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Human land-use and climate change will have significant impact on animal genetic diversity, study finds

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have made the first ever global assessment map of how…

The team from the University of Copenhagen

A student solution for Brazil's mass vaccination problem

A multidisciplinary team consisting of five students from Global Health, Global Development, and…

Jens Juul (Simon SkippeR)

Danish diabetes researcher receives international top award: "There's hope to think that diabetes can be cured"

Jens Juul Holst from the University of Copenhagen, who identified GLP-1, is one of the world’s…

Case challenge participants in 2019

New Global Health Case Challenge: Improving quality of care at birth in the wake of COVID-19

There is a new student case challenge in town and you can still apply!

The cholera-phone

The fight against diarrheal diseases in Bangladesh

Rebeca Sultana has spent the last six years investigating diarrheal diseases including cholera…

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Cardiovascular disease

Failing to see the wood for the trees may be preventing better outcomes in cardiovascular disease

Managing single risk factors like blood pressure rather than looking at overall risk may be wasting…

corona vaccine

COVID-19 vaccine candidate based on UCPH research ready for testing on humans

A COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed at the University of Copenhagen has just been approved for…

Foto of poeple walking with colourful vegetables on a tow truck through a flooded street

New project looking to enhance young people’s climate crisis awareness, agency and action in Tanzania

Researchers from the sections of Global Health and Health Services Research have been awarded DKK 1…

proteomics machine

New method allows researchers to find protein imbalances causing diseases like cancer

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have developed a first-of-its-kind method called Deep…

Researcher in lab

Skin tissue samples from 3,000 patients to give researchers new insights into psoriasis and eczema

Herlev and Gentofte Hospital together with the University of Copenhagen establish a new research…

Permafrost in arctic

Arctic permafrost releases more CO2 than once believed

There may be greater CO2 emissions associated with thawing Arctic permafrost than ever imagined. An…

Søren Brunak in a dark server room

Researchers develop algorithm to find possible misdiagnosis

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have developed an algorithm that can identify patient…