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Lin Lin is heading a research project which has xenotransplantation – i.e. transplantation between species – as its focal point.

27 January 2022 - Health

Associate Professor Lin Lin from Aarhus University receives DKK 2.8 million from the Novo Nordisk Foundation to study whether kidneys from genetic modified pigs can be used for organ transplantation and thereby help rectify a shortage of organs.

Fulvio Reggiori begins his research activities at Health on 1 June 2022. Photo: Private photo

26 January 2022 - Health

Professor Fulvio Reggiori receives a Laureate Grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation to start his own research laboratory at the Department of Biomedicine. His goal is to answer important questions within autophagy to fight diseases such as cancer and neurodegenerative conditions as Parkinson's and Huntington's disease.

Yonglun Luo is heading a research project which can potentially improve the treatment of patients with the rare disease Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Photo: Simon Byrial Fischel

26 January 2022 - Health

Associate Professor Yonglun Luo from Aarhus University receives DKK 2.7 million from the Novo Nordisk Foundation to study whether muscular dystrophy can be cured with the help of gene editing and stem cell technologies. The research is of particular benefit to patients with a rare muscular dystrophy disease.

Kidneys from pigs can help remedy organ shortages among kidney patients

International top researcher receives DKK 50 million to establish lab at Health

New grant strengthens research into curing muscular dystrophy