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Gene therapy restored hearing in children with congenital deafness
Eleven out of twelve children with congenital deafness showed improvements in a study testing Regeneron’s gene therapy for hereditary hearing loss. The U.S. company now plans to apply for approval of the gene therapy.
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Virology professor on the threat from X: ”The next pandemic could be worse“
The question is not if, but when we will be affected by a new unknown virus that causes yet another pandemic. Are we sufficiently prepared? "Absolutely not!", responds virologist Niklas Arnberg.
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Large study: The benefits and risks of obesity medications
Medications such as Ozempic can reduce the risk of a range of different diseases and health conditions but also increase the risk of others. This is according to a large American study where the connections between GLP-1 receptor agonists and the risk of a variety of health outcomes have been examined.
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How the Foreign Office will promote Swedish life science exports
The broadness and innovative strength keep Swedish life science exports strong, but the protectionist tendencies in the world are worrying, says Camilla Mellander, Director General for Trade, in an interview.
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FDA approves new cystic fibrosis therapy
A new treatment for cystic fibrosis has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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New large lab building in Lund inaugurated – here are the companies moving in
Medicon Village has received a new laboratory building. On Friday last week the building was inaugurated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony by Minister for Employment and Integration Mats Persson (L) and construction contractor Mats Paulsson.
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This years Nobel prize in medicine – “Changed the understanding of how genes are controlled”
This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to the discovery that small RNA molecules, known as microRNAs, control how genes are regulated. Understanding the mechanism has changed our view of human biology and evolution, says KI Professor András Simon.
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AstraZeneca to use American AI platform for cancer trials
In a collaboration AstraZeneca will use an AI model from Israeli-American biotech Immunai to streamline its clinical trials in cancer.
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Anna Törner: ”Mom, do you think you’ll ever get married again?”
”I realize I’m slowly descending into that familiar statistical rabbit hole, where life’s biggest uncertainties are reduced to point estimates and confidence intervals”, Anna Törner writes in a column.
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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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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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Vill få fler att diagnosticera behandlingsbar demens
Dålig balans, nedsatt kognitiv förmåga och inkontinens. Tecken på Alzheimers? Eller Parkinsons? Det kan det vara. Men det kan också vara normaltryckshydrocefalus, det vill säga vattenskalle hos vuxna.
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Anna Törner: Hon fick oss att se vidden av det vi arbetar med
Ibland ger möten med enskilda människor insikter som går bortom allt som är möjligt att läsa sig till, skriver Anna Törner i en krönika.
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Svenska bolagen som deltog på världens största mässa
BIO i San Diego är världens största bioteknikmässa, och självklart var ett flertal bolag från den vibrerande svenska life science-branschen på plats. Ola Björkman rapporterar direkt från USA.
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Kancera går vidare till klinisk Fas I
Läkemedelskandidaten KAND567 har fått godkänd för start av klinisk prövning.
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Prisar autofagi
Årets nobelpristagare i fysiologi eller medicin är den japanska cellbiologen Yoshinori Ohsumi. Han tilldelas utmärkelsen för sina upptäckter om cellens maskineri för autofagi.
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Inkubator för automatiserad bildtagning av celler
Evos Onstage Incubator ger en optimerad miljö för bildtagning på levande celler.
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Högkänslig karakterisering av ytstrukturer i nanoskala
Utför ytmätningar av massor och strukturer i nanoskala.
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Ljus i tunneln för cancervacciner
Länge har standardbehandlingen för cancer varit cellgifter och strålning. Samtidigt har forskare försökt hitta andra angreppssätt där immunterapi är en av de hetaste kandidaterna. I dagsläget finns tre cancervaccin på marknaden och fler är på gång.
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Genombrott i Hepatit C-studie
MSD visar positiva resultat i två nya fas III-studier med boceprevir.
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Less scars with new product
A new Swedish product for post surgical scar formation enters clinical development.
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EUR 2 million for peanut allergies
ALK Abelló has signed an agreement to invest EUR 2 million in the French biotechnology company DBV Technologies.
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