A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences - News

A new study using induced pluripotent stem cell technology links astrocyte dysfunction to Parkinson’s disease pathology.

The doctoral thesis of Nikita Mikhailov, MSc, addresses several key mechanisms behind migraine pain at its origin site – in the meninges covering brain.

The doctoral thesis of Elias Ylä-Herttuala, MSc, demonstrates the feasibility of new magnetic resonance imaging relaxation time methods in the diagnostics of myocardial infarction without contrast agents.

The doctoral thesis of Olli-Pekka Hätinen, MSc, provides crucial information about one potential gene therapy candidate for cardiac diseases, VEGF-B, and highlights issues that must be taken into consideration when developing new therapies.