Health technology listens to atherosclerosis

Imagine that you turn on a faucet and can hear the water rushing in the old calcified water pipes. It is a kind of turbulence you can hear. The same actually applies to the blood vessels. Just like with calcified water pipes, you can hear when there is calcium in the blood vessel. And we would like to discover calcification this in time, since atherosclerosis in the coronary artery is the main cause of a blood clot in the heart. This scientific discovery by AAU led in 2009 to the company Acarix and the 'blood clot alarm' CADScor. The product is currently available in Scandinavia, Germany, and Austria. Acarix was founded in a collaboration between AAU and Coloplast and is now a publicly traded company.

What happens in the brain when you inflict pain?

By inflicting pain on people for several days - and measuring their brain activity with advanced methods - we gain insights into how the brain changes (neuroplasticity) over time. This knowledge is necessary to understand the pain system and discover what may be needed to reduce the changes again. The research center CNAP is where this and other ground-breaking research takes place.

PHANTOM PAIN RELIEVED WITH ELECTRODES IMPLANTED IN BRAIN AND NERVE TISSUE

Phantom pain can occur if the nerves are damaged. Opioids for pain management only work for a short time and can lead to addiction and abuse. The researchers are therefore working on developing an alternative pain treatment using electrical stimulation through electrodes implanted in brain and nerve tissue.