Download the app, log your data and help researchers fight COVID-19 Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have launched a free app to help map the spread of infection in Sweden and increase knowledge of the coronavirus. “Data from the app will give us a clearer picture of the development of the disease and why some people only experience mild symptoms while others get seriously ill and die”, sa

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/covid-symptom-tracker-app-launched-sweden - 2025-09-05

Image A is a cross section of nerves, showing both healthy and thin nerves. Image B is an incision along the nerves. Images C , D and E are of healthy nerve fibers. All images are taken with synchotron light. In an international collaboration led by Lund University in Sweden, researchers have used synchrotron light to study what happens to the nerves in diabetes. The technique shows the 3D-structu

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/unique-3d-images-reveal-architecture-nerve-fibers - 2025-09-05

Photo: Mostphotos Can a very common allergy medicine improve survival among patients suffering from the serious skin cancer, malignant melanoma? A new study from Lund University in Sweden indicates that this may be the case. “Previous studies have shown that the same antihistamines have survival benefits in breast cancer. Now we see the same thing concerning malignant melanoma. However, more resea

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/antihistamines-may-help-patients-malignant-melanoma - 2025-09-05

Photo: Julien Sarazin (Unsplash) The knife rack has replaced the bookshelf as a symbol of cultural capital. However, following decades of lifestyle eating, cooking shows and palate sensations, a new food generation is starting to establish itself. Food ethnologist Håkan Jönsson sees a comeback for ready-made meals and abstemiousness. Food is more than sustenance, what role does food play for us to

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/food-ethnologist-sees-new-trends-following-decades-lifestyle-eating - 2025-09-05

Photo: Mostphotos A new study from Lund University in Sweden has shown no correlation between obesity and how close you live to fast food restaurants or gyms. Studies from other countries have previously indicated that these factors may be important in adult obesity. The areas where we live are known to be important for our health. For example, obesity is more prevalent in deprived neighbourhoods.

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/obesity-not-related-how-close-you-live-fast-food-or-gyms - 2025-09-05

Six-month old infants recognize when adults imitate them, and perceive imitators as more friendly, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden. The babies looked and smiled longer at an adult who imitated them, as opposed to when the adult responded in other ways. Babies also approached them more, and engaged in imitating games. The research is published in PLOS One. In the study, a re

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-babies-know-when-you-imitate-them-and-it - 2025-09-05

Image of a human embryo surrounded by placenta, around 7 weeks of age. (Hill, M.A. (2020, May 18) Embryology Stage13 bf4.jpg. Retrieved from https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/File:Stage13_bf4.jpg) Stem cell researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a new research model of the early embryonic brain. The aim of the model is to study the very earliest stages of bra

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-method-provides-unique-insight-development-human-brain - 2025-09-05

Oskar Hansson (Photo: Kennet Ruona) Toxic versions of the protein tau are believed to cause death of neurons of the brain in Alzheimer’s disease. A new study published in Nature Communications shows that the spread of toxic tau in the human brain in elderly individuals may occur via connected neurons. The researchers could see that beta-amyloid facilitates the spread of toxic tau. The present stud

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-toxic-protein-spreads-alzheimers-disease - 2025-09-05

Zahra Moein Zahra Moein, an iranian art student, is one of 19 international students named a Global Swede 2020 by the Swedish Institute. Zahra Moein applied to Malmö Art Academy in 2018, and the academy was impressed by her knowledge of photography and cinema. She was admitted to the Master's Programme of Fine Arts and will graduate in August with an exhibition of her own.The 19 awarded students f

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/art-student-iran-named-global-swede-2020 - 2025-09-05

Ramprasad Ramakrishnan and Marcus Järås Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is one of the most common forms of blood cancer among adults and is associated with a low survival rate, and leads to the inhibition of normal blood formation. Now, a research team at Lund University in Sweden has identified one of the genes that is the basis for leukemia stem cells’ survival and multiplication. The study is publ

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/key-gene-leukemia-discovered - 2025-09-05

If you have ever sniffed yourself dizzy at a perfume counter, you have perhaps also come across claims that pH values, fragrance notes and pheromones affect the scent. Are these and other claims true? And what is it that actually makes us smell nice – or nasty? Chemistry Professor Ulf Ellervik separates the scents from the nonsense. For two-legged creatures like us with our noses high above the gr

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/facts-and-fallacies-about-perfumes-and-body-odours - 2025-09-05

Lund University Diabetes Centre will be part of a new project aiming to contribute to a more patient-centric and equitable narrative around obesity. It will look at multiple impacts on individuals from both a social and medical perspective. The project will provide evidence-based classification of predictors for obesity complications and response to obesity treatment. Obesity is a chronic disease,

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-participate-international-obesity-research-project - 2025-09-05

Lund University has been ranked as the top university in Sweden in the QS World University Rankings 2021. LU places 97th in the world, according to the prestigious ranking. With 26 000 internationally recognised universities in the world, this ranking reinforces Lund University’s place in the global top tier of higher education, among 0.4% of the world’s universities. Within Sweden, Lund Universit

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-ranked-top-100 - 2025-09-05

Martin L Olsson donates blood (Photo: Åsa Hansdotter) Everything starts with a gift. Altruism – to give unselfishly so that society will function by sharing your blood is a linchpin of healthcare. At least that is the case in Sweden. In many other countries, voluntary, unpaid blood donations are not the norm. World Blood Donor Day focuses on the important role of blood donors and on ensuring a saf

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/blood-donors-make-healthcare-we-know-it-possible - 2025-09-05

Photo: Johan Nilsson A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that female birds benefit more from extra food in the winter. If females receive additional food, they do not need to reduce their body temperature as much as they would have otherwise, and the chances of surviving cold nights increase. Birds possess an extreme ability to regulate their own body temperature. On cold winter night

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/bird-feeding-helps-females-more-males - 2025-09-05

A donated heart can now be transported and preserved for longer than what has previously been possible. The new method, which consists of a specially designed heart box, was used for a transplant for the first time as early as the summer of 2017. Now it has been evaluated in a first clinical study, and the results are published in Nature Communications. The results from the study show clear signs

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/more-and-safer-heart-transplants-could-become-possible-new-heart-box - 2025-09-05

Fay Stensson and Martin Jönsson (Photo: Kristina Lindgärde) There are plenty of protein drinks on the shelves of supermarkets these days. However, a vegan, fermented version made from locally grown field peas is definitely unique. That’s exactly what a group of food technology students came up with for an assignment. “One aim with this drink was to increase the absorption of iron in vegans who can

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/students-make-fermented-protein-drink-ancient-peas - 2025-09-05

Paul Franks (Photo: Kennet Ruona) A new joint report from the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) presents the largest venture ever on precision medicine in diabetes. The report includes a detailed overview and roadmap for how this new approach to diabetes medicine can be evaluated and implemented into clinical practice. The role of pre

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/roadmap-precision-medicine-diabetes-care - 2025-09-05

Karin Lindkvist, Hannah Åbacka, Raminta Venskutonytė, Peng Huang, Anna Hagström (Photo: Tove Smeds) By preventing sugar uptake, researchers succeeded in increasing the cancer cells’ sensitivity to chemotherapeutic treatment. The studies, led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden, were carried out on cancer cells in a lab environment. The results were recently published in the research journa

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/starved-cancer-cells-became-more-sensitive-chemotherapy - 2025-09-05

Research for the next generation 5G network is in progress. World unique measuring equipment has been constructed at Lund University in cooperation with Ericsson and Sony. The aim is to create a mobile network that is considerably faster and more stable than previously. The 5G network is in the process of being rolled out worldwide, with countries such as South Korea, Switzerland and the USA leadi

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/next-generation-5g-being-developed-lund-university - 2025-09-05