ANNIVERSARY. In 2009 a medical technology platform was started in western Sweden: MedTech West. Five stakeholders (Chalmers University of Technology, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, the University of Borås, Sahlgrenska University Hospital and Region Västra Götaland) together invested SEK 13.5 million over a three-year period to develop medical technology. We have found three of the professors behind this initiative: Mikael Elam, a professor at Sahlgrenska Academy and chief…
The cells’ natural transport system can be used for future treatments
NEW STUDY. For the first time ever, researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy have successfully used a genetic transport method that exists naturally in the body to deliver genetic material into cells and get them to produce a desired protein. This discovery could mean a new principal for treatment of diseases where genetic defects impact protein synthesis in cells. In the study, which was recently published in the journal Nature Communications, researchers…
Sara Sjöberg receives Sahlgrenska Academy’s 2019 Distinguished Teaching Award
Caption: On the whiteboard behind her, Sara Sjöberg has drawn a diagram she often uses to illustrate how different healthcare professions, such as doctors, nurses and pharmacists, have certain overlapping fields of knowledge and the importance of being aware of the knowledge base they have in common and the knowledge others in the team can contribute. EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. This year’s recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award at Sahlgrenska Academy…
She brings research results back to Sierra Leone
COLLABORATION. How can disabled people be helped when there is only one trained occupational therapist in the country? And how do you create good orthotics when you first have to find plastic to melt? Writer Maria Arpe accompanied Lina Magnusson, an associate professor at the Institute of Medicine, when she returned to Sierra Leone, where she wants to improve the lives of those most needing help. “For a long time…
Garment with sensors included in IVA’s 100 List
COLLABORATION. The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) is now publishing for the first time its 100 List highlighting interesting research with potential for the private sector. In one of the projects on the list, researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy are collaborating with RISE and the University of Borås to develop a comfortable shirt with built-in sensors that measure symptoms in individuals with conditions such as epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease.…