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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Throughout our lives, our genes are affected by the way we live. Diet, exercise, age and diseases create imprints that are stored in something called methylome. Now, for the first time, researchers at the Lund University Diabetes Centre in Sweden have been able to map the entire methylome in the pancreatic islets whic

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/unique-mapping-methylome-insulin-producing-islets - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Six researchers from Lund University Diabetes Centre have recieved prestigous grants from the European Research Council (ERC). In order to celebrate the success we invited the public to an open seminar. Some of the talks can be reviewed here (in Swedish). Forskning för bättre folkhälsa:Framsteg inom typ 2-diabetes, fe

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/successful-research-funded-european-research-council - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. They govern everything we think and do, they give us the ability to feel pain and to secrete insulin: they are the ion channels that are present in every one of our cells and that control the electrical impulses in our nerve and muscle cells. “For me, they are the very spark of life”, says Dame Frances Ashcroft, profe

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/injections-pills-research-neonatal-diabetes - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Four researchers have been awarded grants from The Bo and Kerstin Hjelt Diabetes Foundation. The grant consists of Euro 50 000 each and are aiming towards better treatments and prevention of type 2-diabetes. Improved life expectancy and quality of people with diabetesDiabetes affects millions of patients around the wo

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/200000-euro-diabetes-research - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. There has been no known link between diabetes and vitamin A -- until now. A new study suggests that the vitamin improves the insulin producing β-cell´s function.The researchers initially discovered that insulin-producing beta-cells contain a large quantity of a cell surface receptor for vitamin A. "There are no unnece

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/role-vitamin-diabetes - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Research from King’s College in London, UK, and Lund University in Sweden could explain why diabetes drugs which have worked in animal experiments are not equally successful in humans. The researchers discovered differences – but also unknown similarities – in the function of insulin-producing beta cells. The team hav

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-research-describes-differences-between-mice-and-humans - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Taking advantage of a novel sub-classification of diabetes LUDC-IRC, a newly launched collaboration between academia, the health care system and industry, aims at delivering precision medicine in diabetes.  - We have set the bar high. We very specifically aim at making a difference for diabetes patients by the end of

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/ludc-irc-ready-take - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Can insulin taken as an infant in small doses together with food render the immune system used to insulin and thus prevent type 1 diabetes? Can a gluten-free diet and probiotics prevent celiac disease (so called gluten intolerance)? These questions will be asked by two separate studies that are being planned at Lund U

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/newborn-babies-be-screened-studies-type-1-diabetes-and-celiac-disease-gluten-intolerance - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Food researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered that consuming small amounts of chromium mixed with certain amino acids before eating is healthy. Why? Well, this mixture diluted in water suppresses the blood sugar spike that occurs when we eat. Now, they are hoping that the drink – which tastes like ordi

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-drink-keeps-blood-sugar-check - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. There has been a fear that the swine flu vaccine, Pandemrix, would increase the risk of autoimmune diseases other than narcolepsy. However, a new study of children from Sweden and Finland shows that the vaccine increased neither the risk of developing autoantibodies against insulin-producing beta cells nor the occurre

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/risk-type-1-diabetes-not-increased-swine-flu-vaccine-pandemrix - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have found that the presence of death receptors in the blood can be used to directly measure the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes. “We see that people with known risk factors such as high blood sugar and high blood fats also have heightened death r

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/death-receptors-new-markers-type-2-diabetes-and-cardiovascular-disease - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. December 4-5, nordic researchers gathered in Malmö to discuss future challenges in precision medicine, a research field where diagnosis and treatment are based on the individual´s genetic and biological conditions. Focus is on our common and increasing diseases diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer and psychiatric

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/nordic-conference-malmo-about-precision-medicine-future - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A completely new classification of diabetes which also predicts the risk of serious complications and provides treatment suggestions. We are now seeing the first results of ANDIS – a study covering all newly diagnosed diabetics in southern Sweden — published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. The major difference

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/paradigm-shift-diagnosis-diabetes - 2026-05-07

Kommunikationschef Johanna Erlandson och biträdande Anna Hellgren ger oss en överblick av fakultetens kommuniktionsarbete och hur du som medarbetare kan få hjälp. Vi hälsar alla anställda välkomna till vårt digitala Fakultetens morgonmöte. Detta är återkommande månadsvisa informationsmöten där du kan lära dig mer om olika aktuella ämnen. Mötena hålls på engelska eller svenska beroende på ämne och

https://www.intramed.lu.se/artikel/fakultetens-morgonmote-288-sa-har-fungerar-kommunikation-pa-fakulteten - 2026-05-08

Det går bra nu, för vår fakultet. Vicedekan Thomas Hellmark, utbildningsansvarig, myser åt UHRs senaste statistik. – Fler vill läsa hos oss, så de antagna studenternas betyg stiger, vilket innebär att de har bättre förkunskaper och därmed bättre förutsättningar att klara av studierna. Alla våra utbildningar har fler reserver än förra året och de flesta utbildningarna har högre meritvärde (betyg) p

https://www.intramed.lu.se/artikel/ny-utbildningshost-arets-antagningssiffror-ar-gladjande-blir-kul-att-ta-emot-vara-nya-studenter - 2026-05-08

Varmt grattis till utbildningsplatsen! Vi önskar dig en finfin tid hos oss. Introduktionsdagarna den 28-29/8 fyllde Forum Medicum.

https://www.intramed.lu.se/artikel/pompa-och-stat-vid-introdagarna-valkommen-till-vara-nya-studenter - 2026-05-08

Vad gör en kursansvarig? Möt Anna Nordström som är kurs- och inriktningsansvarig lärare på Specialistsjuksköterskeprogrammet med inriktning operationssjukvård. Vad gör en kursansvarig?– En kursansvarig har det övergripande ansvaret för att planera, genomföra och följa upp en kurs och uppdraget innefattar både pedagogiska, administrativa och kvalitetsrelaterade aspekter. Målet är att ge studenterna

https://www.intramed.lu.se/artikel/hon-forbereder-studenterna-yrkeslivet - 2026-05-08

Kan du gissa vilken film vi är?* Undrar de fyras gäng här, men avslöjar inte sina rätta namn, för att inte spoila överraskningen för sina novischer. Kan du gissa vilken film vi är?Undrar detta glada De fyras gäng som gått all in denna höst. Men de avslöjar inte sina rätta namn, för att inte spoila överraskningen för just "sina" novischer, som de ska lotsa in i studentlivet.Novischperioden inleds f

https://www.intramed.lu.se/artikel/vara-faddrar-ar-redo-att-ta-emot-vara-nya-studenter - 2026-05-08

Medicinska fakultetens strategiska riktning för 2025-2030 har stakats ut. Den består av tre trådar som tillsammans bildar en riktning och knyter an till Lunds universitets övergripande mål: ett ökat internationellt genomslag (impact). Medicinska fakultetens strategiska riktning är ett verktyg för att stödja prioritering och utveckling genom att tydliggöra våra visioner och värderingar. Den syftar

https://www.intramed.lu.se/artikel/var-strategiska-riktning-visar-vag-ett-verktyg-prioritering-och-utveckling - 2026-05-08

Mitt i lunchen, regnet öste ner, men det brydde sig inte automatlarmet om. Forum Medicum tömdes i ett huj på folk som skulade för regnet tills brandkåren undersökt orsaken. Ingen fara på taket, blev deras utlåtande.

https://www.intramed.lu.se/artikel/blot-paraplyfest-runt-forum-medicum-nar-automatlarmet-ljod - 2026-05-08