Institute of Biomedicine - News

A new study from the University of Eastern Finland uncovers how early lifestyle changes can have long-lasting impacts.

In many cancers, cancer cells form resistance to treatments as the disease progresses. A new study found that M1 macrophages can transform cancer cells into stem-like cells and thus immune to treatment.

A new textbook provides an overview on the present understanding of aging – from the basic biology of aging to age-related diseases and to the role of lifestyle and the environment.

New research sheds light on the mechanisms associating obesity with inflammation by exploring tiny membrane particles, known as extracellular vesicles, secreted by human adipocytes.

The study is the first large-scale genome-wide association study related to NPH in the world.

The combined effect of environmental exposures and unhealthy lifestyle habits can affect children’s cardiometabolic health in a way that exceeds their separate effects.

Researchers from the Neuro-Innovation PhD programme are organising, for the first time, an English-language science camp as part of SnellmanEDU’s Children’s University.

Some cancer cells can survive chemotherapy, which may lead to cancer recurrence. A new study reveals how cancer cells can perform this "evasive maneuver” in acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Young people with higher blood pressure performed worse especially in tasks that measured attention and learning.

Treatment resistance caused by cancer cell plasticity constitutes a major challenge in the treatment of prostate cancer. The SIX2 protein may be a possible factor underlying increased plasticity of prostate cancer cells and treatment resistance.