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GRANTS. On behalf of the labor market parties, AFA Insurance allocates SEK 50 million to six new research projects within an R & D program with focus on research on working life without cardiovascular disease. Professor Fredrik Bäckhed and Professor Annika Rosengren lead two of the projects. Gut microbiota as treatment strategy in cardiovascular disease Obesity, high blood lipids and diabetes increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. While modern drugs…