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The Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine (WCMM) conducts research in cancer, infection biology, neuroscience and metabolic disorders including diabetes. WCMM at UmU is part of a nationwide effort to strengthen molecular life science in an initiative by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.
WCMM is part of a national effort to strengthen excellent life science research in molecular life sciences
Organization including contact info for directors, coordinator, controller, steering committee and SAB
Young WCMM group leaders conduct research in molecular medicine - from laboratory to the clinic
Pancreatic cancer can resist most existing treatments and the five-year survival rate is low.
Francesca Aguilos work lies at the cutting edge of biomedical research and cancer.
“Despite decades of research, we still don’t know exactly what causes the disease.”
Publications from WCMM Fellows and WCMM-associated researchers
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the Florman Prize to Changchun Chen.
A newly discovered type of connective tissue cell may have a role in preventing pancreatic cancer.
Resistance can be understood in the mechanism of how bacteria defend against being infected by viruses.
A new attachment point to the cell may affect the virus's infection, spread and disease symptoms.
Ten projects at Umeå University receive a total of 30 million SEK from the Swedish Cancer Society.
