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child growth
Open seminar on “Assessing Child Nutritional Status” (21.08.2015)
Should the 2006 recommended WHO Child Growth Standards be the global reference?
stop TB
When is a cough more than just a cough? (21.08.2015)
A timely diagnosis of TB can save lives – not only for the person with TB, but also by limiting further spreading of the disease.
Bathroom scale
Genetically “lazy” fat cells may explain overweight and obesity (21.08.2015)
A special gene variant may be part of the explanation for increased fat storage in half of the population. This finding may give patients new and better targeted treatments in the future.
Illustration picture instagram contest
Share your impressions from the new semester with us! (10.08.2015)
How is your start on the new semester? Share your impressions with us after the summer on Instagram, and win a gift certificate for curriculum!
Doctor checking a patient's mole for cancer.
Five new susceptibility loci for cutaneous malignant melanoma discovered (07.08.2015)
Researchers have found five new genetic regions that make people more susceptible to malignant melanomas. CCBIO’s Lars Akslen is one of the Norwegian researchers who have been contributing to this international study.
picture of cancer cell
International Conference, “The tumor stroma- friend or foe?” (03.08.2015)
The Marie Curie ITN Network CAFFEIN, caffein.ku.dk, arranges its first international conference in Bergen October 22nd-23rd 2015.
Dyreavdelingen på Twitter
The Animal facility at UiB is now on Twitter (23.07.2015)
The Animal facility at UiB is now on Twitter
Cover: Annual Report CIH 2014
Annual Report CIH 2014 (09.07.2015)
Read about new doctors, degrees, projects and other activities at Centre for International Health in 2014 in our annual report.
Film: How to get to CIH (09.07.2015)
To improve the cooperation between staff at the Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care who are situated both in Kalfarveien 31 and in Overlege Danielsens Hus, this film was made in spring 2015.
Mus i bur
Frits Thorsen in Bergens Tidende - Exciting findings in preventing metastatic spreading. (07.07.2015)
collage of the earth with a stetoscope wrapped around.
New EU Expert Report Chaired by CCBIO Ethics Researcher Roger Strand (02.07.2015)
EU recently published an expert report on the design of indicators for promoting and monitoring Responsible Research and Innovation. Roger Strand, CCBIO's principal investigator on ethical and social aspects, was the Chairman of the expert group.
New regulation on the use of animals in experimentation from July 1 2015 (01.07.2015)
New regulation on the use of animals in experimentation was implemented from July 1 2015 The new regulation is called "Regulation on the use of animals in research" (Norw: "Forskrift om bruk av dyr i forsøk")
Cod liver oil - illustration: Colourbox
Vitamin D intake and MS risk: Is timing important? (29.06.2015)
Vitamin D, consumed via oily fish or cod liver oil supplements, may lower the risk of adult-onset multiple sclerosis (MS). Adolescence may be a particularly susceptible life period for such vitamin D-based risk reduction.
pics from meeting
Celebrating four years and the continuation of the KGJN centre (29.06.2015)
Students and employees at the KGJN recently met for a scientific symposium at the Hotel Terminus. It was a successful meeting with many participants, interesting science and fun socializing.
NOR Openscreen
NRC supports the NOR-Openscreen infrastructure initiative (26.06.2015)
The Biorecognition group at the Department of Biomedicine represents one of the four nodes in the new NOR-Openscreen infrastructure. The infrastructure will support the discovery of biologically active substances in all areas of the Life Sciences by providing transnational, open access to the most advanced technologies, chemical and biological resources as well as expertise through Europe.
seriously ill infants
Predicting recovery time in sick infants (26.06.2015)
Being better able to identify the most seriously ill infants is of great importance in terms of being best able to prioritise health resources, particularly is developing countries where such resources are limited. Two researchers from the Centre for Intervention Science in Maternal and Child Health (CISMAC) were part of a study that has identified predictors of recovery time in infants with... Read more
general practitioner
Give and take in sick leave negotiations (26.06.2015)
A focus-group study involving 2 researchers from the Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care (IGS) found that General Practitioners (GPs) seem to consciously negotiate when dealing with sick leave issues.
Girls from Zambia teach other youth about their right to education. Photo: Jessica Lea/DFID (Flickr, CC license)
CISMAC study in Zambia receives GLOBVAC funding (25.06.2015)
The study will examine links between adolescent pregnancies and different approaches to empower adolescent girls in Zambia.

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