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Karolinska Institutet and AstraZeneca has recruited Professor Bo Angelin to lead the Integrated Cardio Metabolic Centre (ICMC). Bo Angelin is a Professor of Clinical Metabolism at Karolinska Institutet and a senior consultant at the Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Diabetes at Karolinska University Hospital. He is an internationally renowned researcher in the field of lipid metabolism. […]

A total of 64 research companies get to share SEK 65 million in Vinnova’s latest dividend of Forska och Väx funding. Among the companies are 15 life science firms. Each of the 15 companies get grants between SEK 500 000 and SEK 3 500 000. Follicum and Hansa Medical are two of companies getting most […]

The UIC entrepreneur Moa Fransson, researcher at Uppsala University, was the winner of this year’s SEK 100 000 scholarship during the eighth edition of Mentor4Research. During this year’s edition of IVA’s and VINNOVA’s mentor programme 54 researchers from different universities participated. The purpose is to provide researchers with experience and knowledge about commercialisation. Of the […]

Diabetes people with low levels of physical activity are at greater risk of cardiovascular disease shows new study. The risk of cardiovascular complications in people with type 2 diabetes is directly related to the frequency and duration of physical exercise, according to results of a large follow-up study reported yesterday on World Diabetes Day. Notably, […]

Researchers from the faculty of health and medical sciences at the Univeristy of Copenhagen have characterized a genetic aberration on a group of colorectal cancer patients. The discovery gives hope for a new and efficient treatment of colorectal cancer, which is a frequently and often fatal disease. “Our new research shows, that we might be […]

Novo Nordisk and Oxford University team up to further enhance diabetes research and help the new generation of research leaders. The two have established an international fellowship program with the aim to support the development and career of young, exceptional research talent within diabetes. The new partnership will establish postdoctoral fellowship opportunities that will be […]