Turku

American  

[toor-koo] / ˈtʊər ku /

noun

1. a seaport in southwestern Finland.

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Turku British  

/ ˈturku /

noun

1. Swedish name: Åbo.  a city and port in SW Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia: capital of Finland until 1812. Pop: 175 059 (2003 est)

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Example Sentences

The Lahesmaa group is based at Turku Bioscience Centre of the University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University in Finland and is part of the InFLAMES Research Flagship.

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The scientists at Turku Bioscience Centre have now discovered a novel RNA that controls the development and function of regulatory T cells.

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"Our discovery provides a basis for developing precision medicine treatments for autoimmune diseases and cancer. Regulatory T cells are already being studied in patients to treat type 1 diabetes, and our novel lincRNA molecule could, for example, be used to boost the production of these cells for therapeutic use," says Professor Riitta Lahesmaa from the University of Turku in Finland.

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Regular high caffeine consumption affects dopamine function in patients with Parkinson's disease, shows a new international study led by the University of Turku and Turku University Hospital in Finland.

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"The association between high caffeine consumption and a reduced risk for Parkinson's disease has been observed in epidemiological studies. However, our study is the first to focus on the effects of caffeine on disease progression and symptoms in relation to dopamine function in Parkinson's disease," says Valtteri Kaasinen, Professor of Neurology at the University of Turku and principal investigator of the study.

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