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SciLifeLab has welcomed their Majesties from the Netherlands and Sweden to learn more about technologies to study cells and initiatives for precision medicine. “It is a major recognition for SciLifeLab to be selected as a site for this state visit and it was our pleasure to guide these distinguished visitors through a glimpse of the […]

The center will be the seventh specialized diabetes centre supported by the Novo Nordisk Foundation. A Steno Diabetes Center has been established in each of the five administrative regions in Denmark and one in Greenland, and now all the Danish realm is covered. They aim to ensure that people with diabetes have access to the […]

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022 is about making difficult processes easier, describes the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. “This year’s Prize in Chemistry deals with not overcomplicating matters, instead working with what is easy and simple. Functional molecules can be built even by taking a straightforward route,” says Johan Åqvist, Chair of the Nobel […]

The centre, called Precision Immunotherapy Alliance (PRIMA), is led by Johanna Olweus, Professor and Head of Department of Cancer Immunology at Oslo University Hospital and Karl-Johan Malmberg, Professor at the University of Oslo. Nine new Centers of Excellence have been awarded 1.4 billion NOK by the Norwegian Research Council. One of the centers will focus […]

Genomic Medicine Sweden (GMS) has developed a broad gene panel for solid tumors that facilitates detailed diagnostics for current and next generation targeted therapies. The new gene panel will be implemented in routine healthcare during the autumn. GMS’ working group for solid tumors has developed a gene panel that generates detailed molecular information from 560 […]

A variant typical of the Finnish population that protects against heart diseases was identified in the FinnGen genomic study coordinated by the University of Helsinki. The risk of developing heart diseases is roughly one-fifth lower in carriers of the variant compared to the population on average. The protective effect of the newly discovered variant against […]