Doctoral Researcher Filip Kronqvist is studying how the environment, staff, and community in Folkhälsan’s senior housing can support active aging, engagement, and independence among people experiencin...

Genetic information may help identify people at high risk of glaucoma decades before symptoms appear – and may also indicate whose disease is likely to require more intensive treatment.

Mikaela von Bonsdorff, the new Director of Folkhälsan Research Center and a member of Folkhälsan Executive Team, conducts research on active and healthy aging. She sees the opportunity to promote brai...

Capece et al. provide a systematic clinical characterization of one of the largest cohorts of individuals with PIEZO2-related disorders. Their findings dis

Janne Purhonen has been granted funding as an Academy Research Fellow by the Research Council of Finland’s Scientific Council for Biosciences, Health and the Environment. In addition, a project on cli...

Samfundet Folkhälsan i svenska Finland rf har blivit medlem i HEPA Europe, WHO:s europeiska nätverk för hälsofrämjande fysisk aktivitet. Medlemskapet är ett viktigt steg i arbetet för att främja rörel...

A new Finnish study has provided important insights into the genetic background of Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD), a common age-related corneal disease that can gradually impair vision and...

A new study from the Kallijärvi group demonstrates that targeting the liver alone with viral gene therapy prevents metabolic collapse, stabilizes blood glucose, improves growth and nearly doubles the ...

Banerjee and colleagues performed liver-targeted recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV)-mediated gene replacement in a mouse model of mitochondrial complex III deficiency. rAAVs restored CIII assem...

Summary: This study enhances understanding of progressive myoclonus epilepsy type 1 progression through detailed transcriptomic and proteomic analyses, highlighting the roles of immune response, oxida...

Adults with type 1 diabetes (T1D) have an increased risk of cerebral small vessel disease (cSVD)-related brain changes already in midlife, yet their s…

Parental mental wellbeing appears to be associated with adolescents’ physical activity and digital media use. In a recent study from Folkhälsan Research Center, better parental mental wellbeing was as...

Individuals living with type 1 diabetes face a significantly elevated risk of myocardial infarction, but not all myocardial infarctions are alike. A new study shows that the two main subtypes, STEMI a...

We report that STEMI and NSTEMI exhibit different incidence patterns depending on age and year of myocardial infarction. STEMI and NSTEMI also differed regarding risk profiles, demonstrating that myoc...

We report that STEMI and NSTEMI exhibit different incidence patterns depending on age and year of myocardial infarction. STEMI and NSTEMI also differed regarding risk profiles, demonstrating that myoc...

Background Missense variants in TTN pose a major challenge in genetic diagnostics due to their high frequency in the general population, the large size of the gene, and the complex multidomain archite...