| 23.02.12 |
The Research Council of Norway recently launched its new large-scale initiative for biotechnology: Biotechnology for innovation (BIOTEK2021). The programme replaces the Programme on Functional Genomics in Norway (FUGE).
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| 20.02.12 |
Norwegian biobanks are a world-class research resource. The Research Council of Norway is launching a new programme for research on human biobanks and health data.
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| 06.01.12 |
A simple video is now available which explains the Research Council of Norway’s grant application system and how applications are processed.
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| 16.12.11 |
Biotechnology will lead to new tools for enhancing value creation, improving health, and protecting the environment. This is the vision of the first strategy for biotechnology, presented by the Norwegian Government.
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| 14.12.11 |
Enough food for everyone, adaptation to climate change, and sustainable closed-loop systems are some of the benefits of the bioeconomy. The Research Council of Norway is proposing a substantial budget increase for boosting bioeconomy-related industrial development.
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| 13.12.11 |
Medical and health science research is the largest research field in Norway, and activities have increased dramatically in recent years. About NOK 7 billion is invested annually in this type of research.
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| 30.11.11 |
A report proposing a collective strategy for future Norwegian marine research will be completed by the end of 2012. A strategy committee has begun the process of drawing up the strategy report, which has been dubbed Hav21.
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| 18.10.11 |
The theme for this third call for proposals from the New INDIGO Partnership Programme (NPP) is "Biotechnology applied to human health".
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| 13.10.11 |
Gene technology can help farmers to selectively breed production animals for increasingly high-quality meat, eggs and dairy products. “This can be accomplished without compromising animal welfare,” says a Norwegian animal geneticist.
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| 11.10.11 |
Essences extracted from a prawn or octopus off the west coast of Norway could end up as flavouring in noodle packages in China.
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| 07.10.11 |
Rapid population growth and a swiftly changing climate compound the challenges of ensuring a secure global food supply. Genetically modified plants could help to solve the problem, believes a Norwegian crop researcher
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| 06.10.11 |
In recent decades, advances in biotechnology have opened up completely new opportunities for the sustainable production of safe, healthy food. Both food and biotechnology are important areas of focus for Norwegian research.
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| 28.09.11 |
A Stavanger-based company seeking to save lives when sudden illness occurs and reduce infant mortality in developing countries has been given The Research Council of Norway’s Innovation Award for 2011.
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| 22.08.11 |
New medicines containing nanoparticles are proven to have clear curative value, but complications can sometimes arise. Researchers at the Norwegian Radium Hospital in Oslo have shown how nanoparticles can interfere with the transport of vital substances in cells.
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| 15.08.11 |
Norwegian research has revealed that the immune system of cod is very different from other fish and from mammals – a discovery that may shed light on the human immune system as well.
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| 30.06.11 |
The rare disorder alpha-mannosidosis can cause serious damage to the nervous system and other organ systems. In Tromsø, Norway, researchers have been studying the disease for 20 years – and a treatment may soon be available.
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| 24.06.11 |
How do our brains process memory and sense of orientation? Scientists are gaining insight by studying rats with implanted genes that prompt neurons to fire on command.
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| 10.06.11 |
Norwegian researchers are studying whether S100A4 – a protein associated with the spread of breast cancer – could serve as an indicator to identify particularly aggressive tumours.
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| 03.05.11 |
Norway is cooperating with Canada and Chile to sequence the salmon genome. The knowledge generated could provide the answers to several problematic issues involving Norwegian farmed salmon – and lead to major competitive advantages for companies taking part in the project.
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| 08.04.11 |
Plants used in traditional African medicine may have an effect on the malaria parasite as well as the mosquitoes that spread the disease. A Norwegian pilot project is now indexing and testing these plants.
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| 30.03.11 |
The Research Council’s Large-scale Programmes Functional Genomics (FUGE) and Nanotechnology and New Materials (NANOMAT) are a success, according to the recently-concluded external evaluations of the two programmes.
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| 23.03.11 |
Every minute, 80 million cells in your body commit programmed suicide. The real trouble comes when the mechanisms controlling this process fail. Zebrafish with Parkinson’s disease may help us to understand how this happens.
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| 21.03.11 |
Those afflicted with psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis and kidney inflammation are all victims of their own immune system; their bodies are attacking healthy cells. Medicines targeted at one troublesome enzyme could make life easier for people suffering from these conditions.
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| 18.03.11 |
Norwegian researcher Gro Amdam has succeeded in reversing the ageing process in the bee brain – findings which she believes may bring hope to people with dementia.
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| 16.03.11 |
A vaccine that helps against all types of influenza – for several years? If all goes right for Norwegian company Bionor Pharma ASA, such a vaccine could exist within a few years.
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| 11.03.11 |
Norwegian researchers have discovered genes that increase not only one’s risk of lung cancer, but perhaps one’s urge to smoke as well. Now these researchers are working on developing a blood test for lung cancer.
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| 24.02.11 |
Breast cancer can develop very differently in different women. Researchers in Norway are improving breast cancer diagnostics and treatment by identifying the various tumour types.
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| 21.02.11 |
In summer 2011, a new strategy for Norwegian biotechnology research will be launched – based in part on the Research Council’s state-of-the-art review of the field carried out in 2010.
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| 01.02.11 |
In this brochure you can read all about the expertise and areas of technology provided by the FUGE technology platforms.
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| 17.12.10 |
The genetic material of cod has been fully sequenced, and the salmon genome is not far behind. Now comes the task of applying this data to benefit Norway’s aquaculture industry.
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