Sweden’s innovation agency Vinnova increases funding to support GMS and the implementation of precision medicine in healthcare

2 July, 2020 | News

Sweden’s innovation agency Vinnova extends the funding of the national initiative Genomic Medicine Sweden (GMS) with an additional 36 MSEK in order to enable individualized healthcare solutions. The new technology allows for more patients to receive the appropriate...

Bettina Lundgren new member of GMS Scientific Advisory Board

10 June, 2020 | News

Bettina Lundgren, CEO of the Danish National Genome Center, has recently joined the GMS Scientific Advisory Board. “We welcome Bettina Lundgren to our Scientific Advisory Board and look forward to sharing experiences between the Swedish and Danish initiatives”, said...

GMS and Illumina collaborate to develop whole-genome sequencing for patients with acute leukemia

28 May, 2020 | Press

A new study has been initiated to evaluate whole-genome and RNA-sequencing as a first line diagnostic approach for patients in Sweden with acute leukemia. The study will assess the potential of these sequencing approaches to replace current diagnostic methods in order...

Expanded testing of Covid-19 in cooperation between Sweden’s university hospitals, SciLifeLab, and Karolinska Institutet

2 April, 2020 | News

A collaboration has been initiated between Sweden’s clinical microbiology laboratories, SciLifeLab, Karolinska Institutet (KI) and the Public Health Agency of Sweden, to increase possibilities for testing of Covid-19 in Sweden. A significant grant from Knut and Alice...

Genomic Medicine Sweden and 1928 Diagnostics initiate cooperation in preventing outbreaks of infectious bacteria

2 March, 2020 | News

1928 Diagnostics and Genomic Medicine Sweden’s working group for microbiology initiate cooperation in the development of analytical tools for real time data sharing and the prevention of outbreaks of infectious bacteria. In the joint project between GMS-Microbiology...

Swelife supports GMS to develop a national informatics infrastructure for precision medicine

9 December, 2019 | News

GMS will receive funding from Swelife, a strategic innovation programme funded by the Swedish Government, for a two-year period in order to ensure that healthcare data is put to the best possible use for patients within precision medicine. The funding will be used to...

Leading experts join the GMS Scientific Advisory Board

12 November, 2019 | News

The national board of Genomic Medicine Sweden has appointed Professor Dame Sue Hill, Professor Albrecht Stenzinger, Professor Dag Undlien, Jaana Sinipuro and Professor Peter Løngreen as members of the GMS Scientific Advisory Board. The newly appointed members will...