Research spotlight: The coronavirus
Why did the coronavirus begin to spread among humans? What can we do to prevent the spread of infection so that healthcare has sufficient resources for the seriously ill? And why do we feel such an incredible need for information in connection with major threats? We have interviewed some researchers at Uppsala University about the new coronavirus and the disease COVID-19.
Medicine and Pharmacy
Interdisciplinary collaboration provides new answers about immunity after Covid-19
8 January 2021. Only weeks after the coronavirus reached Sweden, blood samples were taken from more than 2,000 emplo ...
Researchers contribute to local infection control
10 December 2020. Uppsala is one of the regions that has been particularly hard hit by COVID-19 over recent weeks. Inf ...
Nitric oxide a possible treatment for COVID-19
3 October 2020. Researchers at Uppsala University have found that an effective way of treating the coronavirus behin ...
Humanities and Social Sciences
Increased mental ill-health during pandemic
7 September 2020. Mental ill-health in this country has become more prevalent and severe during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Shirin Ahlbäck Öberg appointed to the Coronavirus Commission
7 September 2020. Hi, Shirin Ahlbäck Öberg, associate professor and senior lecturer at the Department of Political Sci ...
Studying the psychological effects of the pandemic
5 June 2020. For many people, the past few months have been a trial. Karin Brocki is studying the impact of the C ...
Science and Technology
Antibodies - for better or worse
9 November 2020. Immune cells protect us from contagions and keep us healthy, but sometimes they mistakenly attack ou ...
Siv Andersson: From curiosity to utility during pandemic
27 August 2020. “Researchers are a wonderful resource and many of them want to help,” says Siv Andersson, Professor ...
Voluntary measures to prevent Coronavirus infection were very effective
2 July 2020. Voluntary measures taken by individuals to reduce the spread of infection have been crucial in limit ...
All news about research on the coronavirus and COVID-19
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Interdisciplinary collaboration provides new answers about immunity after Covid-19
08 januari 2021
Only weeks after the coronavirus reached Sweden, blood samples were taken from more than 2,000 employees at Danderyd Hospital. Today, a selection o...
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Researchers contribute to local infection control
10 december 2020
Uppsala is one of the regions that has been particularly hard hit by COVID-19 over recent weeks. Infectious disease specialists and researchers are...
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Antibodies - for better or worse
09 november 2020
Immune cells protect us from contagions and keep us healthy, but sometimes they mistakenly attack our own bodies in autoimmune diseases. There are ...
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CRUSH COVID: new research collaboration
12 oktober 2020
Uppsala University and the Uppsala Region are launching a joint research project aimed at surveying, preventing and reducing the spread of COVID-19...
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Nitric oxide a possible treatment for COVID-19
03 oktober 2020
Researchers at Uppsala University have found that an effective way of treating the coronavirus behind the 2003 SARS epidemic also works on the clos...
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Increased mental ill-health during pandemic
07 september 2020
Mental ill-health in this country has become more prevalent and severe during the COVID-19 pandemic. This trend, despite infection control measures...
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Shirin Ahlbäck Öberg appointed to the Coronavirus Commission
07 september 2020
Hi, Shirin Ahlbäck Öberg, associate professor and senior lecturer at the Department of Political Science, will participate in the Government’s comm...
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Possible blood-clotting mechanism in COVID-19
03 september 2020
Why so many COVID-19 patients get blood clots (thrombosis) remains uncertain. But scientists at Uppsala University and the University Hospital have...
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New collaboration between Uppsala and Lund in the fight against COVID-19
18 augusti 2020
The COVID Symptom Study is a research project about COVID-19 initiated by Lund University in the spring 2020. The purpose with the research is to c...
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Sharp rise in child mortality due to COVID-19 restrictions in Nepal
12 augusti 2020
In a Lancet Global Health article, researchers from Uppsala University show how Nepalese restrictions prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic have result...
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New findings on enzymes with important role in SARS-CoV-2 infection
04 augusti 2020
Researchers at Uppsala University have described the presence, throughout the human body, of the enzyme ACE2. This is thought to be the key protein...
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Voluntary measures to prevent Coronavirus infection were very effective
02 juli 2020
Voluntary measures taken by individuals to reduce the spread of infection have been crucial in limiting the number of cases and deaths from COVID-1...
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“Covid-19 can provide vital information for ME research”
16 juni 2020
Hello there, Jonas Bergquist, Professor of Neurochemistry at the Department of Chemistry (BMC), who has started a collaboration with the neurointen...
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Studying the psychological effects of the pandemic
05 juni 2020
For many people, the past few months have been a trial. Karin Brocki is studying the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on mental health – both among ...
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Björn Olsen: Our biggest enemy is forgetfulness
04 juni 2020
“The coronavirus is not the last act. At best, it is a dress rehearsal for the next pandemic. And when this storm blows over, we can hope that we w...
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New project to analyse novel coronavirus in wastewater
26 maj 2020
The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has been detected in wastewater. Scientists from Uppsala University, KTH and SLU have received support from Knut a...
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Donations contribute to new research on COVID-19
19 maj 2020
The Einhorn Family Foundation has donated over SEK 500,000 to research at Uppsala University to help develop treatments against COVID-19. The donat...
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Intensive hunt for drugs to fight COVID-19
13 maj 2020
The entire world is currently waiting for a vaccine against COVID-19. Intensive research is ongoing to develop useful drugs against the novel coron...
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Tests provide new picture of the spread of the virus
13 maj 2020
Two recent studies testing for antibodies against the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 provide a new picture of the spread of virus in Sweden. “To gain a mor...
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Ethical choices in a pandemic
12 maj 2020
During the coronavirus pandemic, many ethical questions come to the fore. How should care services prioritise among severely ill patients? And how ...