Uncategorized - March 11, 2021
Predicting how bacteria develop antibiotic resistance
Using theoretical models of bacterial metabolism and reproduction, scientists can predict the type of resistance that bacteria will develop when they are exposed to antibiotics. This has now been shown by an Uppsala University research team, in collaboration with colleagues in Cologne, Germany. “This kind of knowledge would enable better tracking and slowing of the […]
Uncategorized - March 10, 2021
A new national technology platform for oligonucleotide drugs
The Swedish center, called the OligoNova Hub, will be located at the University of Gothenburg. The Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine has been awarded SEK 54 million by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, and SEK 48 million from SciLifeLab and the University of Gothenburg, to create the national technology platform. It will […]
Uncategorized - March 10, 2021
Vera Sandberg – Sweden’s first female engineer
Vera Sandberg was the first woman to receive a bachelor’s degree in engineering in Sweden, in 1917. Vera Sandberg studied Chemistry at Chalmers University of Technology and in 2019 the University inaugurated a statue of her. The statue called “Vera’s laboration” is four metres high, 400 kilo heavy and has lighting and 15 welded mobile […]
Uncategorized - February 2, 2021
Orion invests in the development of digital therapies
Orion’s digital therapies development projects play a role in the MASSE project with the purpose to create global exports of digital health innovations. Aalto University’s MASSE project, led by Professor Paul Lillrank, brings together academic research and business-driven innovation. The project focuses on the care pathways in long-term illnesses and how they could be improved and scaled […]
Uncategorized - January 25, 2021
Major EU project will focus on AI and genomics for disease prevention
An international collaboration project to develop and implement novel genome-based disease prediction tools has received over 10 million euros from the EU Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation program. The project aims to demonstrate the potential and benefits of powerful artificial intelligence (AI) technologies on the generation of genetic predictive scores and to test their clinical […]
Uncategorized - January 21, 2021
Lipid biomarkers in urine can determine the type of asthma
In a new study, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have used a urine test to identify and verify a patient’s type of asthma. The study, which has been published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, lays the foundation for a more personalized diagnosis and may result in improved treatment of severe asthma […]
