Department of Women's and Children's Health

"It is important to look for solutions to real problems for both patients and healthcare staff," says Helena Lindgren, associate professor in reproductive health at KBH. "We have been able to work directly with midwives and doctors both in Sweden and low-income countries, and to train key persons that now act as ambassadors for the MIMA model and pass along the knowledge."

“We’re presenting a new method that gives unprecedented information about nano-sized particles,” says the study’s last author assistant professor Erdinc Sezgin at SciLifeLab and the Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institutet.  

"Our results highlight distinct regulatory patterns of circular RNAs in a model of human neurodevelopment and increased genetic variation within these molecules. This indicates they are under evolutionary selection and may play an important role in typical brain development.", says Kristiina Tammimies, principal researcher at the Department of Women's and Children's Health at Karolinska Institutet. 

Petter Brodin is a paediatrician and is researching the early deve- lopment of the immune system. His research can contribute to the development of new and more effective treatments, including for the prevention of autoimmune diseases, asthma and allergies.

AsthmaTuner, a digital tool for asthma management, developed by Björn Nordlund's research group at KBH, is the winner of the European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients' Associations' (EFA) award for "Best digital technology for asthma". 

Projects were evaluated based on their interdisciplinary nature and collaborative potential, including integration of unique competencies, technologies, and methods from two or more KIRI Fellows.

Children who suffer a relapse of the aggressive cancer known as neuroblastoma have small chances of survival. However, a group including researchers at Karolinska Institutet have now shown that DHODH blockers, which are well-tolerated in humans, can cure neuroblastoma in mice if administered in combination with chemotherapy. 

A collaborative study involving researchers from Karolinska Institutet published in the journal Science presents a new strategy that combines population studies with experiments using cell and animal models.

Dr. Camila Consiglio, Postdoctoral researcher at Karolinska Institutet, won the 2021 Michelson Prize for: “Investigating the effects of testosterone on the human immune system”  

What is precision psychiatry? KI researcher Kristiina Tammimies gives an example. She is a research leader at the KIND competence centre, the Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, and studies the role of genetics in neuropsychiatric disorders.

Sweden was the first country in the world to introduce open-identity sperm donation, whereby adult children are entitled to obtain information about their donors. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have now explored how such contacts and relations affect the parents of these young men and women. The study, which is published in Human Reproduction, shows that mothers often find it easier to accept the new situation.