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After 20 years of research on gene therapy and the rare blood disease, Diamond-Blackfan Anemia, DBA, researcher Johan Flygare had reached a point where he and his colleagues had done everything they could in the lab. Even though they had proof of concept their gene therapy would work, engaging companies had been difficult. Then, in 2021, he received an e-mail. LONGREAD. The message came from Ameri

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/science-start-developing-gene-therapy-rare-blood-disorder - 2026-07-01

Filipe Pereira och hans forskarteam har utvecklat ett recept på hur cancerceller kan omprogrammeras till immunsystemets vaktposter, dendritceller. Dessa behövs för att kickstarta och förbättra kroppens förmåga att bekämpa cancer. Metoden är en lovande strategi för cancerbehandling och projektet som nu tilldelas anslag har som mål att konstruera själva ”fordonet” som ska leverera instruktionen som

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/erc-proof-concept-grant-till-filipe-pereira - 2026-07-01

En nygammal idé kan få vattnet att räcka till alla. Experter är eniga men politiker ovilliga att agera. Men vattenprofessor Kenneth M Persson har ett konkret förslag till beslutsfattare på hur det kan gå till. Världen både svämmar över och torkar bort. Det finns inget som tyder på att det inte blir värre, också i Sverige.Idag ägs och förvaltas vattnet av alla.– Så behöver det vara också i framtide

https://www.lu.se/artikel/dags-att-drastiskt-forandra-hur-sverige-fordelar-sitt-vatten - 2026-07-02

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The interdisciplinary Pufendorf Institute has received excellent reviews in an international evaluation. The way people there think, experiment and collaborate across boundaries is impressive. According to the evaluators, the institute is now ready to also play a strategic role as the engine of interdisciplinary resea

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/pufendorf-institute-ready-become-interdisciplinary-engine - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A unique pilot study from Tanzania, exploring the link between health – economy – well-being for women using menstrual cups, shows that extended menstrual cup use has multiple direct and indirect health outcomes, impacting women's physical and physiological health. Efforts to reduce period poverty for girls and women

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-study-shows-multiple-health-outcomes-women-using-menstrual-cups-tanzania - 2026-07-01

Our researcher is part of the Swedish Olympic Committee’s development programme “Tomorrow’s Sports Researchers” and her research on para-athletes’ health and wellbeing aims to ensure that people with physical disabilities can play sports safely. Presently she is in China to provide support for the Swedish Paralympians at the Winter Paralympics. In terms of performance, it is Sweden’s best Winter P

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/researcher-supporting-our-athletes-most-successful-paralympic-winter-games-long-time - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 talkin

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/will-male-roles-change-after-metoo - 2026-07-01

Cell replacement therapy has long been a hope for patients with Parkinson’s disease and efforts are on their way to use stem cell derived-dopaminergic neurons in clinical trials. On 14 October, Jessica Giacomoni defends her thesis. Her project about the direct conversion of human glial cells into therapeutic neurons directly within the brain has the ultimate goal to become an alternative to cell t

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/turning-glia-neurons-inside-brain-phd-interview-jessica-giacomoni - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new COVID-19 antibody test developed by scientists at Lund University in Sweden has shown robust performance upon clinical validation and application. The test detects antibodies in the blood targeting the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, and determines in just 15 minutes whether a person has had COVID-19, regardless of

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-rapid-and-robust-covid-19-antibody-test-developed - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Closed loops in the sharing city?Sharing is caring – but is it always sustainable? The sharing economy is altering the way we look at ourselves as consumers and our idea of the market, but it also raises other questions: what role should the city take in this, and how can we ensure that the result is truly sustainable

https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/meet-iiiee-researcher-yuliya-voytenko - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Just over ten years after Goran Basic came to Sweden as a refugee from the former Yugoslavia, he travelled back to his ethnically cleansed village. As a researcher in sociology, he wanted to try and carry out a non-judgemental study and interview survivors about forgiveness, reconciliation and the role of victim. One

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/life-goes-scars-remain - 2026-07-01

The battle for real democracy in the Middle East will largely be decided in schools. The role of education in a democracy was also the theme of a workshop in Alexandria, where Swedish researchers met their Egyptian counterparts. The USI network organised the event on a hot topic in a country that needs to fight for democracy if it is to take root.   “Democracy in Egypt isn’t going to work unless p

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/battle-democracy-decided-schools - 2026-07-01

The Lung Bioengineering and Regeneration research group is made up of about 15 researchers focusing on chronic lung disease. The group’s work includes the development of different methods to study disease models for conditions such as COPD and pulmonary fibrosis. One of the researchers, John Stegmayr, has been awarded SEK 700,000 from the Carl Tesdorpf Foundation to expand research into idiopathic

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/focusing-chronic-lung-disease - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund researchers Anna Sundlöv and Katarina Sjögreen-Gleisner have developed a method to personalise treatment using a newly approved radioactive cancer drug – by taking images of the drug’s dispersion inside the patient. Their article won the best publication of the year prize awarded by the journal EJNMMI Physics. 17

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/researchers-lund-receive-prize-publication-year - 2026-07-01

In an international study, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have identified a gene variant that controls the body’s capability to form new blood vessels in muscles – a mechanism that affects physical performance, health and recovery. The favourable gene variant is considerably more common among top athletes in endurance sports, compared with both top athletes in explosive sports and non-at

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/genetic-brake-forms-our-muscles - 2026-07-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. How does digital technology affect our work situation? Could data collected to measure our performance lead to old-fashioned micromanagement? Should higher education take after healthcare with regard to the boundary between work and spare time? These are some of the questions discussed by researchers involved in the r

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/digital-revolution-changes-work-environment - 2026-07-01

In an international study, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have identified a gene variant that controls the body’s capability to form new blood vessels in muscles – a mechanism that affects physical performance, health and recovery. The favourable gene variant is considerably more common among top athletes in endurance sports, compared with both top athletes in explosive sports and non-at

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/genetic-brake-forms-our-muscles - 2026-07-01

Hur sårbar är mänskligheten inför klimatförändringarna? Och hur har de redan idag påverkat människor runt om på jorden? Det är några av de frågor som besvaras av FN:s klimatpanel den 28:e februari. I slutrapporten deltar tre forskare från Sverige varav två – Martina Angela Caretta och Emily Boyd – kommer från Lunds universitet. Under tre års tid har cirka trehundra toppforskare från hela världen g

https://www.sam.lu.se/artikel/fns-klimatrapport-28-februari-hur-sarbara-ar-vi-och-hur-kan-vi-anpassa-oss - 2026-07-01

I gränslandet mellan estetik och ekonomi omvandlar Centrum för estetik och företagets kreativitet (ABC) innovation genom att sammanföra estetik, ekonomi och teknik i ett organisatoriskt sammanhang. Vi fick möjlighet att prata med Alexandra Huang-Kokina och Robin Porsfelt – två nya postdoc röster som hjälper till att forma centrets ambitiösa vision, från AI-drivna operaföreställningar till hantverk

https://www.ehl.lu.se/artikel/dar-konst-moter-innovation - 2026-07-01

Hur sårbar är mänskligheten inför klimatförändringarna? Och hur har de redan idag påverkat människor runt om på jorden? Det är några av de frågor som besvaras av FN:s klimatpanel den 28:e februari. I slutrapporten deltar tre forskare från Sverige varav två – Martina Angela Caretta och Emily Boyd – kommer från Lunds universitet. Under tre års tid har cirka trehundra toppforskare från hela världen g

https://www.lu.se/artikel/fns-klimatrapport-28-februari-hur-sarbara-ar-vi-och-hur-kan-vi-anpassa-oss - 2026-07-02