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She creates pharmaceuticals on a 3D printer
The correct dosage for each individual, regardless of whether the pharmaceutical is for a seriously ill child or a frail elderly person, is the mission of a well-advanced project with 3D-printed drugs at Uppsala University. “It will soon be available in clinics”, says Christel Bergström, who is heading the project.
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Neanderthal genes and Nobel Prize in a popular lecture at Bioscience
An inherited gene variant from our ”evolutionary cousins” – the extinct Neanderthals – may affect how our bodies break down certain drugs. “It’s only a matter of time before we actively start screening for it,” said KI researcher Hugo Zeberg when describing the study at Bioscience 2022.
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Storsatsning i Uppsala – life science-område ska växa kraftigt
Uppsalas största life science-kluster ska bli större – mycket större. Området i Fyrislund ska tredubblas till ytan och ge plats för ytterligare 12 000 arbetsplatser, enligt ett förslag till ny detaljplan som nu är ute på samråd.
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The TFS family is growing
TFS HealthScience is a European based CRO company with broad expertise and experiences in the biotech and pharmaceutical sector. The company is growing and the TFS family welcomes new members.
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Skånskt medtech-bolag får ny storägare
Fåhraeus Startup & Growth Fund går in som en av huvudägarna i medtech-bolaget Airsonett.
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The first vaccine derived from cowpox
The British rural doctor could not forget the words of the peasant girl. Could that really be true? A couple of decades later, on 14 May 1796, he performed the world’s first smallpox vaccination, and a medical breakthrough had occurred.
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Lucy Robertshaw: Are we in the perfect storm?
“Is there a perfect storm on the horizon again as elective surgeries were cancelled due to patients being admitted with Covid-19? We now have a long backlog of people who are presenting with chronic diseases that need to access healthcare again”, writes Lucy Robertshaw in a column.
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“Together Stockholm-Uppsala and Medicon Valley can make Scandinavia a leading life science region”
“Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland all have national life science strategies, but the Swedish strategy is the only one explicitly emphasizing the Nordic dimension. But what if the leading life science nations, Denmark and Sweden, joined forces, took the lead and pioneered Nordic life science collaboration? Wouldn´t we then be able to "bake a bigger cake?", writes Anette Steenberg and Ulf G. Andersson in a debate article.
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The route to vaccines for everyone: “We did not just sit around and wait”
The pandemic was in full swing, and no one knew when or even if a vaccine would come. At that point, the Swedish Minister of Social Affairs called with a proposal, and Richard Bergström did not hesitate. “I already had a notion that this would work,” he says in an interview with Life Science Sweden.
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Column: Why there cannot be a complete cure for cancer – but there is certainly another way!
"Is there a new way we need to be thinking about how to prevent cancer?" Lucy Robertshaw reflects upon which is the smartest way to beat cancer.
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Column: "Are we already living in the new normal?"
2020 felt like the year that we were building the house around us whilst moving into it at the same time.
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Nytt investmentbolag scoutar i Norden
Per Matsson är rådgivare för det nya investmentbolaget Intuitive Investments Group och har som uppdrag att bevaka life science-sektorn i Norden.
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A world-class research village
Eight years ago, Medicon Village was set up in Lund. Since then, this hub for research, innovation and business has developed enormously, and today the life science village is home to over 150 organisations, employing more than 2,200 people.
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Nya chefer på Dignitana
Johan Ericsson tar plats som ny vd på Dignitana och fyra nya chefer stärker bolagets amerikanska verksamhet.
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Automatiserad extraktion av DNA
Flex Star från Autogen kan utföra automatiserad extraktion av DNA på upp till 90 prover per dag.
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Offentliggör data för forskningen
Diamyd bidrar med information från sina kliniska studier i en open access-databas.
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Hon tar Wall Street till Sverige
”Svenska entreprenörer måste bli bättre på att sälja.” Det tycker Barbro Ehnbom, ordförande för investerarmötet SALSS. Som ekonom med ena foten i den svenska life science-branschen och den andra i den amerikanska har hon sett många affärer både göras och gå i stöpet.
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Flexibel masspektrometer för molekylär analys
En ny masspektrometerplattform som lämpar sig väl för bland annat molekylär analys av proteiner.
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Moberg Derma köper upp sitt amerikanska säljbolag
Föreslår emission för att genomföra köpet.
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Realtids-PCR med stor flexibilitet
Quantstudio 12K Flex är namnet på ett nytt och mångsidigt instrument för realtids-PCR.
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Showroom for free
The latest equipment with trained staff. Sci Life Lab in Stockholm want to offer top conditions at the new imaging laboratory. But some vendors are skeptical to the idea of supplying test equipment for free.
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How to be a perfect mingler
Linkedin, Facebook, MSN and Gmail are all perfect tools for the urban businessman or woman to keep track of and stay up-to-date with contacts. "But in the end, networking is about meeting and talking to people face-to-face," says mingling expert Mia Forsgren.
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High hopes for future partnering - the solution for struggling fairs
Business fairs are struggling but the concept of partnering is hotter than ever. By using social media, participants can prepare themselves for the perfect meeting.
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International models among science parks
Science parks have become a part of modern communities. With science parks in Oxford, Cambridge and Nice setting good examples, a special potential emerged. Countries with a clear research goal are investing in new parks, and in China, the number is growing exponentially.