The physician at the tech giant: “Observations in the emergency room made my mind up”

When Nasim Farrokhnia was in third grade at school in Tehran, the capital of Iran, her father gave her a book about Marie Curie, which soon became her favourite...

Patient som fick grishjärta återhämtar sig – inga tecken på avstötning

Den amerikanske man som fick ett genmodifierat grishjärta transplanterat i början av året återhämtar sig fortfarande på sjukhus. Efter fem veckor syns inga teck...

Det här vet vi om den nya coronavarianten omikron XE

En ny rekombinant variant av coronaviruset med namnet omikron XE har väckt uppmärksamhet. Life Science Sweden frågade Niklas Arnberg, professor i virologi vid U...

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...

LEJS – Animation av elektrisk linjärenhet med kort cykeltid

Vill du korta dina cykeltider?

MVA:s CEO: “Our investments should improve people´s everyday lives”

Involuntary infertility and diabetes are two of the areas on the agenda of the Medicon Valley Alliance.

ZEISS Hosts an exceptional Global Conference on Innovation and Production in Berlin

More than 50 distinguished speakers from leading manufacturing companies.

Improve your secondary battery manufacturing

SMC provides a large portfolio of products specially designed for secondary battery industry.

Forskare kan ha hittat svaret på varför inte alla får covid-19

Trots exponering för sars-cov-2 får vissa ändå inte covid-19. Nu har forskare en teori om vad de beror på.

They’re all doing it – buying drug research

It is not easy to navigate the complex infrastructure for drug development in Sweden, where various contract players exist alongside the pharmaceutical companies.

Scientific Solutions

EMA review confirms a risk of new cancer after CAR-T

CAR-T cancer therapies can, in rare cases, induce secondary cancers. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) now recognises this and requires a warning label to be ...

Sweden and Denmark – this is how they choose their strategies

Scandinavia’s two major powers in pharmaceutical research have developed strategies for growth in life science, and both countries aim to become world leaders.

Remdesivir visar lovande signaler enligt läckta dokument

Uppgifter som läckt från en klinisk studie om remdesivir mot covid-19 är lovande.

Academia - a strong player on the lab market

While the industry was short of money during the financial crisis, government incentives were in full swing in Sweden during 2009. - Our sales to academia incre...

Kinesiska tvillingar kan vara världens första genediterade barn

Forskare reagerar starkt på nyheten om ett kinesiskt tvillingpar som fötts efter att deras genom editerats med Crisper-Cas9.

Failed to read the fine print – lost his life’s work

A celebrated CEO and co-founder of a pioneering lab company one moment – the next, fired, kicked out and written out of the company’s history. This is the story...

“What is important is to create an overview and understanding from different perspectives”

Scientist Jochen Schwenk analyses blood proteins using proteomics to improve our understanding of disease and health. This year, he is moderating the Lab & Diag...

Business Sweden: “Companies have a lot to offer in data-driven precision medicine”

Data-driven precision medicine can potentially solve major healthcare problems, states Business Sweden in a new report on the subject.

New report: Fewer PhDs in life sciences

A new report from Vinnova suggests that competency returns in the life science sector are declining.

Forskar Grand Prix avgjort

Den nationella finalen av Forskar Grand Prix har avgjorts i Stockholm och en vinnare har korats.

Orsaker och prevention på möte om demens

Drottning Silvia bjöd nyligen in till det 3:e internationella stormötet Dementia Forum X 2019. Mötet samlade verksamhetsledare, beslutsfattare, forskare och kun...

Större chanser med IVF

Snabbare nedfrysning, bättre behandlingsmetoder och modernare labb har ökat chanserna att få barn genom IVF-behandling.

Konstgjord andning – från bibeln till den moderna respiratorn

Det är tidig vår 2021 och portarna till Medicinhistoriska muséet i Uppsala är stängda, utanför pågår en pandemi. Life Science Sweden får komma in och botanisera...