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Floppande blodtryckspreparat leder till miljardnedskrivning
Danska Novo Nordisk har drabbats av en motgång i utvecklingen av ett nytt blodtryckspreparat. Läkemedlet misslyckade med att uppnå sitt primära effektmått i fas III, och nu avbryts studien.
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EU bokar 40 miljoner doser fågelinfluensavaccin
EU säkrar 40 miljoner doser vaccin mot fågelinfluensa – redan innan smittan nått Europa.
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”Vi har börjat skala upp så fler ska få tillgång till analyser”
Mångsysslaren Richard Rosenquist Brandell har ofta jobbet i tankarna dygnet runt. Han har ett stort engagemang för precisionsmedicin och blodsjukdomar och har fått några av sina bästa idéer på crosstrainern.
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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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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 in the Netherlands developed an innovative method, the thrombin generation assay (TGA), which provides a complete overview of a physiological process crucial for maintaining normal haemostasis.
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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 constitutes ‘fine research’.
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Bayer has cut 1,500 roles – so far
German chemical and pharmaceutical group Bayer cut more than 1,500 roles in the first quarter alone– and most of them were management positions.
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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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Ny metod för screening av muncancer testas i studie
En aktuell forskningsstudie ska utreda om screening riktad till individer med hög risk för munhålecancer kan minska förekomsten av sjukdomen. Forskargruppens bedömning är att nya metoder kan halvera antalet sjukdomsfall.
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Bakteriofager – ”Ett fält som står inför en pånyttfödsel”
För tio år sedan kallades fagterapi för ”det bortglömda botemedlet”. Men i takt med att antibiotikaresistens breder ut sig vinner den nygamla tekniken mer och mer mark i Europa. Life Science Sweden har pratat om framtiden med forskare som sysslar med antibiotikaresistens respektive bakteriofager.
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Nocebo – the evil twin that makes you feel worse
The placebo effect is well known in healthcare, but not so its opposite: nocebo. “The effect is small, but it can have major repercussions,” says Uppsala researcher Charlotte Blease, co-author of a book on the phenomenon.
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Study: Popular diabetes treatment is not associated with thyroid cancer
Concerns raised about an association between GLP-1 analogues, used to treat diabetes and obesity, and an increased risk of thyroid cancer are not supported by an extensive Scandinavian study.
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Mef Nilbert – cancerutredare med helikoptersyn
Ett ben i kliniken, ett i forskningen. Så har det länge sett ut för Mef Nilbert, överläkare och professor i onkologi, som nyligen fick ett helt nytt uppdrag: att som särskild utredare ta fram en ny nationell cancerstrategi.
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Specific proposals and targets top the universities’ desired priorities
What are the universities’ expectations for the update of the national life science strategy? Life Science Sweden posed the question to representatives from Karolinska Institutet and Sahlgrenska Academy.
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“What is important is to create an overview and understanding from different perspectives”
Scientist Jochen Schwenk analyses blood proteins using proteomics to improve our understanding of disease and health. This year, he is moderating the Lab & Diagnostics of the Future event.
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From Valneva to the CEO position at NorthX – “I saw it as a great opportunity”
A new cell therapy for leukaemia, a vaccine in tablet form against cholera, and a proprietary mRNA line with the potential capacity to supply the entire Nordic region with vaccines during a future pandemic. These are some of the projects underway at NorthX Biologics – under the direction of new CEO Janet Hoogstraate.
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To build trust, one must be able to say “I don’t know” – whether human or AI
Will AI strengthen or break down trust? It depends on whether we can understand and accept its limitations, and our own, writes Sarah Lidé in a column.
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Anna Törner: “My quantified life”
“The expression ‘you can’t see the forest for the trees’ feels newly relevant in the context of wearables. One can easily get caught up in the idea that the more we measure, the more we know,” Anna Törner writes in a column.
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Unexpected study results on testosterone – no reduction in fracture risk
Testosterone treatment is known to increase bone density and bone quality. However, a study now suggests that supplementation with the male sex hormone does not reduce the risk of fractures, but rather increases it. The researchers behind the study were surprised by this result.
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Överraskande studieresultat om testosteron – Minskade inte risk för frakturer
Det är känt att behandling med testosteron ökar bentäthet och benkvalitet. Men nu tyder en studie på att tillförsel av det manliga könshormonet ändå inte medför en minskad risk för frakturer – snarare en ökad. Ett resultat som förvånade forskarna bakom studien.
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Anna Törner: ”Mitt kvantifierade liv”
”Uttrycket om att man inte ser skogen för alla träd känns nyaktuellt i kontexten wearbales. Det är lätt att fångas av tanken att ju mer vi mäter, desto mer vet vi”, skriver Anna Törner i en krönika.
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Ingrid Lönnstedt: What does the p-value mean?
The smaller the better, and preferably smaller than 0.05. A p-value smaller than 5% means that the treatment effect is statistically significant at 5% significance level. But what does that mean? Read Ingrid Lönnstedt´s column to learn more.
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A vaccine the world is waiting for: “It can change the lives of many”
A Solna laboratory is developing a vaccine that could save the lives of countless children in low- and middle-income countries. “Working on something that can make a difference for many people is important to me,” says Christine Hägglund, Laboratory Manager.
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Business Sweden: “Companies have a lot to offer in data-driven precision medicine”
Data-driven precision medicine can potentially solve major healthcare problems, states Business Sweden in a new report on the subject.
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