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An increasing number of people are falling ill with TBE – “Much more research is needed”
Tick-borne meningitis, or TBE, is an increasingly common disease in Sweden. Currently, there is a vaccine against the disease but no drugs. Researcher Anna Överby Wernstedt is studying the processes that occur in the brain during a TBE infection and hopes to contribute to developing a treatment.
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Obesity-drug pioneers win Lasker Award
This year’s Lasker Prize in Clinical Research has been awarded to three researchers for their discoveries in GLP-1-based drugs that, according to the jury, “have revolutionised the treatment of obesity”. Among others, Novo Nordisk’s Lotte Bjerre Knudsen is honoured.
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De får Laskerpriset för ”revolutionerande” fetmabehandling
Årets Laskerpris inom klinisk forskning går till tre forskare för deras upptäckter inom GLP-1-baserade läkemedel som enligt prisjuryn ”har revolutionerat behandling av obesitas”. Bland annat belönas Novo Nordisks Lotte Bjerre Knudsen.
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Anna Törner: ”Mom, do you think you’ll ever get married again?”
”I realize I’m slowly descending into that familiar statistical rabbit hole, where life’s biggest uncertainties are reduced to point estimates and confidence intervals”, Anna Törner writes in a column.
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Johan Pehrson takes over the responsibility for research policy in Sweden
The Liberals' party leader Johan Pehrson takes over the assignment as Minister for Education. This was announced by Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) on Tuesday last week.
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“We should avoid surgery if we can”
Since February this year, she has been Scientific Director Life Science at the Karolinska Institutet. Life Science Sweden met Anna Martling for a talk about role models, surgery and Sweden’s strengths and weaknesses in medical research.
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Danska läkemedelsfonder investerar i talangfabrik
Novo Nordisk Foundation, Lundbeck Foundation och Leo Foundation investerar 123 miljoner danska kronor, motsvarande omkring 188 miljoner svenska kronor, i ett nytt utbildningscentrum för Köpenhamns universitet och Syddansk universitet i Odense.
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Artificial intelligence in radiology – “Risk prediction is very exciting”
A growing number of solutions based on artificial intelligence are being developed and used in healthcare. According to Sophia Zackrisson, Professor of Radiology at Lund University, radiology is a field that is well suited to the technology.
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Forskare: Mpox-viruset muterar oväntat snabbt
Den nya och mer dödliga varianten av mpox-virus förändras överraskande snabbt, vilket befaras försvåra kampen mot smittspridningen.
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AI-företag köper tillgång till vetenskapliga studier – ”Svårt att reagera som forskare”
Stora förlag för vetenskapliga tidskrifter har i miljonaffärer sålt tillgång till studier till techbolag som utvecklar AI-verktyg. Reaktionerna bland svenska forskare är blandade.
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Ny vd tar över Biotage
Uppsalabaserade Biotage har utsett Frederic Vanderhaegen till ny vd. Han tillträder den 16 september och efterträder då Torben Torben Jørgensen, som återgår till att vara styrelseledamot.
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Healthcare study: Alzheimer’s blood test shows high accuracy
A blood test for identifying Alzheimer’s has now been tested in the general healthcare setting. According to the researchers, the test was 90% accurate in making a diagnosis.
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Sanna Wallenborg blir ny vd på Lumito
Medicinteknikbolaget Lumito har anställt Sanna Wallenborg som ny vd.
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Studie: AI kan avslöja kommande demens
Ett nytt AI-program uppges kunna bedöma risken för framtida Alzheimersrelaterad demens – genom analys av personers tal.
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Gothenburg, the city of life science – We are ‘Little Boston’
Western Sweden is investing in life science within everything from advanced therapeutic drugs to femtech. At the same time, stakeholders are looking to other industries for inspiration and knowledge.
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Eliceras cancerterapi utvärderas i Kina – "Bred potential"
Göteborgsbaserade Elicera Therapeutics inleder ett samarbete med ett kinesiskt universitet om utveckling av bolagets onkologiska virusterapi ELC-201.
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Nobel Prize winner Torsten Wiesel turns 100: “Old men like me should use their experience to help the young”
In 1955, a young Torsten Wiesel jumped on a boat to the US and embarked on a fabulous career as a neuroscientist, crowned with a Nobel Prize for his work. Now 100 years old, he looks back on an intense life and his upbringing in Stockholm, Sweden, which shaped his desire to help the vulnerable in society.
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Ny styrelseordförande för Anacardio
Michael Grissinger har utsetts till ny ordförande för Anacardios styrelse.
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Nobelpristagaren Torsten Wiesel fyller 100: ”Gamla gubbar som jag ska använda erfarenheten till att hjälpa de unga”
Året var 1955 när en ung Torsten Wiesel hoppade på båten till USA och inledde en sagolik karriär som hjärnforskare med ett Nobelpris som kronan på verket. Nu fyller han 100 år och ser tillbaka på ett intensivt liv – och på uppväxten i Bromma som formade hans vilja att hjälpa samhällets svaga.
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Innovative start-up helps doctors, scientists and industry balance coagulation risks
For many doctors caring for seriously ill patients, for example, in stroke units and cancer wards, maintaining the life-saving balance between bleeding and thrombosis is an ongoing challenge. In the late 1980s, scientists at Maastricht University
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“Conducting research at universities is becoming more and more like working at a research hotel”
The government wants Swedish research to focus on excellence and innovation, but can the two be combined? Life Science Sweden talks to Anna Falk, a professor at Lund University, about research policy, the constant hunt for funding in academia and what
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Carl Borrebaeck – professor and serial entrepreneur with a taste for speed
Award-winning cancer researcher, the founder of many listed companies, and constantly in the academic and commercial spotlight for decades. However, Carl Borrebaeck, Professor of Immunotechnology at Lund, is not yet satisfied. “We have a new, potentially super exciting project in the pipeline,” he says.
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Forskaren in Hagastaden now inagurated
The real estate company Vectura's life science center in Hagastaden, Forskaren, is now inaugurated. The opening was attended by people from the industry, politicians and royalty.
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