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Noxious parasite forms hybrids and deceives the immune system
The small parasite Trypanosoma cruzi has a nasty ability to cause serious illness. Researchers at the Karolinska Institutet have now mapped its ability to deceive the immune system by forming new variants that are mixtures of different strains.
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Investments worth 40 billion in the Öresund region – “A huge investment wave”
A new report reveals that medical companies in the Oresund region are investing like never before.
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New rules for diagnostic products, but who will certify them? “An extreme shortage area”
In less than two weeks, new and stricter EU rules will enter into force for thousands of products used in important diagnoses of, among other things, cancer and Covid-19. However, not one single institute in the entire Nordic region is able to certify the diagnostics companies’ products according to the new regulations. “In the end, it risks affecting patients,” says Anna Lefèvre Skjöldebrand, CEO of Swedish Medtech.
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Studie beskriver hur coronavirus trivs på olika ytor
En ny studie från KTH ökar förståelsen av hur sars-cov-2 interagerar med olika ytor på molekylär nivå.
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Anna Törner: To kill your darlings
Förhoppningarna var höga när Anna Törner och hennes kollega startade en studie om ett kosttillskott som verkade vara overkligt bra. "Entusiastiskt drömde vi om spännande resultat och kanske en publikation i en högimpakttidskrift", skriver Anna Törner.
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Otrevlig parasit bildar hybrider och lurar immunförsvaret
Den lilla parasiten Trypanosoma cruzi har en otäck förmåga att orsaka allvarlig sjukdom. Nu har forskare vid Karolinska institutet kartlagt hur den lurar immunsystemet genom att bilda nya varianter som är blandningar av olika stammar.
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Samuel Lagercrantz: Svenska medicinföretag gör skillnad i Ukraina
”Medvetenhet om hur mycket död och förödelse en auktoritär ledare kan orsaka måste finnas även långsiktigt. I det hållbarhetsarbete som görs på företag bör det vara centralt om ett land som man gör affärer med är demokratiskt eller auktoritärt”, skriver Samuel Lagercrantz i en ledare.
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Tougher competition as the Novo Nordisk Foundation broadens its programme
Søren Nedergaard has worked with innovation at the Danish Government Offices and the University of Copenhagen. Today, he is COO of the Novo Nordisk Foundation, which has recently broadened its programme for leading innovators in medical research to apply to the entire Nordic region.
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Paolo Macchiarini in court – “The sole intent was to cure”
Paolo Macchiarini’s surgical procedure was illegal, life-threatening and caused severe and prolonged suffering to patients the prosecution claimed when the trial against the Italian surgeon began on Wednesday last week.
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We will now publish more news in English – and offer yet another newsletter
Starting next week, Life Science Sweden will begin offering a newsletter entirely in English.
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Rapport: ESS ekonomiskt positivt för Sverige
2021 fick två professorer i uppdrag att analysera de samhällsekonomiska effekterna av bygget av forskningsanläggningen ESS i Lund. Rapporten visar att svenska företag har stått sig väl i konkurrensen om ordrar från ESS.
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When carelessness, forgetfulness and coincidence become the researcher’s best friend
Forgetfulness, coincidence and a stroke of luck hardly make up a fruitful method of serious research. Or do they? Actually, a number of important medical advances have come about thanks to completely random incidents and the open-mindedness of scientists who were ready to think outside the box.
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Diabetesbolag prövar sin kandidat för ny indikation
Malmöföretaget Pila Pharma undersöker nu om bolagets läkemedelskandidat för typ 2-diabetes även kan fungera som behandling mot en sjukdom förknippad med smärta på grund av neurogen inflammation. En ansökan om särläkemedelsstatus har lämnats in i USA.
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Ukrainska forskaren: ”Jag kan inte hjälpa mitt folk men jag kan berätta om kriget”
Den 24 februari klockan 05 vaknade Lesya Demchenko och hennes familj till ljudet av bomber i Kyiv. När hon tittade ut från balkongen såg hon människor som packade sina bilar för att fly och mörka moln på himlen efter rök där bomberna träffat byggnader.
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Keyplants byggde vaccinfabrik på rekordtid – nu är den på väg till Afrika
På mindre än åtta månader har svenska Keyplants byggt en tillverkningsanläggning för bland annat covidvaccin till Senegal.
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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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Studie: Covidvaccin till gravida ökar inte risken för komplikationer för barnet
En stor registerstudie från Karolinska institutet pekar på att vaccin mot covid-19 under graviditet inte medför någon ökad risk för tidig födsel, tillväxthämning eller andra komplikationer för det nyfödda barnet.
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Key2compliance expanderar till Danmark
För första gången etablerar sig medicinteknik- och läkemedelskonsulterna Key2compliance utanför Sveriges gränser.
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This is how Anette Steenberg will put Medicon Valley on the world map
Anette Steenberg has been CEO of the Swedish-Danish life science cluster Medicon Valley Alliance since 1 November last year. Life Science Sweden called her to ask about her visions and the challenges of merging the worlds of Swedish and Danish life science.
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Björn Ursing: Physicians new role in AI driven healthcare
”AI could be the key we need for tomorrow’s healthcare, but it is not a stand-alone tool”, writes Björn Ursing in a column about how the role for physicians changes in the era of AI.
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Elicera develops CAR-T against solid tumours – may become the first in the world
Today, there are five EU-approved CAR-T therapies, all focused on different types of blood cancer, but no one has yet succeeded in making the method work against solid tumours. At Gothenburg-based Elicera, they are working relentlessly to succeed in that field as well. “It is the largest field, and the potential is enormous,” says the company’s CEO Jamal El-Mosleh.
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CAR-T therapies give continued hope: “Almost half of the patients have become disease-free”
When the first CAR-T therapies appeared, hopes were raised for the effective treatment for critically ill cancer patients. After a somewhat sluggish start, about 90 patients in Sweden have now been treated with this method. “Almost half of them have become disease-free, at least of those treated with Yescarta, which are the ones I know best,” says Gunilla Enblad, Chairman of the national working group for CAR-T treatment.
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Europeiskt patent beviljat för Sigrid Therapeutics
Sigrid Therapeutics har fått ett europeiskt patent beviljat för sitt kiselmaterial som ingrediens i läkemedels- eller dietbehandlingar.
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Samuel Lagercrantz: Immunotherapy against cancer is still in its early stages
For more than 100 years, researchers have tried to target the body’s own immune system to fight cancer cells. They have occasionally been laughed at and ridiculed by the medical establishment. However, from our perspective today, we can sum it up with the saying: He who laughs last laughs best, writes Samuel Lagercrantz in an editorial.