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The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on clinical brain cancer trials (29.03.2021)
2020 evolved into an annus horribilis for everyone, manifested by physical distancing and social isolation, disrupted work routines and for many, tragic loss of livelihood and loved ones.
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African Health Sciences Journal turns 20 (25.03.2021)
Student publications (25.03.2021)
Two of Professor Engebretsen’s students recently published articles.
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Positive self-image and self-esteem protects against weight gain in adolescence (24.03.2021)
A new study from the University of Bergen (UiB) shows that the way young people view their bodies have a great impact on their BMI.
TB Day 2021
24 March: World Tuberculosis (TB) Day (23.03.2021)
Globally TB day is commemorated every year on March 24, the anniversary of the date when Dr. Robert Koch announced his discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria that causes TB, in 1882.
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The medical students' teaching award (19.03.2021)
Petri Kursula receive the prize for best teacher in preclinical medicine 2020.
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New discoveries on deadly fungus – might be a key for treatment (19.03.2021)
Scientists at the University of Bergen (UiB) have discovered a new enzyme on the deadly fungus Aspergillus fumigatus that might unlock new treatment. The fungus kills around one million people per year worldwide, and is found “everywhere”.
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Creating trust through pandemic-rhetoric (18.03.2021)
How does the health-authorities choose to communicate when the world is experiencing a global crisis? This will be the main topic in a new rhetoric-study with researchers from Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
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Toward Universal Health Coverage in the Post-COVID-19 Era (15.03.2021)
In a Nature Medicine article published today, BCEPS researchers discuss the challenges of developing essential health service packages in resource-constrained settings.
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Annals of Oncology (10.03.2021)
Research on PARP inhibitors carried out at Mohn Cancer Research Laboratory and KG Jebsen's center for genome-directed cancer therapy receives attention in the international press after publication in the Annals of Oncology.
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Research school collaboration between centers of excellence (08.03.2021)
CCBIO initiated its research school – CCBIO Research School for Cancer Studies (RSCS) – very early on, and the RSCS has since the startup in 2014 undergone a steady progress and expansion of the course portfolio. Now that CCBIO’s parent department the Department of Clinical Medicine has been assigned an FKB center (Centre for Clinical Treatment Research) – Neuro-SysMed – CCBIO is happy to be able... Read more
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New perspectives challenge the idea that saturated fats cause heart disease (01.03.2021)
In science, sometimes a new perspective can turn our interpretation of the data upside-down, and necessitate a paradigm shift.