News archive for Faculty of Medicine

Arleen Aune defended her PhD thesis (18.03.2024)

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

The new Honorary Doctor hopes to create a vaccine against MS (15.03.2024)

The new Honorary Doctor at the Faculty of Medicine, Alberto Ascherio, was head of the breakthrough showing that there is a connection between MS and the Epstein-Barr virus. In collaboration with researchers from UiB, he hopes that the next step will be to develop a vaccine against the disease.

Rapid molecular testing in the emergency department leads to faster, targeted treatment for community-acquired pneumonia (07.03.2024)

New research from the University of Bergen shows that rapid testing of patients in the emergency department can provide better and more targeted treatment of community-acquired pneumonia. Worldwide, this is one of the most common causes of hospitalization and death.