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New Study Highlights Infodemic Challenges for Indian Migrants in Norway During COVID-19

Martha E. Hjelmeland, Jone Trovik and Camilla Krakstad are three of the researchers at the Women's Clinic at Haukeland University Hospital and the Bergen Research Group for Gynecological Cancer, who have discovered that the loss of vimentin, a protein, in preoperative biopsies can predict poor prognosis and lymph node metastasis in patients with endometrial cancer.

The article was published in NanoToday and is an international collaboration, which highlights the very important and relevant issue of interference of nanomaterials with in vitro studies, which hampers the assessment of nanomaterials’ biological effects.

Dr. Anja Linde defended her thesis on: Cardiovascular organ damage in patients with psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis: associations with hypertension, obesity and disease modifying treatment 14.02.25. Professor Renata Cifkova from Charles I University, Prague, Czech Republic served as first opponent, and professor Tillmann Uhlig, University of Oslo as second opponent. The scientific evaluation... Read more

The 8th SDG Conference in Bergen put health, climate and sustainability on the agenda through both "Day Zero" with a number of digital events, and a physical conference in the University Aula with engaging discussions and interactions.

Physical abuse and sexual assault may be linked to the development of endometriosis, a recent study shows. – Even those with a low genetic risk may be susceptible to developing the disease if they have experienced significant trauma, says lead author Solveig Løkhammer from the University of Bergen.

Professor Hrvoje Miletic and his team at UiB have made groundbreaking discoveries that could provide new answers to what makes malignant brain tumors grow. The goal is to improve both survival and treatment of brain cancer.

UiB researchers are behind a new discovery that tells us how associated neurodegenerative diseases might develop.