NEW STUDY. The first study on monkeypox among women shows that for cisgender (cis) women, it is more common not to be transmitted through sex. The study also highlights the risk of healthcare services failing to detect monkeypox in infected cis women. Researchers in Gothenburg are among those presenting the study results, based on data concerning a total of 136 women in 15 countries. Monkeypox is a rare viral infection…
Moderate rise in wastewater coronavirus in Gothenburg
COVID-19. In the latest report on current wastewater concentrations of coronavirus in Gothenburg, a certain increase is noted. This week’s report also concludes the virus monitoring. The latest measurement is based on samples taken last week, November 7–13. As the adjacent diagram shows, there has been a certain upturn. “In the second week of November, the SARS-CoV-2 level rose slightly. It looks as if there are more variants around now,” notes…
Wallenberg Centre biophysicist seeks markers for diabetes
YOUNG RESEARCHERS. Joan Camuñas-Soler, the newly appointed Assistant Professor in Bioinformatics for Translational Medicine, has his own research group at the Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine (WCMTM). In his research, he combines diagnostics, computer science and biophysics to find new biomarkers, currently for metabolic disorders such as diabetes in particular. His Lundberg Laboratory office gives an airy, unadorned impression — hardly surprising, since he has held his research…
Better diagnosis for children with brain tumors through epigenetic profiling
NEW STUDY. An in-depth genetic analysis of tumor samples from all children with brain and spinal cord tumors may provide a more accurate diagnosis. In a new study, researchers at the University of Gothenburg show that analyses of the methylation profile of tumors can be used. This analytic method has already been introduced at Sahlgrenska University Hospital. Tumors of the brain or spinal cord are rare in children, accounting for…
Five researchers receive grants from the Lundberg Foundation
GRANTS. Five researchers at the University of Gothenburg will receive slightly more than SEK 12 million from the Lundberg Foundation in its latest round of awarded grants. In total, the Lundberg Research Foundation is awarding more than SEK 49 million to 17 projects in Gothenburg, Lund, Stockholm, and Uppsala this year. Volkan Sayin, an associate senior lecturer at the Institute of Clinical Sciences, is being given SEK 3 million to…