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Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have developed a new class of boron–fluorine compounds that could make late‑stage optimisation of drugs and imaging agents both simpler and more sustainable. The work, published in Angewandte Chemie, introduces stable “BF₂‑boracycles” that can be made metal‑free, at scale, and without time‑consuming purification – yet remain highly reactive in […]

Google DeepMind has introduced AlphaGenome, a large deep learning model that predicts how changes in noncoding DNA affect gene regulation, aiming to unlock the “dark genome” for disease research and drug discovery (Agarwal et al., Nature, 2026).

The final results from Lund University's MASAI trial are now available.

For the first time, Sweden’s MAX IV synchrotron will welcome an artist in residence.

Bill Gates visited Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital last Friday at his own initiative to discuss the latest advances in Swedish Alzheimer’s research, a field that interests him and that he supports.

Rapid drops in temperature are linked to an increased risk of heart attack.