A 47-year-long Swedish study at Karolinska Institutet reveals how fitness, strength, and muscle endurance change during adulthood. The results show that physical ability starts to deteriorate as early ...

Three researchers at the Department of Laboratory Medicine have been awarded nearly SEK 20 million from Svenska Sällskapet för Medicinsk Forskning (SSMF) 2026 for innovative projects on the role of ...

We congratulate Fredrik Jäderling, Associate Professor of Radiology and Medical Imaging in the Urology group, who has been awarded the Swedish Urogenital Radiology Association’s (SURF) Honorary Award ...

A digital educational escape room developed through the BalticSeaBioMed collaboration is now available for educators and students. In Saving Alex, players work through a biomedical mystery by ...

The benefits of the HPV vaccine may extend beyond protection against cancer. In a study published in The BMJ, researchers at Karolinska Institutet found that women who had been vaccinated against HPV ...

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026 is awarded for optogenetics — a method that makes it possible to show how nerve cells shape memories, feelings and behaviours in the living brain. Peter ...

Per-Ola Carlsson is a physician-scientist with a distinguished and strong track record in diabetes research. His early work focused on islet physiology, using preclinical models to investigate the ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have evaluated the possibility of alerting drones equipped with automated external defibrillators (AED) to patients with suspected cardiac arrest. In more than ...

Naltrexone and fluoxetine demonstrated similar results in the treatment of people with compulsive sexual behaviour disorder in a new study from Karolinska Institutet. Published in BMJ Mental Health, ...

People who grew up in low-income families are at greater risk of developing atherosclerosis in the coronary arteries later in life. This is shown by a new study from Karolinska Institutet published in ...