Tablet treatment for hair loss approved in the USA

The US Drug Administration has given a thumbs up for the first tablet treatment for spotty hair loss.

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Devysers medgrundare lämnar ledningen – får rådgivande roll

Diagnostik- och gentestbolaget Devysers medgrundare och vice vd Ulf Klangby lämnar sin operativa roll och får istället en rådgivande funktion som konsult.

“Everyone is screaming for talent”

Attracting talent is one of the life science industry’s major future challenges, which was one of the conclusions of the panel discussion that ended the New Hor...

Genes from Neanderthals can affect the correct drug dosage

A fifth of all Europeans carry gene variants inherited from Neanderthals, which cause certain drugs to break down more slowly. This may have implications for th...

Paolo Macchiarini in court – “The sole intent was to cure”

Paolo Macchiarini’s surgical procedure was illegal, life-threatening and caused severe and prolonged suffering to patients the prosecution claimed when the tria...

Oväntat stort mörkertal för TBE-infektioner – ”Vi blev väldigt överraskade”

En ny studie tyder på att infektioner av det fästingburna TBE-viruset är långt vanligare i Sverige än man hittills trott.

Krönika: Collaboration across borders

New rules for diagnostic products, but who will certify them? “An extreme shortage area”

In less than two weeks, new and stricter EU rules will enter into force for thousands of products used in important diagnoses of, among other things, cancer and...

Studie: AI-system lika bra som patologer på diagnos av prostatacancer

AI-system kan identifiera och gradera prostatacancer i vävnadsprover lika bra som patologer. Det menar forskare på bland annat Karolinska institutet som genomfö...

Björn Arvidsson: “We need robust and recognized ecosystems for continued competitiveness”

“We have idea carriers and excellent innovation opportunities, and now we must invest in creating ecosystems that provide them with even better growth opportuni...

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TCO easy comparison of electric and pneumatic solutions

Find the right technology for your application and compare CO₂ emission and TCO The shown results are not based on a sizing calculation, parameters like service...

Collaboration for a simpler production of gene therapies launched

A collaboration between universities and companies aims at providing better production methods for the development of gene therapies. The initiative is led by J...

Kraftigt ökad export av läkemedel

Färsk SCB-statistik visar glädjande siffror för läkemedelsexporten.

IVI’s Director General on establishing in Sweden: Will need up to 40 employees

The International Vaccine Institute, IVI, hopes to have its first staff on-site in Stockholm within a couple of months, says the institute’s Director General Je...

When carelessness, forgetfulness and coincidence become the researcher’s best friend

Forgetfulness, coincidence and a stroke of luck hardly make up a fruitful method of serious research. Or do they? Actually, a number of important medical advanc...

From spin-off to phase II

”The people there will basically become your new colleagues” – Carina Schmidt, former CEO of Athera, about working with different contractors.

Lucy Robertshaw: Are we in the perfect storm?

“Is there a perfect storm on the horizon again as elective surgeries were cancelled due to patients being admitted with Covid-19? We now have a long backlog of ...

Hittar sjukdomsrelaterade gener med AI

Forskare vid Linköpings universitet hoppas att användning av artificiell intelligens ska leda till upptäckten av nya sjukdomsrelaterade gener och kunskap om hur...

A growing industry in Denmark: “One new life science company a week”

The life science sector in eastern Denmark continues to grow in the number of employees, as well as the number of companies. An emerging problem is the shortage of labour, a new...

Hon ska leda världens största medlemsorganisation för cancerfrågor

Cancerfondens generalsekreterare Ulrika Årehed Kågström har utsetts till ordförande för UICC, världens största internationella medlemsorganisation för cancerfrågor.

AI-forskning blickar framåt

Nu presenterar forskare riktlinjer för hur aktiv materia, som celler och mikroorganismer, bäst kan studeras med hjälp av maskininlärningsteknik, skriver Götebor...

AI hittar ny antibiotika

Tidigare diabeteskandidat uppvisar lovande egenskaper – Hittades av maskininlärningsalgoritm.