role in endometrial cancer might be opposite to what we believed thus far.

The new European Society of Cardiology guidelines were presented at the largest cardiology conference in the world, ESC 2024 in London

Center for research on Cardiac Disease in Women celebrates its 4th year anniversary. We celebrate this achievement with interviewing Helga Midtbø who has been appointed as the Grieg associate professor in cardiology at the Center

Research at UiB and Haukeland gives insight into a particular form of diabetes that can be treated with alternative drugs.

She was invited to shear the results from her publications on sex differences in hypertension based on the Hordaland Health Study

Professor Eva Gerdts explained the need for more research on women’s health during the opening of the DRIV Center for research on Women’s health. It is important to have a modern vision on women’s health and move out of bikini medicine

A new study from the University of Bergen and the University of Exeter shows that pregnant women who quit smoking may prevent an abnormal mismatch between the weight of the placenta and the growth of the fetus.

PhD fellow Arleen Aune defended her PhD thesis ‘Cardiac organ damage in systemic hypertension: Impact of gender, etiology and comorbidities’ 15.03.24