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Uppsala University researchers show that the new material Upsalite has great potential for development of new formulations of rejected drugs. Upsalite, presented in 2013, had the highest surface area ever measures for an alkali earth metal carbonate; 800 square meters per gram. According to a new study published in International Journal of Pharmaceutics, the extremely porous magnesium […]

Finnish biotech company Biotie has received two million dollars from a foundation set up by Hollywood star Michael J. Fox. The grant provides an opportunity to see if Biotie’s SYN120 treatment can slow the progress of dementia in patients with Parkinson’s Disease. The company is now planning a 16-week trial involving 80 patients at about 10 US sites. […]

Danish researchers have identified a particular genetic mutation that may cause ADHD and Parkinsonism in young people. In the a study, scientists at the University of Copenhagen and the Copenhagen University Hospital have looked closer at a special protein, the dopamine transporter (DAT). It is a transport protein, which controls the effect of dopamine by mediating re-uptake of released […]

The Swedish Research Council has granted Uppsala University SEK 145 million to recruit Elisabetta Dejana, an internationally wellknown professor within vascular biology. Elisabetta Dejana is a worldleading and highly quoted researcher and is currently Professor of General Pathology at the Department of Biosciences, University of Milan. With the recruit, Uppsala University hopes to strengthen its […]

Akademiska in Uppsala is the first Swedish hospital laboratory to analyze a certain gene variety that can predict an increased risk of severe muscle side effects during statin treatment. Statins are a common group of colesterol lowering medicines, used by approximately one out of ten adults to treat increased blood lipids and to prevent cardiovascular […]

The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research is allocating ten projects SEK 6 millions each in order to widen the recruitment base for younger promising researchers aspiring for top positions. The funding will be allocated for a five-year-period within the scope of the program “Underrepresented gender”. According to the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research, SFF, the […]