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Ugandan News
International study in the Ugandan News (14.02.2019)
The study involves researchers from Norway, England and Uganda. It will investigate how relatively simple measures relating to hand hygiene can help to prevent newborn infections in Uganda.
Hunting down guerilla cancer cells (14.02.2019)
Professor Rolf Bjerkvig at the research group for translational cancer research explains how the researchers make miniature brains and investigate how the cells move in and out of tumor tissue
Pancreas cells
Human cells can change job to fight diabetes (13.02.2019)
For the first time, researchers have shown that ordinary human cells can change their original function. The UiB-resarch published in Nature may give new hope for diabetes patients.
The abortion pill Cytotec or Misoprostol
First two articles in the SAFEZT thematic series: (08.02.2019)
"Abortion politics and practices in a comparative perspective: experiences from Eastern and Southern Africa", published in International Journal for Equity in Health.
Research coordinator Linn Knudsen in conversation with the expert panel
Explaining global health priorities (06.02.2019)
GHP kicking of Day Zero at the SDG 2019 conference with the "Global health priorities explained" seminar.
Countries working together to save babies (06.02.2019)
Researchers from Norway, England and Uganda have just been awarded a €5.9 million grant study how relatively simple measures relating to hand hygiene can help to prevent newborn infections in Uganda.
Ole Frithjof Norheim
Millions to new centre for ethics and priority setting (30.01.2019)
The research group, Global Health Priorities, has become the research centre BCEPS, thanks to support from Bergen Research Foundation, NORAD, University of Bergen and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Minister of Health Ethiopia, Amir Aman
Ethiopia renews its commitment to Universal Health Coverage (28.01.2019)
The Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia renews its commitment to actions towards universal health coverage (UHC). The re-definition of the Essential Health Service Packages (EHSP), which the Global Health Priorities Research Group is involved in, is defined as one of the most important steps forward.
Årets forskningspresentasjoner 2019
Winners of The Annual Research Presentations 2019 (28.01.2019)
A total of eight prizes were awarded on Friday at the prize ceremony of The Annual Research Presentations
forsiden av årsrapporten
SEFAS' Annual Report 2018 (24.01.2019)
Our highlights from research, international collaboration and dissemination.
RStudio-konferansen
Centre for Nutrition at the RStudio conference in Austin (24.01.2019)
Four PhD-candidates from the Centre for Nutrition participated at the RStudio conference in Austin last week.
Slide scanner picture
New microscope ready for use (22.01.2019)
Bryggen metaphor
IGS General Assembly 16 Jan. 2019 (18.01.2019)
Summarising 2018 and looking ahead to 2019 at IGS
Magnus Vollset
The history of a concept: the epidemiological transition (18.01.2019)
IGS’ first General Meeting of 2019 opened with an inaugural lecture by newly appointed Associate Professor in the History of Medicine, Magnus Vollset.
Kryoimmunterapi-teamet i gang i operasjonssalen.
The Research Council of Norway continues to support next generation cryoimmunotherapy (CryoIT) (16.01.2019)
The Research Council of Norway has announced that 11 out of 87 received applications have been selected for funding in their programme called "High-quality and Reliable Diagnostics, Treatment and Rehabilitation (BEHANDLING)”. The project “Enhanced cryoimmunotherapy against urogenital cancers” by project leader Karl-Henning Kalland, CCBIO PI, was among the 11 selected projects and was one of... Read more
Critical perspectives on health and disease
Critical perspectives on health and disease (16.01.2019)
Would you like to be able to view medical and health research in a broader perspective?
mAXIBONE
EU MAXIBONE General Assembly 11-12 Feb (15.01.2019)
The General Assembly of the EU MAXIBONE project will be held in Bergen from 11-12 February 2019.
Cancer DNA
Nature: A new tool to classify tumors of the central nervous system (15.01.2019)
There are over 100 tumor types only in the central nervous system. The Translational Cancer Research Group at the Department of Biomedicine provided data and material for a new diagnostic tool that will make it easier for cancer researchers to see the difference.

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