Neanderthal gene variants may cause Viking disease

A new study suggests that the so-called Viking disease, which affects the hand function in many older people, may be linked to gene variants inherited from Neanderthals.

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 o...

The stomach medication that became the biggest blockbuster of the 1990s

The omeprazole molecule was synthesised as early as 1979, but it took many years before the then Astra had an approved pharmaceutical. Once this happened, a tab...

Tidig operation gav bättre överlevnad i prostatacancer

Operation direkt av prostatacancer gav längre livslängd för patienterna än ett mer avvaktande tillvägagångssätt i en 30 år lång skandinavisk studie ledd från Up...

Stort vetenskapsmöte igång i Life City

Man som fick grishjärta transplanterat har avlidit

Mannen som blev först i världen med att få ett grishjärta transplanterat har avlidit, två månader efter operationen.

Column: "Are we already living in the new normal?"

2020 felt like the year that we were building the house around us whilst moving into it at the same time.

High-performance Slide Scanner for Fluorescence, Brightfield and Polarization

ZEISS Axioscan 7 combines high speed digitization and outstanding image quality.

High biological age is linked to a higher risk of dementia and stroke

It is a well-known fact that people age at different rates, and a recent study at the Karolinska Institute suggests that people with a biological age higher tha...

GSK pays 2.2 billion dollars to settle Zantac lawsuits

British drugmaker Glaxo Smith Kline, GSK, has struck a 2.2 billion dollar settlement, thereby resolving a vast majority of the liability cases pending against t...

EU:s inköp av covidvaccin utreds av åklagare

Europeiska åklagarmyndigheten, Eppo, har inlett en utredning om misstänkta oegentligheter i samband med affärer med covid-19-vaccin inom EU. Flera internationel...

Läkemedelsjätte kapar bort 860 jobb

Läkemedelsjätten Bristol Myers Squibb säger upp omkring 860 av sina anställda i Lawrenceville, New Jersey, som en del av ett större sparprogram.

Möte om framtidens diagnostik igång i Stockholm

Labb och diagnostik står på agendan vid ett möte i Life City på onsdagen i Hagastaden.

Settlement of cancer allegations against blockbuster drug

French pharmaceutical company Sanofi has reached a principal agreement in the US on around 4,000 of the cases in which its now withdrawn blockbuster heartburn d...

Medicinpriset till forskare som upptäckte mikro-RNA:s roll i genreglering

Årets Nobelpris i fysiologi eller medicin går till Victor Ambros och Gary Ruvkun för deras upptäckter om användningen av mikro-RNA inom posttransitionell genreglering.

Save the dates: ZEISS Quality Innovation Summit, October 22-24

Embark on a journey to the future of metrology.

Before you choose a CRO

– We are a small company and it is very important for us to maintain our core competence within development of novel nanomaterials, Tove Sivik Sonne, Head of De...

Ossiform: Quality control of 3D printed bone implants

Ossiform chose the GOM Scan 1.

“Photon counting in computed tomography is the holy grail”

Erik Fredenberg, a researcher in physics at KTH and GE, is working to implement photon-counting CT in clinics. To shorten lead times and reduce the radiation do...

Stamceller, sepsis och läkemedelsdosering – här är de nya start up-bolagen i KI Innovations

Sex nya bolag inom läkemedel, diagnostik och medicinteknik har antagits till KI Innovations inkubator Drive.

The best wealth is Health

We are living in a world where wealth more and more is measured in being able to do the things you like and enjoy in life. As the wealth increases in terms of e...

Jätteanslag till medicinsk grundforskning – åtta projekt delar på 227 miljoner

Mekanismerna bakom kronisk smärta, en atlas över tarmbarriären och B-cellsminnets outforskade dimensioner är några av de åtta grundforskningsprojekt inom medici...

Japanese pharma to buy US drugmaker for $2.4 bln

Japanese Ono Pharmaceutical buys the American cancer drug developer Deciphera Pharmaceuticals in one of the largest acquisitions in the industry so far this year.

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...