Uncategorized - March 6, 2017
SciLifeLab scientists receive research environment grants
The Swedish Research Council (VR) has made decisions regarding grants for research environment in science and Paul Hudson at KTH/SciLifeLab and Johan Elf at Uppsala University/SciLifeLab receives 24 Million SEK each during 6 years. The purpose of the grant is to create added value of cooperation in a group that is larger than in a regular […]
Uncategorized - March 3, 2017
Frozen chemistry controls bacterial infections
Chemists and molecular biologists at Umeå University have shown that two proteins that bind to one another slow down a chemical reaction central to the course of the disease in the bacteria Yersinia pseudotuberculosis. “The discovery paves way for new insights in the regulation of bacterial virulence. The results have given us a new opportunity […]
Collaboration - March 1, 2017
Vironova participate in big data and computational science project
Vironova is participating in the research project “Hierarchical Analysis of Temporal and Spatial Image Data” which the Swedish foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) has announced 29 M SEK in funding for. Other partners in the project are Astra Zeneca and SciLifeLab and the project is headed by Professor Carolina Wählby at Uppsala University Department of […]
Clinical Trials - February 28, 2017
Data from ALK results in significant change to the GINA asthma management strategy
ALK has announced that for the first time, allergy immunotherapy is now recommended as a treatment option in the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) report: Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention. This global strategy is a practical resource developed to guide healthcare professionals and policy makers, and represents the latest clinical evidence and medical practice […]
Uncategorized - February 23, 2017
Schizophrenia linked to mother’s low weight during pregnancy
Children born to mothers who gained too little weight during pregnancy were at increased risk for schizophrenia and other non-affective psychoses later in life, according to new epidemiological research from Karolinska Institutet. The findings, published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry , confirm the results of several important historical studies that showed a link between exposure […]
Uncategorized - February 21, 2017
Hope for new treatment for Huntington’s disease
Researchers working at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and University of Southern Denmark have managed to produce short synthetic DNA analogues – oligonucleotides – that bind direct to the gene that is mutated in Huntington’s disease and prevent the production of a protein that damages the nerve cells. The discovery, published in the journal Nucleic Acids Research, opens the […]
