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Individual DNA passport could result in fewer drug side effects

You may be required to show a DNA passport when you pick up medicines at the pharmacy in the future. According to a new study, patients might suffer 30% fewer s...

“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...

Precision medicine centre: “Extensive activity on several fronts”

Two years ago, the Karolinska Institutet and the Karolinska University Hospital announced that they would jointly launch the Precision Medicine Centre. Medtech ...

KI’s new President: “We need to work closer together”

A closer link between research and education and a stronger “we-feeling” are aims that Annika Östman Wernerson sets out to achieve as the new President of Karol...

Study: An objective diagnosis of constant tinnitus may be possible

A new method that measures brain activity during sound stimulation can make it possible to objectively diagnose and identify people who suffer from constant tin...

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...

Nascent Invest och Fort Knox investerar i test för bloddoping

Umeåföretaget Pro Test Diagnostics får in 17 miljoner kronor som ska användas för att färdigställa ett test-kit mot bloddoping.

Swedish breakthrough in Alzheimer’s: “We can finally present great data”

Treatments for Alzheimer’s disease are currently among the hottest topics in drug development. Two Swedish research companies with high ambitions and successes ...

Claims of life science companies fleeing abroad is a myth according to survey

The claim that life science companies are moving abroad is exaggerated. In fact, only a tiny percentage is leaving the country, according to a survey.

”Har Nya Karolinska verkligen varit ett misslyckande?”

Journalistisk granskning är viktig, till och med avgörande för att sjukvården hela tiden ska kunna bli bättre. Men granskningen bör ha bredd och undvika att bli...

Anna Törner: You won’t find this many Concorde projects anywhere else

"Suddenly Concorde projects seem reasonable in life science because it´s about life and death", writes Anna Törner in a column.

Nyupptäckt ”soptransport” i cellen kan leda till bättre behandlingar

En tidigare oupptäckt transportväg för sopor från cellkärnan kan få betydelse för framtida behandlingar av cancer-och demenssjukdomar.

Abbvie i topp för bästa arbetsplatserna 2020

Läkemedelsföretaget Abbvie rankas som femte mest trivsamma arbetsplatsen i rankningen Sveriges bästa arbetsplatser.

Nordic Regulatory experts: Improving biotech chances of Succ

Why is it that so many biotech companies fail? And what are the tools needed to change that fact?

Trends and overview: ELRIG "Robotics and Automation"

Laboratories on the way to end-to-end automation: Robotics, artificial intelligence and automation technology boosted by pandemic

Svenska sjukhus kvalar in på topplista

När Newsweek rankar världens bästa sjukhus kommer två svenska institutioner med på listan.

The first drugs to slow down Alzheimer’s – but what does it mean for patients?

New treatments for early Alzheimer’s are bringing hope to thousands of patients and their families. The question is, who will get the treatment, how will the ri...

Anna Törner: Kalashnikovs in a new guise

Thanks to resisting European regulatory authorities, Europe has been spared the opioid epidemic. In the 1960s, the situation was the opposite as the American ph...

He saved lives with his theories – was ostracised and ended up in a mental hospital

Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis (1818-1865) undoubtedly possessed plenty of persistence, diligence and sound reasoning skills – but he was hardly blessed with...

Astra Zenecas Sverige-vd: ”Vi tror superstarkt på vår portfölj”

Det började med sommarjobb som operatör på Astras kemifabrik i Snäckviken. Över tre decennier och otaliga olika uppdrag senare är Södertäljesonen Per Alfredsson...

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