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Färre utbrott av acne och färre inflammationer blev resultatet av tolv veckors idogt smörjande. Det visar en nyss avslutad dansk studie.

Ryggmärgen avslöjar risk för självmord

Deprimerade personer har en inflammation i hjärnan som går att mäta i ryggmärgsvätskan. Sambandet mellan inflammation och depression fastslås i en ny studie.

Potatischips in i skamvrån igen

För sju år sedan kom de första larmen om höga halter akrylamid i chips och risk för cancer. Nu visar en ny polsk-svensk studie att den som äter för mycket chips löper ökad risk att drabbas av andra allvarliga sjukdomar.

Researchers goes to the bottom of the brain

Swedish researchers have recently got new and deeper knowledge about the smallest part of the brain, the granule cells.

Medicult needs a word of advice

Medicult Board retains advisers, regarding the previous offer from Vitrolife.

EU says yes to Roche drug

EU approves a first in class therapy for treatment of patients with moderate to severe form of rheumatoid arthritis.

Metabolic pro heads prefect post

The dean of the Department of Biomedicine at the Sahlgrenska Academy has appointed a new assistant prefect.

Medtech companies find new beam technique

The medtech companies Raysearch and Nucletron expand collaboration with two new solutions for radiation treatment planning.

Eli Lilly writes biotech fine history

The American biotech company Eli Lilly will pay US 1.415 billion to resolve allegations of off-label promotion of a dementia drug.

Dupont gets new business manager

The Swedish API manufacturer Dupont Chemoswed has appointed a new business development manager.

Polymer guru new dean at DTU

The Technical University of Denmark, DTU, has appointed a well-known profile from the Polymer Center as a new dean.

Measure blood sugar without finger pricking

The Danish entrepreneurial firm RSP Systems has developed a method to measure the blood sugar level in diabetes patients, simply by placing a fingertip on a small illuminating lens.

Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are relatives

Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder have the same genetic causes, according to a study from Karolinska Institutet.

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Crafoord Prize to an American and two Japanese

Today the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announces the laureates of the Crafoord Prize in Polyarthritis 2009.

Bio-Linux goes global

Recently the NEBC Bio-Linux Version 5.0 was released, a one-stop shop for bioinformatics tools in a Linux context.

Collaboration brings next generation drugs

Wyeth and Santaris Pharma announce a new alliance to develop RNA-based medicines.

Prenatal testing breakthrough

For the first time specific gene expression information from fetal cells isolated from maternal blood samples is available.

Glucose facilitates the use of indigo

The Finnish researcher Anne Vuorema oat the MTT Agrifood Research Finland proves in her new doctoral dissertation that glucose can serve as a reducing agent of indigo.

Swedish cancer therapy granted

Pledpharma, Linköping University and Ryhov County Hospital receive a research grant from the Research Council FORSS to conduct clinical studies in cancer patients.

Orion cuts 205 jobs

The Finnish company Orion has completed its statutory negotiations. By this, personnel will be reduced by about 205 in Finland.

Grape extract kills cancer cells

Grapes contain potentially beneficial chemicals that can destroy cancer cells, a new research proves.