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Karolinska Institutet is one of the world´s leading medical universities. Our mission is to contribute to the improvement of human health through research and education. Karolinska Institutet accounts for over 40 per cent of the medical academic research conducted in Sweden and offers the country´s broadest range of education in medicine and health sciences. Since 1901 the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has selected the Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine. Karolinska Institutet was founded by King Karl XIII in 1810 as an "academy for the training of skilled army surgeons". Today, Karolinska Institutet is a modern medical university and one of the foremost in the world. With our close relationship to the clinical milieu, a well established infrastructure and a stable financial situation, Karolinska Institutet has excellent prerequisites for sustaining high quality research and education.
Adults who survived childhood cancer face a 58% higher risk of severe COVID-19 complications, even decades after their original diagnosis, according to a comprehensive study tracking over 13,000 survivors across Denmark and Sweden.
Jul 4, 2025
A single injection of gene therapy has restored hearing in all ten patients with congenital deafness, marking a significant advance in treating genetic hearing loss.
Jul 2, 2025
The methods doctors and nurses rely on to assess pain in newborn babies lack solid scientific backing, according to an extensive review published this week in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
Apr 13, 2025
A new study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden provides evidence that exposure to fluoride during pregnancy or early childhood could impair cognitive development in children, even at levels previously considered safe.
Mar 10, 2025
Widely prescribed antidepressants appear to accelerate cognitive decline in people with dementia, according to a new large-scale Swedish study that could alter treatment approaches for millions of patients worldwide.
Feb 25, 2025
A new study reveals that the heart contains a complex network of neurons that forms its own "little brain," capable of sophisticated information processing and even generating rhythmic activity independently of the brain.
Dec 4, 2024
A new study suggests that long-term use of common cardiovascular drugs might be associated with a reduced risk of dementia in older adults.
Nov 19, 2024
A new scientific review has revealed crucial insights into how two types of hormone receptors collaborate to protect brain health and potentially prevent neurodegenerative diseases.
Oct 24, 2024
Two physicists have been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for their foundational work in machine learning and artificial neural networks.
Oct 8, 2024
A new study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences has identified an RNA molecule that is important for skin wound healing.
Oct 8, 2024
Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun have been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their groundbreaking discovery of microRNA and its role in gene regulation.
Oct 7, 2024
Dementia with Lewy bodies is a type of dementia that is similar to both Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease but studies on long-term treatments are lacking.
Aug 23, 2024
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed a machine learning model that can predict autism in young children with nearly 80% accuracy, using limited information.
Aug 19, 2024
Swedish researchers have engineered microscopic robots that can selectively kill cancer cells while leaving healthy tissue unharmed.
Jul 1, 2024
