Researcher and entrepreneur
Mats Karlsson is not just the world’s first Professor of Pharmacometrics, he is also co-founder of Pharmetheus, a rapidly growing company that helps pharmaceutical firms design clinical trials of new medicines. This achievement has now won him a prestigious award.
Radiopharmaceuticals – the key to future cancer care?
Precision medicine is often described as the future of healthcare, offering an effective way to create more individualised treatments. Marika Nestor and her research team have taken a new step in cancer precision medicine with a completely new radiopharmaceutical.
Uppsala University linked to 193 active companies
A new survey shows that nearly 200 spin-off companies have been started since 1990 and are still active today. “Uppsala University is a driving force for innovation, moving both entrepreneurship and society forward,” says Malin Graffner Nordberg, Head of UU Innovation.
Predicting the risk of sepsis
Her software helps health services discover the risk of sepsis in time, which could potentially save a life a day. Statistician Inger Persson won Uppsala University’s Hjärnäpplet prize for the innovation that led to the company AlgoDx.
3D-printed drugs and prostheses
In the future, your medication or a new hip – should you need one – could be printed out using a 3D printer. Johan Kreuger and Christel Bergström at U-print reveal more about how these printers can be used to create prostheses that are tailor-made for you.
Innovative blood sampling card ready to leave the lab
“Currently, it is both challenging and costly for researchers to access patient samples for their studies. Our card simplifies sample collection and analysis because patients can collect their own samples and send them by regular mail.” Nina Schiller is leading the development of a novel blood sampling card for dried blood spots.
The antibody that can slow down Alzheimer’s
A new treatment that can slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease has now been approved in the US, Japan and China – after more than 20 years of methodical collaboration between researchers and the pharmaceutical industry. It all began with a research discovery made and patented by Professor Lars Lannfelt.
12 innovations from Uppsala University
Bone cement, the pregnancy test and AI tools that can predict acts of violence. These are just some of the innovations that have emerged from research at Uppsala University in recent decades.
Collagen – an untapped resource in our bodies?
What happens if you walk into the lab one day without wearing gloves? Ayan Samanta, a researcher in macromolecular chemistry, explains how he made a promising medical discovery by chance.
Using drones to thin the forest
Why not let drones cut down and remove trees when the forest needs thinning, rather than using heavy, fossil fuel-driven forestry machinery? This would lessen the impact on forests and land, and reduce the climate footprint, according to researchers behind an innovation that is now on its way to becoming a reality.
Great success for sustainable battery materials
“Our cathode material makes for a sodium-ion battery that is more sustainable, cheaper and safer.” The researchers behind the company Altris AB tell the story of the battery material Fennac, now entering industrial-scale production in Sandviken.
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