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A tiny animal with great importance
From the mythical Ganges River to the less sacred, but considerably cleaner waters in KI's aquariums in Solna. The little zebrafish has made an unconscious career – as an increasingly important model organism in medical research.
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Health politician Lina Nordquist: ”I find it hard to be idle”
She is the pharmacist and researcher who grew tired of the breakthroughs that never materialised and knowledge that never seemed to reach patients, so she decided to make a change from within. Life Science Sweden meets Lina Nordquist, Member of Parliament for the Liberals and their spokesperson on healthcare policy, to have a conversation about reality, politics, and the need for writing.
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“We should avoid surgery if we can”
Since February this year, she has been Scientific Director Life Science at the Karolinska Institutet. Life Science Sweden met Anna Martling for a talk about role models, surgery and Sweden’s strengths and weaknesses in medical research.
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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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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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“Life science is important on a personal level”
From the High Coast to the Government Offices. Jeanette Edblad is a native of Ångermanland, and since September last year, she has been Head and Coordinator of the Government’s Life Science Office.
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Anna Törner: The clinical trial – Periscope to reality
What happens to the patients in the clinical trial is not very interesting, writes Anna Törner in a column.
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Founder of Bioarctic, Lars Lannfelt, is honoured: “I want to create something for the future”
It´s like a scientist’s dream: to be the world’s first with a drug that genuinely affects one of our major diseases. Lars Lannfelt and his company Bioarctic have achieved just that, and they are thus making a significant contribution to the history of Swedish medicine. He is now being awarded the Research!Sweden Award 2023.
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Conference on Alzheimer’s reveals several advances in the field
In Gothenburg, Sweden, researchers and pharmaceutical companies from all over the world gathered to discuss one specific issue – neurological diseases. Life Science Sweden has talked to some of those that attended the conference.
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Han tar plats i Getinges styrelse
Medtechbolagets nye vd Alex Myers väljs in som ledamot.
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Apple satsar på life science
Lanserar plattform för utveckling av appar som kan hjälpa forskare att samla in data och rekrytera patienter till kliniska studier.
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Hon utvecklar teknik för hälsodata
E-hälsa är inte i stället för vård. Det är en möjlighet att ta ansvar för att den medicin som man äter ska göra mest möjliga nytta. Det menar forskaren Sara Riggare som utvecklar it-verktyg för parkinsonpatienter.
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TBE-läkemedel inom räckhåll
Den som drabbas av TBE blir inte bara sjuk. Mer än en tredjedel av de smittade får bestående besvär. Än så länge finns ingen bot, men svenska forskare kan vara det första TBE-läkemedlet på spåren.
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SSF-anslag lockar unga forskare tillbaka till Sverige
14 forskare får tre miljoner var till olika forskningsprojekt.
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Fästingappen varnar för TBE-områden
Läkemedelsjätten Baxter lanserar Fästingguiden för Android-telefoner och Iphone.
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Nya konkurrenter kommer
Satsningarna för att hitta innovativa affärsmodeller för läkemedelsbranschen ökar kraftigt. Men det är inte läkemedelsbolagen som satsar mest.
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Welcome to wonderful Copenhagen
Strategically located, the Danish capital is the focal point of one of the most dynamic regions in Northern Europe. Here are some tips on where to spend your time, if you want to venture outside of the Bella Center fair venue!!
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Martin Bergö: "The Idea is the Thing"
Martin Bergö, 38, goes wherever ideas take him - it's a process that has led to, and resulted from, plenty of unexpected results. Those ideas have been recognized as good ones: in 2008, he was awarded the Eric K. Fernström Foundation's Prize for young researchers. It isn't the first award for the Associate Professor at Gothenburg University's Sahlgrenska Academy. In 2007, he received a grant award of 16 million SEK from the European Research Council for his pioneering work.
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