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Tre forskare vid Lunds universitets diabetescentrum får omkring en halv miljon kronor vardera i stipendium av Hjelt Diabetes Foundation. En viktig målsättning med projekten är att utveckla ny kunskap som kan förbättra behandlingen av typ 2-diabetes och komplikationer som kan uppstå av sjukdomen. Ett av projekten använder sig av avancerad teknik för att öka kunskapen om mekanismerna bakom diabetisk

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/nya-forskningsanslag-okad-kunskap-om-diabetes - 2026-05-05

I Sverige har nyckeln för att framgångsrikt införa precisionsmedicin i hälso- och sjukvården varit den botten-upp strategi där akademi och sjukvård har gått samman för att bygga en nationell infrastruktur. Det skriver 42 författare från Clinical Genomics vid SciLifeLab och Genomic Medicine Sweden, GMS, i Nature Medicine. Tillsammans har Clinical Genomics och GMS etablerat en innovativ modell för a

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/framgangsrik-implementering-av-precisionsmedicin-pa-nationell-niva - 2026-05-05

Kungliga vetenskapsakademien, KVA, har valt in två nya ledamöter i akademins klass för medicinska vetenskaper. En av dem är Malin Parmar, professor i cellulär neurovetenskap vid Lunds universitet. Tillsammans med sin forskningsgrupp har hon gjort flera banbrytande studier som stamceller, som lett fram till utveckling av nya behandlingar för patienter med Parkinsons sjukdom. Utifrån kunskap om hur

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/lundaprofessor-invald-i-kungliga-vetenskapsakademien - 2026-05-05

Hur kan man styra en inflammatorisk lungsjukdom så att den inte blir kronisk? Och hjälpa lungan att självläka? Det försöker Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson, professor i medicinsk cellbiologi, och hennes team vid Lunds universitet, ta reda på. Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson leder forskargruppen Lungbiologi, som forskar på lungans sjukdomar. – Vi tittar på de små beståndsdelarna i lungvävnaden, olika celle

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/malet-ar-att-forsta-hur-lungan-kan-reparera-sig-sjalv - 2026-05-05

Med ny teknik odlas ny lungvävnad i docent Darcy Wagners laboratorium. – Vi hoppas att man med denna teknik ska kunna ersätta områden med sjuk lungvävnad med bioutskrifter, istället för att ta bort hela lungan. Darcy Wagners forskargrupp, ”Lung Bioengineering and Regeneration”, har utvecklat något som kallas biobläck som används i 3D-utskrifter av ny lungvävnad och luftvägsvävnad. – Istället för a

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/nya-lungor-byggs-med-3d-skrivare-i-labbet - 2026-05-05

Bara 20 procent av de lungor som doneras är i sådant skick att de kan användas för transplantation. Och när de väl transplanterats, är det många som stöts bort. Sandra Lindstedt, forskare och adjungerad professor i thoraxkirurgi, försöker förbättra denna statistik genom sin forskning. De övriga 80 procenten av donerade lungor kan inte användas eftersom de har en skada. – De ena stora utmaningen vi

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/drivkraften-ar-att-oka-antalet-lungor-som-kan-transplanteras - 2026-05-05

En storskalig studie av avförings- och blodprover visar att det finns starka kopplingar mellan tarmbakterier och metaboliter i blodet. Forskarna bakom studien har bland annat hittat nya associationer mellan ett vanligt läkemedel för behandling av typ 2-diabetes och tarmfloran. Studien har letts av forskare vid Uppsala universitet och Lunds universitet. Tarmflorans roll för sjukdom och hälsa har bl

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/starkt-samband-mellan-tarmbakterier-och-metaboliter-i-blodet - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. European complementologists have joined forces and created CORVOS. A highly coordinated and innovative research and training program for early stage researchers in immunology and infectious diseases. Lund University is a part of the initiative. The major aims of CORVOS are the discovery of therapeutic ways to support

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/corvos-european-joint-doctorate-programme-immunology - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Cancer patients responded better to immunotherapy and had a better prognosis if their melanoma tumours contained specific clusters of B cells, according to new research from Lund University in Sweden. The study is published in Nature. Immunotherapy strengthens the immune system so that it can fight cancer more effecti

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/b-cells-linked-effective-cancer-immunotherapy - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In a major study of hereditary breast cancer, a global network of researchers (including some from Lund University) has identified over 350 faults in DNA that increase an individual’s risk of developing the disease. The researchers believe that these faults can affect as many as 190 genes. Published in Nature Genetics

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/major-study-gives-most-comprehensive-map-breast-cancer-risk - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Up to 45 per cent of all deaths in industrialised countries are caused by fibrotic diseases. Through boundary-crossing research and the high-tech MAX IV laboratory in Lund it is possible to increase the knowledge of fibrosis – bringing a cure closer. ”Fibrosis is a form of scarring that can affect all types of damaged

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/high-tech-collaboration-supports-fibrosis-research - 2026-05-05

The world is changing; we have experienced societal disruption due to global hazards such as pandemics and climate change. Environments or institutions that were taken for granted are suddenly at risk, forcing us to consider new risks that require careful development of concepts and theories, as well as novel approaches to assessment.  This is the theme of the upcoming international conference SRA

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/sra-conference-lund-discover-risk-research - 2026-05-05

Fifteen years ago, the first doctoral students began their education at CEC. Since then, there have been 240 PhD students from CEC and ClimBEco, the research school hosted by CEC. This week, about 60 of them gathered for a joint alumni celebration with networking, workshops and lectures at AF-borgen in Lund. The alumni of CEC and ClimBEco are now in very different fields, some have researched and

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/cec-and-climbeco-alumni-come-together-celebration-and-networking - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. High blood pressure damages our blood vessels. It also damages our heart, our brain and our kidneys. A high blood pressure increases the risk of suffering a heart attack and stroke. However, it is not known exactly why a high blood pressure is so dangerous. – The reason is that we have effective antihypertensive medic

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/high-blood-pressure-bloody-serious - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A person who carries the mutant gene will at some point in his or her life develop the deadly Huntington's disease. This brain disease can be inherited from generation to generation and begins insidiously, making it increasingly difficult to regulate emotions, thoughts, then movements. There is no treatment that slows

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/huntingtons-disease-fascinating-and-touching-mystery - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Pulmonary fibrosis is a severe and life shortening chronic condition. Although most people experience mild symptoms of COVID-19, some patients develop serious and life-threatening conditions with severe lung damage. In order to influence the outcome of the disease, lung researchers in Lund are currently establishing m

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/identification-prognostic-markers-development-chronic-lung-fibrosis-covid-19-patients - 2026-05-05

On 15-17 May 2024, SMHI, the strategic research areas MERGE and BECC, and the Bolin Centre for Climate Research invite you to the second Swedish Climate Symposium in Norrköping. A symposium for increased scientific understanding of climate change and its environmental and societal consequences. Climate change strongly affects natural systems and humanity. In Sweden, the effects of climate change a

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/time-submit-your-contribution-swedish-climate-symposium - 2026-05-05

The UN's annual climate summit, COP28, is just around the corner. Starting on 30 November, the world's countries will meet for two weeks to discuss global climate cooperation and how to achieve the climate goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement. This time the meeting will be held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. We put five questions to Markku Rummukainen, Professor of Climatology at CEC and Sweden's re

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/five-questions-markku-rummukainen-ahead-cop28-climate-summit - 2026-05-05

CEC is responsible for the interdisciplinary PhD programme in Environmental Science. CEC now announces funding to partly finance up to five (5) doctoral student projects, where the doctoral students are admitted to the PhD programme in Environmental Science. Note: It is the researcher who apply for this funding, not the student.The doctoral student will be employed at and have their main workplace

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/funding-doctoral-student-projects-environmental-science - 2026-05-05

What if ordinary skin cells could be effectively reprogrammed to become brain cells and help with diseases like Alzheimer's? And what if machine learning allowed surgeons to precisely remove tumour cells on the operating table? These are the areas of research that Emil Andersson has been exploring to get closer to a solution. He successfully defended his PhD in computational biology at CEC. His th

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/one-step-closer-towards-improving-cancer-surgery-and-reprogramming-cells - 2026-05-05