Björn Arvidsson will lead research and innovation in Region Uppsala

The Swedish life science profile Björn Arvidsson has been appointed Director of Research and Innovation for Region Uppsala.

Cancer researcher: “We can do better and reduce suffering”

Lund University researcher Catharina Hagerling is developing innovative methods to understand metastatic cancer, aiming to create more targeted treatments for p...

Career coach on salaries: “There is no right or wrong”

What is a reasonable salary for my job? It's a question we all ask ourselves. But how important is a higher salary really? Career coach Tina Persson believes th...

LINK Medical recruits Swedish CEO

The Norwegian Contract Research Organization LINK Medical has recruited Anders Göransson as the new CEO.

Enhance your expertise with your measuring software

Discover the training options in our ZEISS Metrology Portal.

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 care...

A new scientific event in Gothenburg

Life Science Sweden is holding an event in Gothenburg for the first time.

Ukraine war fuels rise of totally resistent bacteria

War-torn Ukraine is not just suffering from hostile attacks from a foreign aggressor, but also from the threat of a totally resistant and contagious bacteria.

Who pays for Rebecca Doe – and all of us?

Anna Törner on how easily we get used to the idea that healthcare is free - when it really is about how and who pays for it

AI-Driven Microscopy Image Analysis in Pharma and Biotech

Extract breakthrough discoveries from large, complex data sets.

The future of healthcare in focus: ”Together, things happen”

In march, it’s once again time for Fokus Patient, an event for the industry where the patients’ perspective takes center stage. It’s a great way to spread knowl...

Marie Gårdmark: “What to expect from Trump’s second term?”

One may complain about the complex multinational system in EU, but it gives us some predictability that cannot be easily overturned by different member states p...

Joy at Egetis after positive CHMP opinion – ”The single most important milestone”

Stockholm-based Egetis Therapeutics has received a positive CHMP opinion for Emcitate, which could become the first approved treatment for the rare disease MCT8 deficiency."

Cost-efficient development of laboratory devices

8 ways to optimise development costs and speed up processes

Basics of Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy

Learn about the principle of confocal fluorescence microscopy.

New cell therapy raises hope for curing type 1 diabetes – "Never succeeded before"

Carlsson, who leads the clinical study, to Life Science Sweden.

Large study on milk: Risky for women but not for men

The risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD) and acute myocardial infarction (MI) increased for women with milk intake levels higher than 2 glasses per day, while n...

About Microscope Ergonomics

Learn about ergonomic microscope design and how you can increase your well-being and productivity when working in clinical microscopy. Read about challenges, de...

“Research is always a lot of failures and a few successes”

Gene therapies open up fantastic possibilities, but they are also extremely expensive to produce. Genenova aims to change that and make the treatments accessibl...

JMP Statistical Discovery

Lilly recruits top Swedish researcher in Alzheimer´s

One of Sweden's leading Alzheimer's researchers, Oskar Hansson, has been recruited by pharma giant Eli Lilly and will be moving to the USA.

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.

Leo Pharma to cut 200 jobs and reorganize

Danish Leo Pharma cuts down on staff in its global operations. Around 200 positions will be cut, while 50 will be moved to Poland.

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. Understan...