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Legemidler og utstyr til behandling og oppfølging av diabetes.
Are we overtreating nursing home patients with diabetes? (03.07.2014)
PhD candidate Lillan Mo Andreassen have investigated drug therapy and glycemic control in nursing home patients with diabetes, and found very low blood glucose levels in several of them.
Adnan Budnjo's thesis "Synthesis of serine protease inhibitors".
Peptidomimetics - drugs for the future (18.06.2014)
By developing molecules which are able to regulate serine proteases, the phd work of Adnan Budnjo is another step towards developing new medicines against diseases as cancer, diabetes, and COPD. Thursday 19th of June 2014 he defends his thesis “Synthesis of serine protease inhibitors”.
Agnete Svendsen Tenfjord Engelsen
Agnete Engelsen receives award for best PhD dissertation 2013 (17.06.2014)
We congratulate CCBIO associate Agnete Engelsen with the faculty award for best PhD dissertation!
Camilla Krakstad
Camilla Krakstad awarded with the Falch Junior Prize for young researchers (17.06.2014)
We congratulate CCBIO's associate Camilla Krakstad with the award!
Universal Health Coverage
Working Towards Fairness and Equality (16.06.2014)
The goal of universal health coverage is high on many global and national agendas – how can it be attained?
The first CCBIO Junior Scientist Symposium 11.06.14. Collage.
Great interest in the CCBIO Junior Scientist Symposia (12.06.2014)
The Centre for Cancer Biomarkers (CCBIO) hosted June 11th its first Junior Scientist Symposium, and the second took place August 28th. There has been a great interest.
Illustration photo
Reducing pain in patients with dementia (26.05.2014)
According to PhD student, Reidun Karin Sandvik, and her fellow authors on a recently published paper, pain is frequently experienced and distressing to people with dementia.
Low education increases risk of heart disease (29.04.2014)
While in general, fewer Norwegians have suffered from cardiovascular disease, women with lower education levels show an increasing risk.
Praxeology book
New Book: Praxeology (29.04.2014)
“Praxeological Nursing Science – what is it? A discussion with subjective and objective alternatives.”
hip fracture
Many Fear Having a Hip Fracture … (10.04.2014)
… with good reason: hip fractures are associated with increased mortality.
Global Health 2035
Grounds for Optimism in Global Health (10.04.2014)
Professor Ole Frithjof Norheim comments on the Lancet Commission’s Global Health 2035 Report, celebrating 20 years since WDR 1993.
burning car
What does mutual interdependence really imply? (25.03.2014)
How do relationships impact care and rehabilitation following a major burn injury?
How to prioritise “invisible” children? (25.03.2014)
Meeting the special needs of children who are the next-of-kin for parents with serious health problems is important both for health promotion and disease prevention.
Project economist, Øyvind Mørkedal
NORHED workshop at Makerere (21.03.2014)
NORHED, NORAD’s new programme, started in 2013. It aims to strengthen capacity in higher education in low-and middle-income countries.
UiB Global
UiB Global Newsletter March 2014 (18.03.2014)
Global and development-related research is one of two priority areas for research at the University of Bergen.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATION: The researchers from the study who were present at...
More children saved despite HIV positive mothers (07.03.2014)
Infants who are breastfed by HIV positive mothers are not infected by HIV if they are treated with certain medicines, according to new research at the University of Bergen with partners.
Bioinformatics for Proteomics Course, Bergen, May 12-15th 2014 (06.03.2014)
We are thrilled to invite you to our ”Bioinformatics for Proteomics”-course to be held in beautiful Bergen May 12th – 15th at the Proteomics Unit at the University of Bergen (PROBE).
CCBIO Symposium March 25-26 2014 (24.02.2014)
CCBIO arranges its annual symposium at Solstrand 25th-26th March 2014. This year the CCBIO symposium will be a combination of talks by invited international speakers and other senior researchers, extended poster sessions where younger researchers can present their work, and ample time for interaction between participants.

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