ohan Malmström, Erik Hartman och Artur Schmidtchen, tre av forskarna som utvecklat en ny innovativ teknik för analys av peptider som identifierar nya och bättre biomarkörer för säkrare diagnostik vid inflammation och infektion. Foto: Åsa Hansdotter. I en infektion finns tiotusentals peptider som ger mängder av information om vilka bakterier som orsakat infektionen och hur allvarlig den är. Nu har

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/snabbare-upptackt-av-farliga-infektioner - 2025-08-28

Hjärttransplanterade lider ofta av långvariga symtom men ny forskning visar att ett enkelt stöd i symtomhantering kan göra stor skillnad för patienternas välbefinnande. Foto: iStock/SewcreamStudio När en hjärtsjuk patient fått ett nytt hjärta och överlever – då är transplantationen lyckad. Men vården missar hjärtmottagare som dras med långvariga och ofta svåra symtom, till exempel smärta och fatig

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/hjarttransplanterade-patienter-behover-stod-att-hantera-svara-symtom - 2025-08-28

Män producerar flera hundra miljoner spermier varje dag, vilket innebär att männens könsceller ständigt genomgår celldelning, vilket ökar risken för skadliga mutationer. Foto: iStock/Shidlovski Det har tidigare varit svårt att hitta DNA-mutationer i spermier, eftersom förändringarna är ovanliga och de flesta sekvenseringstekniker har stor felmarginal. Nu har forskare vid Lunds universitet gjort en

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/ny-metod-mojliggor-identifiering-av-mutationer-i-spermier - 2025-08-28

I enkät genomförd bland svenska damhockeyspelare uppgav 88 procent att de var positiva till tacklingar. Foto: iStock/vencavolrab Som första land i världen tillåter Sverige sedan 2022 tacklingar inom damhockey. Stora hockeynationer följer nu spänt Lunds universitets forskning om konsekvenserna av hårdare tag i rinken. En första studie visar nu att nästan nio av tio spelare i Svenska damhockeyligan

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/svenska-hockeydamer-positiva-till-tacklingar - 2025-08-28

Demonstranter håller presskonferens i Lundagård. Foto: Jan Olsson Kriget i Gaza har skapat konflikter på universitet i Sverige och i andra länder. Motsättningarna mellan demonstranter och universitetsledningar och mellan grupper av anställda lär ta tid att överbrygga. Vi har träffat både LU:s rektor och demonstranter från tältlägret i Lundagård. I LUM ger de sin syn på vägen framåt. Vi har också i

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/efter-palestinagard-vad-hander-nu - 2025-08-28

We need to prioritise nature even if there are other conflicting interests – biodiversity is essential to all of us on the planet and ultimately to our health and wellbeing. The statement comes from Maria Blasi Romero, researcher in Biodiversity and Conservation at Lund University and a member of BECC. “I went to COP15 to learn about the processes and how to share my research with those who can ma

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/young-scientists-eager-influence-policy-makers-biodiversity - 2025-08-27

With the Amazon under threat, Jesica López receives the Agenda 2030 Award for her research showing how cattle ranching is driving deforestation - and for her efforts to promote dialogue between communities, policymakers and landowners. Wildfires and deforestation are spreading in the wake of an expanding cattle industry in the Amazon rainforest. Now, Jesica López is being recognised for her resear

https://www.agenda2030graduateschool.lu.se/article/jesica-lopez-honoured-her-fight-future-amazon - 2025-08-27

In the photo, from left: Sajitha Sasidharan, Postdoc; Sara Linse, Co-applicant of the centre; Anna Stradner, Coordinator of the Graduate School; Emma Sparr, Centre Director. Seated from left: Nicole Galenkamp, Postdoc, and Ferdinand Fandrei, Postdoc. When the Swedish Research Council announced funding for so-called "centres of excellence" almost three years ago, a total of 15 new initiatives were

https://www.science.lu.se/internal/article/commons-centre-excellence-focus-common-ground - 2025-08-27

Marie Sydoff, PhD, Medical Radiation Physicist is working with imaging in nuclear medicine at LBIC, using techniques such as PET/SPECT/CT. Photo: Lisa Karlsson In a major leap forward for preclinical nuclear medicine research at Lund University Bioimaging Centre (LBIC), the IngaBritt and Arne Lundberg Research Foundation has granted 2.6 million SEK to upgrade important equipment at centre’s Precli

https://www.lbic.lu.se/article/lund-university-bioimaging-centre-secures-26-million-sek-nuclear-medicine-imaging-equipment-upgrade - 2025-08-27

Arsenic and bismuth atoms on surface terraces of a GaAs nanowire. The red structures are GaBi islands. Figure: Johan Knutsson / Lund University / Nature Communications Site-selected crystal material synthesis at the atomic scale has been a long-standing challenge. NanoLundians Rainer Timm and Yi Liu use nanowire crystal phase heterostructures as templates for self-selective growth of one- and two-

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/novel-nanostructure-formation-atomic-scale-precision - 2025-08-27

Maria Blasi Romero took her strong drive and engagement to the UN Conference of the Parties on Biodiversity, COP15, in Montreal. Photo: Kennet Ruona. We need to prioritise nature even if there are other conflicting interests – biodiversity is essential to all of us on the planet and ultimately to our health and wellbeing. The statement comes from Maria Blasi Romero, researcher in Biodiversity and

https://www.science.lu.se/article/young-scientists-eager-influence-policy-makers-biodiversity - 2025-08-27

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-jordanian-parliamentary-elections - 2025-08-27

”As educators, we need to prepare students to be leaders in an AI-driven world,” says Burak Tunca, senior lecturer and newly appointed Director of AI Integration in Business Administration at LUSEM. (AI-generated illustration, made with MidJourney). When the next semester starts, the students and teachers in Business Administration here at the School will have the privilege of collaborating with o

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/meet-first-director-ai-integration-education-business-administration - 2025-08-27

Photo: Dylan Shaw/Unsplash The city of Cali, in Colombia, is hosting the UN’s 16th biodiversity summit, known as Cop16. The summit, which runs until Friday, November 1, is focused on how countries will fulfil previous pledges to protect at least 30% of the world’s land and water and restore 30% of degraded ecosystems by 2030. It’s a noble aim, yet Colombia itself shows just how far we have to go.

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/colombia-hosts-un-biodiversity-summit-its-own-amazonian-rainforest-crisis - 2025-08-27

Grass fodder production in southern Sweden. Photo: Josefin Winberg. Bioenergy plays a vital role in the transition to a fossil-free society. However, the "unused" agricultural land, so-called marginal land, deemed suitable for bioenergy cultivation in southern Sweden is practically nonexistent, according to a new study from Lund University. Much of the land is already in use, for example, for hors

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/land-identified-crucial-swedish-bioenergy-already-occupied-new-study-shows - 2025-08-27

Anna Blom and Ben C King have discovered that C3 protein protects insulin-producing cells. Photo: Rebecca Rosberg Much research on diabetes focuses on understanding what happens when the insulin-producing cells are destroyed. Researchers at Lund University have instead chosen to investigate what protects the insulin-producing cells. Their research shows that a protein of the immune system protects

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/protein-protects-insulin-producing-cells - 2025-08-27

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/goran-gustafsson-prize-fight-against-antibioticresistance - 2025-08-27

Vikas Yadav, Jan Nilsson, and Filiz Serifler at Lund University Diabetes Centre have contributed to the studies of the antibody that neutralises oxidised LDL particles. Photograph: Petra Olsson A treatment that has reduced plaque development in animals has now been tested in people with psoriasis. Jan Nilsson at Lund University is one of the researchers behind the clinical study that showed a redu

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-treatment-atherosclerosis-may-reduce-risk-heart-attack - 2025-08-27

Three of the Lund University researchers that studied the brain environment of patients during an ongoing stroke. From left: Andreas Enström, Gesine Paul-Visse and Arne G. Lindgren. Photo: Ingemar Hultquist. By analysing small microvesicles that cells release to communicate with their surroundings in the blood, researchers at Lund University map what happens in the brains of stroke patients. The s

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/cell-specific-biomarkers-blood-reflect-what-happens-brain-during-stroke - 2025-08-27

Foto: iStock/Magda Tymczyj. The EAT-Lancet diet is a framework designed to promote environmental sustainability while also preventing common diseases such as type 2 diabetes. How do we know if the diet actually works? An international research team studied seven dietary scores and found that two of them were particularly good at evaluating adherence to the diet. Reliable diet scores are important

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/research-paves-way-sustainable-dietary-guidelines - 2025-08-27