Kajsa Brolin, doctoral student in Translational Neurogenetics at Lund University, is using the biobank in her doctoral thesis. Photo: Kennet Ruona Around 20 000 Swedes are currently suffering from Parkinson’s disease, yet there are still only treatments to alleviate symptoms. Through a new biobank, researchers gain access to the genetic profiles of 1000 Parkinson’s patients together with comprehen

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/new-biobank-provides-insights-parkinsons-disease - 2025-09-05

Swedish manhood enters into crisis at irregular intervals; the male role may now be about to change once again in the aftermath of the #metoo protest. Gender historian Emma Severinsson hopes that the boys of today will learn to show feelings – and gender scholar Jens Rydström adds that men need to get better at talking about problems. Despite Sweden’s ground-breaking role on paternal leave and gen

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/will-male-roles-change-after-metoo - 2025-09-05

A human inherits genes from both parents and the genes control what traits a human should have. The researchers behind a new study have studied how metabolic traits are passed on from mothers and fathers to children. Photograph: Kennet Ruona New research at Lund University shows that the biological parents’ genes affect the child's insulin function and capacity to regulate blood sugar levels and b

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-study-parents-metabolic-traits-can-affect-childs-health-over-time - 2025-09-05

Two universities within 20 km of each other will become a reality next year when the higher education institution in Malmö will receive full university status. What this will mean for Lund is unclear. Will the university in Malmö be a complement or a competitor? In Lund, the feeling is cautiously optimistic. Huset Orkanen, Malmö Högskola (foto: Fiora M.C /Mostphotos) och universitetshuset i Lund (

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/complement-or-competitor - 2025-09-05

Thursday 20 May Morten is giving a CMES Research Seminar on the topic: What is so Sectarian about Sectarian Politics? Identity Politics and Authoritarianism in a New Middle East. 1.    How has sectarian politics been debated before, during and after the Arab Revolts? The public debate on sectarianism easily leaves the impression that this is a very recent issue emerging in the wake of the Arab rev

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/three-questions-morten-valbjorn - 2025-09-05

Missiologist Mika Vähäkangas travels a lot – from Lund, Helsinki and to different countries in Africa. Photo: Kennet Ruona Missiologist Mika Vähäkangas thinks that Scandinavians can be a little self-righteous. He says that he has become who he is in great part thanks to his research in Africa – there he learnt what he knows about compassion.  Over nearly thirty years, he first carried out missiona

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/africa-has-given-me-more-i-could-ever-give-back - 2025-09-05

The SciLifeLab & Wallenberg National Program for Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS) is the is one of the latest research initiative funded by Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation. Lund University has successfully recruited two DDLS Fellows starting now in the beginning of 2023. The practice of life science is continuously becoming more data-dependent. The amount and complexity of data is growing expo

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/scilifelab-wallenberg-national-program-data-driven-life-science - 2025-09-05

Lunds universitet har sammanställt en lista med experter som kan kommentera och bidra med kunskaper kring coronaviruset ur olika aspekter.  Medicin och hälsa  Hans Norrgren, docent i infektionssjukdomar, överläkare infektionsmedicin  Telefon: 046-17 13 37  E-post: hans [dot] norrgren [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se   Forskning/expertområde: smittspridning och hur virus orsakar sjukdom, infektionsmedici

https://www.lu.se/artikel/expertlista-press-och-media-coronavirus - 2025-09-06

Den tredje förhandlingsrundan genomfördes i Nairobi. Fotograf: Tara Olsen Avfallshantering, plastföroreningar, kapacitetsuppbyggnad och finansiellt stöd till utvecklingsländer. Detta är i fokus för inspelen till FN:s globala plastavtal som ska vara klart i december. Mindre fokus läggs på produktionsfrågor och plastens klimatpåverkan. Det visar en ny rapport från Lunds universitet och Köpenhamns un

https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/avfallshantering-och-plastfororeningar-i-fokus-inspel-till-fns-globala-plastavtal - 2025-09-05

Övningar i medveten närvaro tycks löna sig. Bild: Jen Loong/Unsplash. En ny studie visar att några minuters dagliga meditationsövningar via en vanlig mindfulness-app får hjärnan att sudda ut inlärda, men irrelevanta, rädslor. Enligt forskarna bakom studien pekar resultaten på att mindfulness skulle kunna effektivisera behandlingar av ångest och posttraumatisk stress. I studien som publicerats i Na

https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/mindfulness-suddar-ut-gamla-radslor - 2025-09-05

Nanoplaster reagerar med naturen på ett helt annat sätt än mikroplaster. Det beror på att deras storlek kan förändra toxiciteten. Foto: Pixabay. Plastskatt, förbud mot engångsartiklar och alternativa material: att få bukt med plastnedskräpningen ligger högt på den politiska agendan. Men hur hanterar vi nanoplaster som kan tas upp av vattenlevande djur och människor? Forskare vid Lunds universitet

https://www.lu.se/artikel/oklart-hur-vaxande-mangd-nanoplast-paverkar-natur-och-manniskor - 2025-09-06

Som diagnos är diabetesformen MODY ovanlig, patienterna får ofta en annan vanligare diabetesdiagnos och andra är odiagnostiserade. Eftersom behandlingen skiljer sig åt vid de olika MODY-formerna är rätt diagnos viktig. Här en omarbetad och förkortad text som ST-läkaren Jonas Bengtsson vid labmedicin, klinisk kemi i Region Skåne och Leif Groop, överläkare och professor i endokrinologi vid Lunds uni

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/diabetesformen-mody-hur-manga-missar-vi - 2025-09-05

Övningar i medveten närvaro tycks löna sig. Bild: Jen Loong/Unsplash. En ny studie visar att några minuters dagliga meditationsövningar via en vanlig mindfulness-app får hjärnan att sudda ut inlärda, men irrelevanta, rädslor. Enligt forskarna bakom studien pekar resultaten på att mindfulness skulle kunna effektivisera behandlingar av ångest och posttraumatisk stress. I studien som publicerats i Na

https://www.lu.se/artikel/mindfulness-suddar-ut-gamla-radslor - 2025-09-06

Genom att identifiera hinder och möjligheter vill vi uppmuntra till samarbete och diskussion. Är de hinder som företagen identifierar verkligen hinder, eller upplevs de bara så?, säger Katrin Molina-Besch. Bild: Pixabay. Lägre pris, större tillgång och bättre funktionalitet. Detta är de viktigaste faktorerna för att öka användningen av biobaserad plast i livsmedelsförpackningar enligt industrin. E

https://www.lu.se/artikel/sa-kan-anvandningen-av-biobaserad-plast-i-livsmedelsforpackningar-oka - 2025-09-06

När de pluggade vid Lunds universitet studerade de effekter av klimatförändringarna. Nu förhandlar alumnerna framtidens klimatpolitik för EU:s och regeringens räkning. Med olika titlar, mål och syfte begav sig LU-alumner till COP-29-förhandlingarna i Azerbajdzjan. Efter förhandlingarna möttes Christofer Ahlgren, Kajsa Nåtby och Yuichi Tsuchibuchi för ett reflekterande seminarium arrangerat av Lund

https://www.lu.se/artikel/lu-alumner-lamnar-klimattoppmotet-cop29-med-hopp - 2025-09-06

BEAt-DKD (“Biomarker Enterprise to Attack Diabetic Kidney Disease”), a unique public private partnership funded by the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), member companies from the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and the state of Switzerland has announced the launch of a 5-year project (total budget 28.9

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/beat-dkd-innovative-medicines-initiative-project-precision-medicine-dkd - 2025-09-05

This year, Sweden celebrates a century of democracy and fair elections are seen as self-evident. How did our democracy develop and how did we get rid of election fraud? One of your researchers has now examined the country’s election fraud history and its underlying causes – from 1719 to the early 1900s. The conclusion? Bureaucrats and political parties are the biggest factors influencing election

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/how-sweden-became-one-worlds-most-stable-democracies - 2025-09-05

An antibody that did not fulfil its purpose against the disease multiple sclerosis, MS, instead made its big break in cancer research and is now starring in southern Sweden’s largest licensing agreement in Life Science history. The “father” of the antibody is Professor Carl Borrebaeck. Carl Borrebaeck. Photo: Gunnar Menander It is one of the windiest days in late summer, and the wind is blowing es

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/successful-antibody-behind-billion-crown-life-science-deal - 2025-09-05

Within 100 years, approximately half of the 6,000 languages in the world will become extinct. A window to the past is currently being opened in Lund, where you can listen to languages that are no longer spoken thanks to a special resource for digital language documentation. Niclas Burenhult. Every two weeks, a language is lost. Through an infrastructure project funded by the Swedish Foundation for

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/language-collectors - 2025-09-05

Entry phones can cause problems. For elderly people with a visual impairment or reduced mobility, getting into one’s flat can suddenly become a challenge. However, researchers can also experience problems. One person who knows is occupational therapist Elina Taurina, who has mapped environmental obstacles for elderly people in Latvia together with researchers from Lund University. “A number of tim

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/swedish-elderly-research-exported-latvia - 2025-09-05