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Articles by Charlotte Price Persson

We buy healthier food than in previous generations

February 4, 2012 in Health

Obesity is reaching epidemic proportions. But although we are getting larger and heavier, our diet has become healthier over the last 100 years.
Cerebral malaria risk is gene-linked

January 25, 2012 in Health

Europeans are three times more likely to develop cerebral malaria than Africans. The difference appears to be caused by a gene which has mutated in Africans but not in Europeans.
Unique find at Viking burial place

January 22, 2012 in Society & Culture

Archaelogists have discovered a unique horseman’s grave exceeding 100m2 at a Viking burial place in Denmark. Several other aristocrats’ graves from the time of Harald Bluetooth were also found.
Weight loss without exercise – really?

January 17, 2012 in Health

A newly discovered hormone could lead to a drug that can raise the body's energy conversion and minimise the risk of type 2 diabetes – without exercise.
Parkinson’s treatment minus side effects

January 12, 2012 in Health

A new drug combination may be able to eliminate the negative side effects of medicine used for treating Parkinson’s disease.
How acidosis develops during exercise

January 10, 2012 in Health

Vigorous exercise causes lactic acid to accumulate in our muscles, making them acidotic. New research shows that several key organs play a surprising role in this process – even during moderate exercise.
What gives a Xmas song the X factor?

December 23, 2011 in Society & Culture

White Christmas, Blue Christmas, Last Christmas ... it's the same Christmas songs that you hear endlessly repeated on the radio and in shopping malls every year. But what is it that makes these songs so enduringly popular?
Enter the eco-cow

December 20, 2011 in Environment

Preparations have started on the breeding of a more climate-friendly cow which calves less frequently and produces milk over a longer period.
Nicotine worsens processing ability

December 19, 2011 in Health

Nicotine gives you a kick-start, but the benefit stops there. New research shows that nicotine affects our information processing ability in several ways.
Genetic clues to MS win research prize

December 18, 2011 in Health

A major breakthrough in multiple sclerosis research secured the top prize at the Danish Research Awards 2011.

Charlotte Price Persson

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New genetic research highlights influences on children’s development

May 17, 2012 in Natural Sciences

Two normally occurring variants in hitherto unknown genes influence the size of children’s heads. International research has set new standards for studies in genes’ importance for children’s development.