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Linköping
[ leen-chœ-peeng ]
noun
- a city in S Sweden.
Linköping
/ ˈlintçøːpiŋ /
noun
- a city in S Sweden: a political and ecclesiastical centre in the Middle Ages; engineering industry. Pop: 137 004 (2004 est)
Example Sentences
Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have now pinpointed the exact location of a specific calcium channel fine-tuning the strength of pain signals.
In the current study, researchers at Linköping University have focused on a specific type of calcium channel called CaV2.2, that is involved in the transmission of pain signals.
"Calcium channels are very attractive drugs targets for pain treatment, but today's solutions are inadequate," says Antonios Pantazis, associate professor at the Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences at Linköping University, who has led the study published in the journal Science Advances.
The study, led by researchers at Linköping University and Region Östergötland, shows that cancer survivors are at greater risk for cardiovascular diseases, other cancers and other diagnoses later in life.
"If you've had cancer as a child or adolescent, you have an increased risk of almost all diagnoses in the future. This study lays the foundation for understanding why this is so and what decision-makers need to take into account when it comes to cancer care," says Laila Hübbert, researcher at Linköping University and consultant at the Cardiology Clinic at Vrinnevi Hospital in Norrköping.
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