Professor Olle Hernell has received the Macy György award
Press release: Umeå, 19 August, 2021. Professor Olle Hernell that is co-founder and board member of Lipum has been honored with the Macy György award 2021 for his research in human milk and lactation.For almost 50 years Professor of Pediatrics Olle Hernell and his group at Umeå University have been studying breast milk and its importance for nutrition of newborns during early infancy with focus on the bioactive protein that is now known as bile salt-stimulated lipase (BSSL). Hernell and his team also revealed that BSSL plays a role in inflammation and is present in human granulocytes, a