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BACKGROUND: There was a decrease 1982-2001 in smoking during early pregnancy in Swedish women. We sought to determine whether there was a parallel decrease in socio-economic inequality in smoking. METHODS: Registry data indicating educational level and smoking status at first antenatal visit in all 2,022,469 pregnancies in Sweden 1982-2001 was analysed. Prevalence differences, odds ratios based on
Background: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease encompassing a wide range of symptoms that can emanate from pathology in virtually any organ system. Severe SLE includes involvement of the central nervous system and kidneys. One of the hallmarks of the disease is a multitude of autoantibodies, indicating a breakdown in self tolerance. The corresponding antigens have been fou
Pyranose 2-oxidase (P20x) has several proposed biotechnological applications such as a bio-component in biofuel cells or for carbohydrate transformations. To improve some of the catalytic properties of P20x from Trametes multicolor, we selected a semi-rational approach of enzyme engineering, saturation mutagenesis of active-site residues and subsequent screening of mutant libraries for improved ac
Streptococcus pyogenes infects over 700 million people worldwide annually. Immune evasion strategies employed by the bacteria include binding of the complement inhibitors, C4b-binding protein (C4BP) and Factor H in a human-specific manner. We recently showed that human IgG increased C4BP binding to the bacterial surface, which promoted streptococcal immune evasion and increased mortality in mice.
Presented here is an engineered protein domain, based on Protein A, that displays a calcium-dependent binding to antibodies. This protein, ZCa, is shown to efficiently function as an affinity ligand for mild purification of antibodies through elution with ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid. Antibodies are commonly used tools in the area of biological sciences and as therapeutics, and the most commonl
Sweden’s Minister for Education and research visited the Lab Sweden’s Minister for Education and research visited the Lab Published 7 November 2025 On Wednesday, Lund University welcomed Sweden’s Minister for Upper Secondary School, Higher Education and Research, Lotta Edholm, and the Lab was the final stop on her tour. The Humanities Lab had the pleasure of hosting the Minister for a short but li
https://www.humlab.lu.se/article/swedens-minister-for-education-and-research-visited-the-lab/ - 2026-06-27
CAMBODIA NATIONAL LAW AND POLICY REPORT CONSULTATION DRAFT 2020 Displacement in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change Funded by This report was prepared by Victor Bernard (RWI) and Matthew Scott (RWI) 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1. A human rights-based approach 1 2 Displacement in Numbers 3 2.1. Number of disasters and people affected in the last ten years (2009–2018) 3 3 Recom
https://rwi.lu.se/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Consultation-Draft_Cambodia.pdf - 2026-06-28
BACKGROUND: Definition of temporal serum proteome profiles after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest may identify biological processes associated with severe hypoxia-ischaemia and reperfusion. It may further explore intervention effects for new mechanistic insights, identify candidate prognostic protein biomarkers and potential therapeutic targets. This pilot study aimed to investigate serum proteome p
The present article describes data from pilot studies with the Swedish versions of the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) and the Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills (KIMS). The MAAS and two of the KIMS scales, Act with Awareness and Accept without Judgment, were found to correlate in the predicted direction with measures of well-being and emotional distress. The KIMS scales Observe and
