EFFORT. Madeleine Rådinger, Professor in the Institute of Medicine, has had an energetic summer break. She spent a week cycling to Paris with Team Rynkeby Göteborg, in temperatures that sometimes hit 37°C. The bike ride is in aid of the Swedish Childhood Cancer Fund, and this year the Gothenburg team broke a new record, raising a total of around SEK 4 million. “I’m a researcher, so I know how important…
Launch: The Lancet Commission on peaceful societies through health equity and gender equality
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Three quick questions to Oscar Bresin, new chair of the student union
What issues are most important to the student union right now in terms of the faculty’s educations? “Right now, student health and the fact that the Faculty of Science has moved to Campus Medicinareberget are in focus. The university is in the process of procuring student health and the addition to Medicinareberget is changing the everyday life of many on campus. We want to work continuously so that the students…
New blood test gives very high accuracy to screen for Alzheimer’s disease
NEW STUDY. A new blood test called p-tau217 shows promise as an Alzheimer’s disease biomarker, and when used in a two-step workflow very high accuracy to either identify or exclude brain amyloidosis, the most important and earliest pathology. That is an innovation now presented by researchers at the University of Gothenburg, together with colleagues at University of Lund and in Montreal, Canada. In recent years, a lot of effort has…
Method for detecting ultrasound equipment errors in new doctoral thesis
DOCTORAL THESIS. Many ultrasound examinations are conducted using equipment with malfunctions, often without anyone’s knowledge. In his doctoral thesis, Robert Lorentsson reveals that these errors can impact diagnosis, especially when the defects are substantial. He has developed a novel method to detect faulty ultrasound probes through automated analysis of clinical images. What is the focus of your research? ”My research aims to evaluate how the technical condition of an ultrasound…