Changeable proteins cause nerve disease

An incorrectly folded protein is one of the reasons behind the nerve disease ALS, according to new research. But the protein does not have structural errors all...

Acadia drug awarded

Acadia Pharmaceutical has got an award for a new treatment against Parkinson's disease.

New study of toxins and heart disease

Is there a correlation between exposure to hormone interfering environmental toxins and increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease? A new patient study...

Här är hela listan med de svenska ERC-miljonerna

Totalt har 236 forskare fått pengar från det europeiska forskningsrådet ERC. Tolv av dem kommer att arbeta med sina projekt i Sverige.

LEO Pharma - International Clinical Trial Manager

Norwegian describes scrapie gene

Intestinal lymphatic tissue is important for the absorption and spread of the scrapie prion, suggests a Norwegian researcher.

Hey Klementina Österberg ...

... CEO at GU Holding, which awards SEK 120, 000 to three female entrepreneurs.

375 miljoner till cancerforskare

Cancerfonden ger Ruth Palmer pengar för forskning på signalöverföring och ett av de största anslagen går till forskning om genexpression. Även projekt inom blan...

BMAs: Run your own business

After graduation you must decide: be an employee or start your own business. This is not really the situation for BMAs today, but a collaborative project betwee...

Danish discovery could help cardiac patients

The Danish researchers have developed a component that could make live easier forpatients with heart failure.

Vitrolife wants to acquire Medicult

The Swedish company Vitrolife intends to make en exchange offer to the shareholders of the Danish company Medicult to acquire all outstanding shares in the company.

Norwegian cancer therapy leaves phase II

New clinical results from Algeta highlights the potential of Alpharadin to treat bone metastases in major cancer indications.

New member to Active board

The Election Committee of Active Biotech proposes a very experienced financial sector executive to join the company board. Five existing members are also to be ...

New NO product reduces diabetic pain

The Swedish medtech company Nolabs has announced that it has achieved an important milestone in the development of a new line of products.

Mathematician new dean at DTU

On January 1st the Technical University of Denmark, DTU, got a new dean, recruited from the department of Mathematics.

Novo och Astra ligger bra till i internationell kraftmätning

Patentutgångar kommer under de närmaste åren att drabba flera stora läkemedelsbolag, men Astrazeneca och Novo Nordisk hör till de som skymtar ljusglimtar enligt en analys.

VTT in brief

VTT is a broad science cluster with research within applied materials, chemical and biochemical processes, energy, industrial systems management, information an...

EUR 2 million for peanut allergies

ALK Abelló has signed an agreement to invest EUR 2 million in the French biotechnology company DBV Technologies.

Think outside the... brain

Riitta Hari from the Brain Research Unit at the Helsinki University of Technology has recently stated that the mind is more than just the brain.

Danisco first with green emulsifier

A new sustainable emulsifier from Danisco meets the increasing consumer demand for ethically correct consumer goods.

Danish biorefinery can save US billions

The Danish Inbicon biorefinery process could save the US billions on foreign oil, the organization states.

Stabila life science-noteringar

Finanskrisen påverkade inte antalet börsnoteringar av life science-bolag.

Measure blood sugar without finger pricking

The Danish entrepreneurial firm RSP Systems has developed a method to measure the blood sugar level in diabetes patients, simply by placing a fingertip on a sma...

Positive combined cancer therapy

Topotarget announces positive data with new treatment against colorectal cancer.