Keyword: Faculty of Medicine

A research team from the University of Turku and Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center details how a natural and dramatic process – changes in mammary glands to accommodate breastfeeding – uses a molecular process believed to contribute to survival of premalignant breast cells. The study was published online in the prestigious journal Cell Death Discovery.

Involution in a mouse's mammary tissue after 72 hours. Dyed cross section, 100 times magnified.

An emergency exercise was organised on the lower campus of the University of Turku on 13 September. It was part of a more extensive Syystammi18 drill by the Finnish Defence Forces.

The emergency exercise that took place at Educarium has ended. The area can now be accessed normally.

A research team at the University of Turku discovered a link between the interplay of certain simultaneously occurring genetic changes in the HOXB13 and CIP2A genes, aggressiveness of prostate cancer, high risk of developing the disease, and poorer survival rates of patients. Prostate cancer is a major challenge in health care with over one million new cases and 300,000 deaths from it each year worldwide.

Scientists have discovered a link between certain genetic mutations, the aggressiveness of prostate cancer, risk of developing the disease and poorer survival rates of patients. The gene, called ANO7, could play a vital role in improving diagnosis of prostate cancer patients. There are over 50,000 new cases and 11,000 deaths from prostate cancer each year in the UK.