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The goal is to develop a digital lifestyle coach that can help you change unhealthy habits.

More than 600 people commit suicide each year in one of the world's best countries to live in. What can we do to reduce the number of suicides?

Scientists have discovered a new method for making flu vaccines. This can give us broader protection against a number of flu types.

Researchers have now found out what happens when normal cells develop into breast cancer. This finding can lead to more individualized treatment: the right treatment in the right dosage for the right patient.

Like our unique fingerprints, we all have a unique combination of connections in the brain. These networks of connections stabilises during childhood and adolescence. Delayed development may be an early sign of mental health disorders.

Researchers have discovered that plasma cells in the human intestine live longer than previously assumed. This finding may change treatment for gastrointestinal illnesses and boost the development of vaccines in pill form.

The severity of a heart attack is the most important factor affecting the patient¡¯s subsequent outcome. New research shows that the severity can be reduced through the use of anti-inflammatory medication.

Antibiotic resistance is a major global problem. Nevertheless, we should not stop using antibiotics to treat urinary tract infections.

Researchers from Norway have participated in a study that explores Short QT Syndrome, a genetic disease of the heart¡¯s electrical system

Young people who demonstrate self-harming behaviours often admit that they have also attempted to take their own lives. Treatment directly aimed at combating self-harm and suicide has shown effective results.

Analyses of sewage in Oslo reveal misuse of Ritalin, a medication normally given to patients with ADHD.

New research is revealing bacteria's internal struggle for power. The result may be better vaccines.

Research from the Morth Group shows that Zinc-binding plays an important role in the sensing and regulation of cellular pH in the human brain. Findings published in Nature Group's Scientific Reports

Here is the new dietary advice on which types of fat, and in which quantities, are best for your child.

The board of UiO:Life Science has decided to support the newly established School of Health Innovation at UiO, NTNU and Karolinska Institutet. With this UiO:Life Science wants to contribute to establish a new strong player in the UiO ecosystem of innovation.

Shinya Yamanaka, 2012 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, will visit Oslo on September 6. He will give a lecture about a new era of medicine with induced pluripotent stem cells ¨C iPS cells ¨C and participate in a panel discussion about the ethical aspects of stem cell therapy. The events are open to all.

Researchers have found a new method to develop antibiotics that are tailored to kill multi-resistant bacteria.

The Oslo Life Science Conference 2017 is over. See pictures, watch videos and download presentations from the main day.

Researchers at the University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital have discovered that cancer cells grow by stealing energy from neighbouring cells.

A collaboration between the MAGIC non-profit research and innovation programme and the British Medical Journal will enable updated treatment guidelines to reach healthcare professionals more quickly.

A large Norwegian study published by the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Oslo found that sunbed users are at not only at higher risk of developing melanoma, but also tend to develop the cancer at a younger age compared to nonusers.

Researchers at the Faculty have shown that harmful immune cells are more easily activated in patients suffering from the autoimmune disease lupus than in healthy people.

The School of Health Innovation will help new ideas to germinate and be developed more rapidly by our health researchers, and enhance innovative thinking and culture at the Faculty,¡¯ says Hilde Nebb, Pro-Dean. 

Interactions between the gut and the body are central to good health. Researchers at the University of Oslo have now identified one of the key regulators of these interactions.

3D-printing of human tissue is no longer Science Fiction, it's a science fact. The Norwegian Center for Stem Cell Research launches The Neuron Factory, a platform that can produce human neurons for research purposes.