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The women who are invited to screening live longer because all breast cancer patients live longer, and they do so because we now have better drugs and more effective chemotherapy, but it does not appear that fewer women die of breast cancer as a result of mammography screening, Henrik Støvring says. 
Photo: Lars Kruse, AU.

2018.09.12 | Research, Health and disease, Public/Media

Breast cancer screening does not reduce mortality

A Norwegian-Danish study shows that breast cancer mortality is indeed declining, but not due to screening for breast cancer. Associate Professor Henrik Støvring from Aarhus University, who is a co-author of the study, therefore thinks it is time for us to consider alternatives to mammography screening.

2018.09.11 | Research, Public/Media, External target group

New high-throughput screening study may pave the way for future Parkinson’s disease therapy

Parkinson's disease is the most common neurodegenerative disease; currently there is no cure. Aggregation of the protein α-synuclein plays a key role in this disease. Together with a US drug company, AU researchers have now carried out a new screening strategy which has identified novel and structurally diverse aggregation inhibitors.

2018.09.11 | Seminar, Health and disease, PhD students

Aarhus Genome Center - iSEQ lunch seminar series on Precision Medicine

Polymorphism and Divergence of Heterochromatin

2018.09.11 | PhD defense, Health and disease, PhD students

PhD defence: Kristian Løvvik Juul-Dam

Early Detection of Relapse of Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Children

2018.09.11 | Event, Public/Media, External target group

90th anniversary celebration in the University Park

This year, Aarhus University is celebrating its 90th anniversary. The occasion will be marked by a big party in the University Park on 21 September, where all students and staff members are invited. The hosts are the Student Council, AU Sport and Aarhus University.

Doctor of Medical Science, PhD, Brian Hansen. Photo: AU Foto

2018.09.18 | People news, Public/Media, Health

New doctor of medical science develops improved MRI scanning of the brain

Brian Hansen from AU and AUH has just defended his doctoral dissertation on experimental MRI scans. The methods can be used to study the brain's microscopic structure and could, in the long term, lead to earlier diagnosis of e.g. dementia.

2018.09.07 | Grants and awards, PhD students, Dept Clin Epi

Grants for dermatology research

With focus on herpes zoster and atopic dermatitis.

2018.09.06 | Event, Research, All groups

The First Mediterranean Symposium of Comprehensive Joint Care

The event is organised by the World Academy of Pain Medicine Ultrasonography, the International Society for Applied Biological Sciences and St. Catherine Hospital and includes talks by world-renowned experts in the fields of pain management, sports medicine and orthopaedics. Registration deadline is October 01, 2018.

2018.09.06 | Event, Research, All groups

PROMEMO-DANDRITE Topical Seminar with Beatriz Alvarez-Castelao

The seminar will focus on neuronal proteostasis and is hosted by PROMEMO Group leader and DANDRITE affiliated researcher Prof. Marco Capogna.

2018.09.06 | People news, Research, All groups

Anne Regina Wienand is new shared Research Assistant in Nabavi and Nykjær lab

Anne Regina Wienand will help Mariam to optimize the conditions for the isolation of newly synthesized proteins from cells. This is an important step towards the identification of proteins required for m​emory formation. She will also be introduced to various methods in the Nabavi lab such as stereotaxic surgery and in vivo electrophysiology.

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