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Neanderthal genes and Nobel Prize in a popular lecture at Bioscience
An inherited gene variant from our ”evolutionary cousins” – the extinct Neanderthals – may affect how our bodies break down certain drugs. “It’s only a matter of time before we actively start screening for it,” said KI researcher Hugo Zeberg when
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Neandertalgener och Nobelpris i populär föreläsning på Bioscience
En nedärvd genvariant från våra "evolutionära kusiner" – de utdöda neandertalarna – kan påverka hur våra kroppar bryter ner vissa läkemedel. "Det är en tidsfråga innan vi börjar screena aktivt för den", sa KI-forskaren Hugo Zeberg när han berättade om studien vid Bioscience 2022.
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A green nursery for biotech rooted in the Scanian soil
Red Glead has established itself as one of Lund’s largest companies in pharmaceutical development. Life Science Sweden went to Skåne and met two of the founders, Johan Evenäs and Martina Kvist Reimer.
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Byggstart för Galdermas nya produktionsanläggning i Uppsala
Läkemedelsbolaget Galderma växer i Uppsala med en helt ny 9 000 kvadratmeter stor anläggning.
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Bought a tablet factory – and built his own empire
In 1995, Thomas Eldered was CEO of one of Pharmacia’s factories in the Stockholm area when the Swedish pharmaceutical giant, after a takeover, decided to move its production abroad. 34-year-old Thomas was facing an imminent risk of losing his job. However, instead, it actually turned out to be the starting point for one of the biggest success stories in Swedish life science.
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Marie Gårdmark: Potential step change – EU regulators get to play with data
A new pilot from EMA is starting in September to assess wether the analysis of 'raw data' by regulatory authorities improves the evaluation of marketing approval for new medicines. Marie Grådmark writes in a column that she is looking forward to the outcome of the pilot to hopefully then understand if “in house” analyses actually will add value.
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Genes from Neanderthals can affect the correct drug dosage
A fifth of all Europeans carry gene variants inherited from Neanderthals, which cause certain drugs to break down more slowly. This may have implications for the drug doses they should take.
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Försök med screening för lungcancer i Stockholm – kan bli nationellt program
I höst inleds en pilotstudie i Stockholm som kan vara det första steget mot ett nationell screeningprogram för lungcancer.
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The first vaccine derived from cowpox
The British rural doctor could not forget the words of the peasant girl. Could that really be true? A couple of decades later, on 14 May 1796, he performed the world’s first smallpox vaccination, and a medical breakthrough had occurred.
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Alzheimersbolagets vd: "Vi befinner oss i ett mycket spännande stadium"
När Astra Zeneca lade ned sin alzheimersforskning klev Alzecure in. Nu har Huddingebolaget flera projekt inom alzheimers och smärta. Hör vd Martin Jönsson berätta om bolagets forskning i videon.
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Ny modell ger ytterligare stöd för munskydd: ”Ger ett utmärkt skydd”
Forskare vid bland annat Chalmers har tagit fram en modell för att mäta hur virus färdas genom luften – och hur effektivt munskydd är för att hindra smittspridning. Deras slutsats: rätt munskydd, buret på rätt sätt, ger ett utmärkt skydd.
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The route to vaccines for everyone: “We did not just sit around and wait”
The pandemic was in full swing, and no one knew when or even if a vaccine would come. At that point, the Swedish Minister of Social Affairs called with a proposal, and Richard Bergström did not hesitate. “I already had a notion that this would work,” he says in an interview with Life Science Sweden.
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Lockdown-studie kritiseras även i USA
I USA har den uppmärksammade metastudie som uppger att knappt några liv har räddats med hjälp av lockdowns blivit kraftigt ifrågasatt av forskare.