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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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Elekta lanserar ny gamma knife
Elekta firar 50 år i år och lanserar det nya systemet Elekta Esprit, som ska ge snabbare behandlingstid och bli mer patientvänlig.
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Presenterar system som ska visa luftkvaliteten i realtid
Luftkvaliteten kan vara av stor vikt i labb- och vårdmiljöer, och även vid känslig läkemedelstillverkning. Anders Hedström, ledande expert inom luftrening, presenterar nu ett system som i realtid ska visa hur många partiklar, och av vilken sort, som finns i luften.
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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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Sverige och Danmark i nytt samarbete om precisionsmedicin
Ett svenskt-danskt samarbete inleds inom precisionsmedicin när Genomic Medicine Sweden (GMS) och Danish National Genome Center (DNGC) ingår ett partnerskap.
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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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Undergrupper av glioblastom upptäckta – kan leda till ny behandling
Tre forskargrupper vid Uppsala universitet har upptäckt undergrupper av glioblastom som kan kopplas till hur sjukdomen utvecklar sig. Resultaten från studien kan ge mer specifika behandlingar för undergrupper av patienter med hjärntumörformen.
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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
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Ny studie: Ingen effekt av ivermektin mot covid-19
Det omdiskuterade antiparasitläkemedlet ivermektin har förts fram som en alternativ behandling mot covid-19. Men enligt en ny studie har behandlingen ingen effekt på risken för allvarlig sjukdom.
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Studie: Ovanligare med återinfektion i covid hos barn än hos vuxna
Återinfektioner i covid-19 förekom mer under deltavågen än under alfavågen och barn återinfekterades i lägre utsträckning än vuxna, enligt en ny studie.
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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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Samuel Lagercrantz: Immunterapin befinner sig fortfarande i ett tidigt stadium
I mer än 100 år har det funnits forskare som har försökt rikta kroppens eget immunförsvar mot cancerceller. Ibland har de blivit utskrattade och hånade av det medicinska etablissemanget. Men där vi står idag kan man ändå sammanfatta det hela med: skrattar bäst som skrattar sist, skriver Samuel Lagercrantz.
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Digitalisera försäljningen och spring om konkurrenterna
Nytt acceleratorprogram till värde av 450.000 kr kommer att hjälpa utvalda bolag med den digitala omvandlingen genom Salesforces. Craftware Sweden, som är en del av telekom-koncernen Orange Group och en global Salesforce-partner sedan 2014, har startat programmet för svenska bolag som vill skala upp.
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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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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.
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Björn Arvidsson: ”We need to change perspective”
If you say “life science” to a person on the street and ask them to explain what it is, you will probably get no good answer. The same question to your network will generate as many versions as the people you ask. Most likely, we will miss many
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