Senior technician Halyna Shmihel took part in the international research project

From 7 to 19 February 2019 Halyna Shmihel, a senior technician of the Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology of Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpation National University took part in the realization of the international research project. Experiments were conducted in the laboratory of the Department of Functional Zoology of Lund University (Lund, Sweden).The supervisors of the research project were Professor of Lund University Stefan Pierzynowski and Senior Director of Pharmacology at Allena Pharmaceuticals company (Newton,USA) Danica Grujic.
Experiments were conducted on transgenic mice defective in the enzyme uricase. Results from this experiment are important for developing medicine for patients with gout or hyperoxaluria and especially for patients with chronic kidney disease.