NEW STUDY. A clinical study with children as participants entails extra costs often omitted in the initial budget. Clinical studies involving children are thus at risk of being undercompensated, new research shows. Kids will be kids when they take part in clinical studies, as at other times. Sometimes they need a break to do something else for a while before the next study session can start. With children as study…
Potency drug reduced long-term blood sugar in type 2 diabetes
NEW STUDY. A small group of patients with type 2 diabetes significantly improved their long-term blood sugar levels when treated with high-dose tadalafil, a medication used to treat erectile dysfunction. The result from the University of Gothenburg pilot study is striking, but repetition in a larger study and over a longer period is needed. Tadalafil is one of the active pharmaceutical substances known as PDE5 (phosphodiesterase type 5) inhibitors, a…
Håkan Tinnerberg investigates health risks of the super material graphene
RESEARCH. Stronger than steel, super light, transparent, and extremely good at conducting electricity–these are some of the properties that make graphene such an interesting material. But could it pose health risks? Occupational hygienist Håkan Tinnerberg is researching this. Every year 30–50 people die from accidents at work in Sweden. “This is extremely serious, of course. But there is less awareness of the fact that many more people–about 3,000 of them–die…
Seeking solutions to malnutrition in Rwanda
COLLABORATION. A major research project is underway in Rwanda to investigate the factors that lead to malnutrition among young children, with the aim of enabling more children to grow and develop normally. One of the researchers working on the project is Diane Rinda, a doctoral student at both the University of Gothenburg and the University of Rwanda. As in many other low-income countries, malnutrition is common among young children in…
Akademiliv podcast – Carolina Klüft and Mats Börjesson in conversation about athletes’ limits
PODCAST. All these new records – we run faster, jump higher and lift heavier. But where is the limit to how good an elite athlete can be? What pieces of the puzzle must fall into place to reach absolute top form? And how is research conducted on performance development? You can find the Akademiliv podcast (in Swedish) on Spotify or other platforms for podcasts, e.g. Soundcloud. On GU Play there…