News archive for The Department of Biomedicine

A role for platelet shape change in the efficiency of aspirin/dipyridamole treatment of stroke patients? (27.10.2010)

Stroke patients have particular high risk of thrombotic events caused by platelet (thrombocyte) activation, which may lead to new infarctions. Secondary treatment of these patients with anti-platelet therapy consisting of aspirin and dipyridamole is therefore a common protocol. Recent results on the mechanism of action of this treatment suggest that regulation of platelet shape change, the... Read more

Postdoctoral Fellow, the Department of Biomedicine (26.10.2010)

At the Department of Biomedicine a postdoctoral position is vacant for the duration of two years. The position is financed by the University of Bergen (UiB) and The Research Council of Norway and is attached to the Proteomics Unit UIB (PROBE http://www.uib.no/rg/probe) at the Department of Biomedicine. The work place will be at the Building for Basic Biological Research, Jonas Lies Vei 91.

A more individualised cancer treatment (14.10.2010)

New findings can lead to a more optimalised treatment of brain cancer.

Nanotubes help cells pass messages (01.10.2010)

Nature article related to cell communication.