NEW STUDY. The incidence of cardiovascular diseases in Sweden has decreased sharply since the late 1990s. These are the findings of a study from Sahlgrenska Academy which included almost three million adult Swedes. In relative terms, the biggest winners are persons with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. “This is a huge improvement and a testament to the improvements in diabetes and cardiovascular care throughout Sweden,” says Aidin Rawshani, medical…
Anders Rosengren finds new ways of treating type-2 diabetes
YOUNG RESEARCHERS. The diabetes research at the University of Gothenburg has now been strengthened with the physician Anders Rosengren, who has been recruited to join the Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine. Anders Rosengren’s research is already well on the way to identifying new treatments for type-2 diabetes. Diabetes is the fastest growing chronic disease in the world. It is a metabolism disease where the basic problem is that…
Takashi Kadowaki: Molecular mechanism of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes
SAHLGRENSKA ACADEMY SEMINAR Speaker:Takashi Kadowaki, MD, PhD, Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, University of Tokyo, Japan. Lab web page: http://dm301k.umin.jp/ Host: Prof Sven Enerbäck (sven.enerback@medgen.gu.se) A light lunch is offered by the venue from 11:30 – first come first served basis.