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National awards and prizes for University of Ljubljana scientists
The Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation has announced the recipients of this year’s Zois and Puh awards and the Slovenian Ambassador of Science award. University of Ljubljana scientists are among the recipients.
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Despite numerous cases, familial Hypercholesterolaemia is still insufficiently recognised and treated
Familial hypercholesterolaemia, an inherited disorder accompanied by increased levels of LDL or ‘bad’ cholesterol and a greater susceptibility to the early onset of cardiovascular diseases, is still insufficiently recognised and treated, despite the high number of cases. This has been shown in the cross-sectional study ‘Familial hypercholesterolaemia in children and adolescents from 48 countries: a cross-sectional study’, which involved the participation of researchers from the University of Ljubljana Faculty of Medicine.
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University of Ljubljana participates in ground-breaking research proving the advantages of prescribing medication based on genetic code
The research findings of an international group from seven countries, headed by researchers from Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC), and involving the participation of researchers from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Ljubljana, show that patients experience as much as 30% fewer serious adverse side effects of medication if the choice of medicines is adapted to their genetic code. The study, which was published in medical journal The Lancet, is the first to demonstrate the advantages of prescribing medication from various therapeutic groups based on the genetic code of the individual patient.
