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Obesity is commonly diagnosed using BMI, but this approach has several limitations. Researchers at Lund University and AstraZeneca show that integrating measurements such as body fat percentage and waist circumference captures disease risks missed by BMI alone.   In recent years, research has shown that there are several limitations with BMI alone when it comes to assessing adiposity quantity, dis

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-study-bmi-alone-does-not-fully-capture-health-risks-linked-obesity - 2026-06-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Aiming for blue Beijing skies An increasingly ambitious environmental legislation has not reduced economic growth in the EU – indicating it will not do so in China either. This is good news for Chinese environmentalists, who have asked IIIEE researchers for evidence that supports their work for a greener China under b

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-iiiee-researcher-philip-peck - 2026-06-27

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated.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 - 2026-06-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Science should be able to be reproduced, but in reality this is a step that is often overlooked. Researcher Burak Tunca at the School of Economics and Management sees several possible measures that could make research better – and more open. “Researchers should always pre-register their studies and be open with their

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/do-it-again-and-do-it-right - 2026-06-29

Several inaccuracies in historical CPIs in popular online databases have been discovered, according to new research by Jonas Ljungberg at Lund University, published in Cliometrica. This can have major consequences for both research and the decisions politicians make regarding economic policy. Jonas Ljungberg needed access to different European countries' consumer price indices (CPIs) for the last

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/errors-detected-several-historical-consumer-price-indices - 2026-06-29

Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Sweden, have signed a memorandum of understanding regarding a joint initiative on immunotherapy, a rapidly developing field within cancer research, among other areas. The aim is to accelerate work on new immunotherapies and develop joint strategies to translate research into patient benefit. Immunotherapy harnesses the body’s own immune system to figh

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-initiative-aims-take-immunotherapy-research-patient-benefit - 2026-06-29

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Det händer mycket i Iran just nu. Irankännaren Laleh Foroughanfar, forskare vid Centrum för Mellanösterstudier vid Lunds universitet, analyserar läget just nu och vad som har lett fram till dagens situation. Om man går tillbaka till november 2019, kan du sammanfatta händelserna i Iran? – I november 2019 bröt masspro

https://www.lu.se/artikel/det-iranska-samhallet-mer-uppdelat-nagonsin - 2026-06-28

Genom molekylära studier av knävävnader och avancerad bildtagningsteknik med synkrotronljus hoppas forskare kunna ta fram ny kunskap om tidig artrosutveckling. Förhoppningen är att bana väg för nya behandlingar. I snart fem år har forskare i Lund samlat in knävävnad från över 700 personer i en biobank. Med stöd av Rättsmedicinalverket, Vävnadsbanken i Lund samt ortopediska klinikens operationsverk

https://www.lu.se/artikel/orsaker-till-artros-kartlaggs-i-ny-biobank - 2026-06-28

Museer är samhällets kollektiva minne. Men vad är det vi ska föra över från en generation till nästa? När framgång mäts i budgetresultat politiseras och påverkas våra gemensamma minnen och kunskaper – det vi kallar för kulturarv. Det menar etnologerna Lizette Gradén och Tom O’Dell som under flera år forskat om våra museer. För att få statligt stöd rättar sig många museer efter regeringens reglerin

https://www.lu.se/artikel/politik-styr-var-gemensamma-minnesbank - 2026-06-28

De nya utgrävningarna i Uppåkra går i bräschen för tekniker inom arkeologin. Nu används inte bara glasskärvor och benknotor - idag är det jorden som är i fokus. Och kanske får vi svaret på om den justinianska pesten, alltså föregångaren till digerdöden, fanns i Uppåkra. Något som hittills varit okänt. På en höjd strax utanför Lund står Torbjörn Ahlström, professor i historisk osteologi vid Lunds u

https://www.lu.se/artikel/modern-arkeologi-avslojar-uppakras-hemligheter - 2026-06-28

When research findings are ready to make the leap from the lab to the patient, the requirements become much stricter. That is precisely where many promising projects start to falter. “We want to be the bridge between research and the patient, so that promising projects don’t get stuck in that difficult transition,” says Sara Nolbrant, director of the new pre-GMP facility. And with that, she disapp

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/training-ground-cell-and-gene-therapies-new-pre-gmp-facility-aims-smooth-path-idea-patient - 2026-06-27

Currently, a lot is known about which genes are responsible for our individual blood groups, however not much is understood about how and why the levels of the blood group molecules differ between one person and another. And this can be important for blood transfusion safety. Now a research group in Lund has developed a toolbox that finds the answer – and in doing so, has solved a 50-year-old myst

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-bioinfomatics-pipeline-solves-50-year-old-blood-group-puzzle - 2026-06-29

Currently, a lot is known about which genes are responsible for our individual blood groups, however not much is understood about how and why the levels of the blood group molecules differ between one person and another. And this can be important for blood transfusion safety. Now a research group in Lund has developed a toolbox that finds the answer – and in doing so, has solved a 50-year-old myst

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/new-bioinfomatics-pipeline-solves-50-year-old-blood-group-puzzle - 2026-06-29

The Faculty of Medicine welcomes three new international visiting professors — Robert Cramer, Patrick MacDonald, and Sarah Rowland‑Jones — through the Lund University Programme for Global Excellence. They bring expertise in mental health, diabetes and pancreatic biology, and immunology, and support ongoing research collaboration within prioritised areas. Meet our new three visiting professors:  Pa

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/global-visiting-professors-faculty-medicine - 2026-06-29

When research findings are ready to make the leap from the lab to the patient, the requirements become much stricter. That is precisely where many promising projects start to falter. “We want to be the bridge between research and the patient, so that promising projects don’t get stuck in that difficult transition,” says Sara Nolbrant, director of the new pre-GMP facility. And with that, she disapp

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/training-ground-cell-and-gene-therapies-new-pre-gmp-facility-aims-smooth-path-idea-patient - 2026-06-29

When research findings are ready to make the leap from the lab to the patient, the requirements become much stricter. That is precisely where many promising projects start to falter. “We want to be the bridge between research and the patient, so that promising projects don’t get stuck in that difficult transition,” says Sara Nolbrant, director of the new pre-GMP facility. And with that, she disapp

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/training-ground-cell-and-gene-therapies-new-pre-gmp-facility-aims-smooth-path-idea-patient - 2026-06-29

Nyhetsbrevet kommer ut en gång per termin. Här kan bibliotek och grupper dela med sig av information till hela nätverket. Texterna är skrivna av respektive bibliotek/grupp och sammanställs av Infrastrukturgruppen för kommunikation. BibliotekSVGArenagrupperInfrastrukturgrupperExpertområdenBibliotekEkonomihögskolans bibliotekUnder 2025 utvecklade vi Uppsatsveckan för att stärka insatserna mot uppsat

https://www.lub.lu.se/internt/artikel/nyhetsbrev-varterminen-2026 - 2026-06-29

Fibersmaken i fullkornsmjöl kan trollas bort med annan malning och mjölbehandling. Det tror forskaren i livsmedelsteknik Jeanette Purhagen som utvecklar nya, hälsosamma livsmedel – som här ger några baktips till fastlagsbullebagaren. – Verkligheten är ju att folk äter vitt bröd och snacks då och då, fastän man vet att det inte är så nyttigt, så då vill vi se om det går att göra dem en smula bättre

https://www.lu.se/artikel/semlor-med-fullkorn-som-inte-marks - 2026-06-28

The most common analytical method within population genetics is deeply flawed, according to a new study from Lund University. This may have led to incorrect results and misconceptions about ethnicity and genetic relationships. The method has been used in hundreds of thousands of studies, affecting results within medical genetics and even commercial ancestry tests. The study is published in Scienti

https://www.science.lu.se/article/study-reveals-flaws-popular-genetic-method - 2026-06-29

Researchers have succeeded in restoring lost brain function in mouse models of stroke using small molecules that in the future could potentially be developed into a stroke therapy. “Communication between nerve cells in large parts of the brain changes after a stroke and we show that it can be partially restored with the treatment", says Tadeusz Wieloch, senior professor at Lund University who led

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/new-study-lost-brain-function-restored-after-stroke - 2026-06-29