NLS Research

The research center Swetox is getting SEK 30 million in funding from the Stockholm County Council. The money is to be divided across three years. “We are very happy that the Stockholm County Council also wants to contribute to the funding. This means that we will be able to make the most of the unique condition […]

The portfolio companies Pergamum, Inhalation Sciences Sweden (ISS) and XSpray Microparticles have been awarded research grants totaling more than EUR 1 million. Pergamum has been allocated EUR 250,000, ISS EUR 384,000 and XSpray Microparticles EUR 401,000. The grant is within the framework of the international research project FORMAMP. The goal is to develop new ways to treat […]

Researchers at SciLifeLab has been granted money from Uppsala BIO-X to develop a new lab-on-a-chip diagnostic tool for early and rapid diagnosis of sepsis. The technique that the SciLifeLab researchers are working on is a lab-on-a-chip system for fast detection of bacteria in the blood. “Targeted antibiotic prescription is hampered by the lack of rapid diagnostic […]

By mapping endogenous retroviruses researchers at Uppsala University shine light on the evolutionary relationships of retroviruses. Through the use of large-scale computer analyses, researchers in Patric Jern’s research team at Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology at Uppsala University, have uncovered new depths in retroviral diversity and has found evidence for […]

SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden is joining EU-NETVAL in a new European network of laboratories to validate alternative methods to animal testing. SP will be the only Swedish laboratory to join EU-NETVAL. The network is part of the European Union’s work to replace animal testing. As a member SP can contribute to reliable methods being […]

An international team spearheaded by researchers from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen have identified the genes that put some children at risk of experiencing severe asthma attacks. “Our results show that asthma attacks requiring young children to be hospitalised are usually genetically related. Genes play a far greater role in […]