By Agata [dot] Garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 28 April 2021 Photo: Agata Garpenlind. Scientists have long suspected that changes in the body’s metabolism affect the development of the incurable and fatal neurological disease ALS. Now, for the very first time, a group of researchers in Lund and Australia have identified changes in the disease in ALS patients in

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/metabolism-and-sleep-keys-mystery-als - 2025-07-07

By tove [dot] gilvad [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - published 10 May 2021 Carl Antonson, a PhD and specialist in general medicine at Lund University receives 1 066 000 SEK from AFA Insurance to investigate why construction workers decline medical examinations of injuries caused from working with vibrating tools. Working with vibrating tools can cause nerve and vascular damage to the ha

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/afa-insurance-awards-grant-investigate-examination-vibration-injuries-construction-industry - 2025-07-07

By tove [dot] gilvad [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - published 10 May 2021 Congratulations, Aleksander Giwercman, Professor of Reproductive Medicine at Lund University and Senior Physician at Skåne University Hospital Malmö. You have recently been asked to take over as the new co-editor of the journal Andrology. How does it feel? — I’m really looking forward to this exciting job. It’s f

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/aleksander-giwercman-new-co-editor-andrology - 2025-07-07

By tove [dot] gilvad [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - published 10 May 2021 Lina Ejlertsson, a doctoral student in Public Health at Lund University, believes that there is a classic approach to working with and measuring health in workplaces through sick leave rates, productivity and efficiency. – Most often, rehabilitative measures or preventative work are only undertaken after employee

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/integrated-recovery-during-work-day-does-it-make-difference - 2025-07-07

Published 20 May 2021 In type 1 diabetes, the patient’s own immune system destroys the body’s insulin-producing cells. Researchers at Region Skåne and Lund University are leading a new drug study aimed at halting the immune system’s attack and preserving residual cells in newly diagnosed adults. The new study, dubbed IMPACT, will last a year and be It is aimed at people between the ages of 18 and

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-skane-study-slow-down-type-1-diabetes - 2025-07-07

By sara [dot] liedholm [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Liedholm) - published 20 May 2021 Photo source: MostPhotos. Can a reduced intake of gluten during childhood affect the development of coeliac disease (gluten intolerance)? Researchers at Lund University will investigate this question in the new study GRAIN (Gluten Reduction After INfancy and the risk of celiac disease). – We’ve seen in previo

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-study-can-gluten-reduced-diet-first-years-life-prevent-celiac-disease - 2025-07-07

By sara [dot] liedholm [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Liedholm) - published 20 May 2021 Photo source: Mostphotos. Hello there, Pål Stenmark, Professor of Structural Biochemistry at the Department of Experimental Medical Science. You’ve just been honoured with the 2021 Lindblomska Award from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for you discovery of a new botox poison that wards off malaria mosqu

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/botox-ward-mosquitoes - 2025-07-07

By tove [dot] gilvad [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - published 20 May 2021 Charlotte Ling. Photo: Sara Liedholm. Charlotte Ling, Professor of Epigenetics at Lund University, is receiving DKK 10 million from the Novo Nordisk Foundation for a research project relating to epigenetics and type 2 diabetes. She is one of a total of 38 research group leaders who are receiving funding through t

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/charlotte-ling-receives-million-dollar-grant-novo-nordisk-foundation - 2025-07-07

By erika [dot] svantesson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Erika Svantesson) - published 20 May 2021 A new app will make it easier for people on sick leave due to anxiety and depression to get back to work. In the project mWorks, Professor Ulrika Bejerholm and her research colleagues focus on what strengths, abilities and new strategies can help people on sick leave successfully transition back to work

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-app-help-people-return-work-following-sick-leave-due-mental-illness - 2025-07-07

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 25 May 2021 Illustration: Jonas Wallén Wisely Digital Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed an algorithm that combines data from a simple blood test and brief memory tests, to predict with great accuracy who will develop Alzheimer's disease in the future. The findings are published in Nature Medic

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/simple-diagnostic-tool-predicts-individual-risk-alzheimers - 2025-07-07

By tove [dot] gilvad [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - published 9 June 2021 Jesper Sundewall and Marta Skibild Stenz. Many people feel mentally unwell during the pandemic, especially, it seems, those who are already exposed to socio-economic inequalities. But who really suffers the most when restrictions, loneliness, depression have become commonplace? Researchers from Lund University ha

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/how-vulnerable-are-we-pandemic-and-who-actually-hardest-hit - 2025-07-07

Published 9 June 2021 Helena Elding Larsson and Robin Kahn. Photo: Johan Persson and Kennet Ruona. Children rarely get seriously ill in COVID-19. However, they can suffer from troublesome secondary diseases, the most serious being MIS-C, a hyper-inflammatory condition that often requires intensive care. In Skåne, around 30 children have been affected by MIS-C. Skåne University Hospital is leading

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-research-skane-university-hospital-shed-light-mis-c - 2025-07-07

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 14 June 2021 Computer method to help predict outcomes and tailor treatments for patients with inherited heart diseases. Illustration: Mostphotos An international group of clinicians and scientists, including MIT and Lund University , have analysed how individual genetic changes affect the heart muscle. The research

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/computer-method-help-predict-outcomes-and-tailor-treatments-heart-patients - 2025-07-07

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 16 June 2021 Cardiovascular and lung disease increase the risk of complications in COVID-19. Therefore, the Heart-Lung Foundation has granted SEK 3.1 million for five research projects at Lund University that will contribute to more knowledge about the effects of COVID-19. One of the researchers, Jonas Erjefält, pr

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/five-lund-researchers-received-grants-deepen-knowledge-about-effects-covid-19 - 2025-07-07

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 5 July 2021 Researchers at Lund University Diabetes Centre are studying whether different subgroups of diabetes need different treatment. Photo: Kennet Ruona Newborn babies are already being screened for mutations and genetic tests help families with hereditary breast cancer. Genomic-driven precision medicine (GDPM) is an

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/precision-medicine-emerging-approach-complex-diseases - 2025-07-07

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 5 July 2021 Cryo-EM generated image of an antibiotic resistance factor (pink) protecting the protein factory, the ribosome, (white/grey). he reistance factor pushes its "arm" into the ribosome to remove the drug. Image credit: Hauryliuk-Atkinson lab To counter the effects of antibiotics, bacteria constantly evolve

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/nobel-prize-winning-microscopy-technique-uncovers-mechanisms-bacterial-antibiotics-resistance - 2025-07-07

By tove [dot] gilvad [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - published 25 August 2021 Among other things, the results indicated that individuals without siblings had an increased frequency of heart problems and that first-born children had a lower risk of heart problems such as heart attack and stroke. Photo: Mosthphotos. First-born children are at lower risk of heart attack and stroke than the

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/number-siblings-may-be-linked-risk-cardiovascular-disease - 2025-07-07

By tove [dot] gilvad [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - published 25 August 2021 Up to 20 percent of Swedish couples have difficulty having children. Now a new research project will seek to find the answer to the riddle of infertility. In a group effort to combat involuntary childlessness, researchers within the Öresund collaboration ReproUnion are creating a register that includes 5,000 S

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/reprounion-joins-forces-combat-involuntary-childlessness-creating-biobank - 2025-07-07

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 6 September 2021 Photo: Kennet Ruona Lund University has recruited Trevor Forsyth to lead the development of LINXS, Lund Institute of advanced Neutron and X-ray Science. He also takes up the position as professor of biophysics at the Faculty of Medicine. This strategic recruitment is part of Lund University's efforts to develo

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/top-international-researcher-will-maximise-potential-max-iv-and-ess - 2025-07-07

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 6 September 2021 Professor Lena Uller was awarded a gold medal. The original ceremony was planned to be held in Barcelona, but had to be downsized to Zoom due to current circumstances. Europe's largest respiratory society, ERS, has awarded its winners for 2021. By doing so the society wishes to recognise the achiev

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/european-gold-medal-respiratory-medicine-awarded-professor-lund - 2025-07-07