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Six researchers from Lund University Diabetes Centre have recieved prestigous grants from the European Research Council (ERC). In order to celebrate the success we invited the public to an open seminar. Some of the talks can be reviewed here (in Swedish). Forskning för bättre folkhälsa:Framsteg inom typ 2-diabetes, fetma och hjärtsjukdomar   Professor Olle Melander: Hormoner – gårdagens livräddare

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/successful-research-funded-european-research-council - 2025-11-21

They govern everything we think and do, they give us the ability to feel pain and to secrete insulin: they are the ion channels that are present in every one of our cells and that control the electrical impulses in our nerve and muscle cells. “For me, they are the very spark of life”, says Dame Frances Ashcroft, professor at the University of Oxford, who is also now to be an honorary doctor at Lun

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/injections-pills-research-neonatal-diabetes - 2025-11-21

Four researchers have been awarded grants from The Bo and Kerstin Hjelt Diabetes Foundation. The grant consists of Euro 50 000 each and are aiming towards better treatments and prevention of type 2-diabetes. Improved life expectancy and quality of people with diabetesDiabetes affects millions of patients around the world. The two main types of the disease, type 1 and type 2, are both characterized

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/200000-euro-diabetes-research - 2025-11-21

There has been no known link between diabetes and vitamin A -- until now. A new study suggests that the vitamin improves the insulin producing β-cell´s function.The researchers initially discovered that insulin-producing beta-cells contain a large quantity of a cell surface receptor for vitamin A. "There are no unnecessary surface receptors in human cells. They all serve a purpose but which, in ma

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/role-vitamin-diabetes - 2025-11-21

Research from King’s College in London, UK, and Lund University in Sweden could explain why diabetes drugs which have worked in animal experiments are not equally successful in humans. The researchers discovered differences – but also unknown similarities – in the function of insulin-producing beta cells. The team have mapped a category of receptors, known as G protein-coupled receptors, which con

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-research-describes-differences-between-mice-and-humans - 2025-11-21

Taking advantage of a novel sub-classification of diabetes LUDC-IRC, a newly launched collaboration between academia, the health care system and industry, aims at delivering precision medicine in diabetes.  - We have set the bar high. We very specifically aim at making a difference for diabetes patients by the end of this eight year program. We need to find smart ways to use all resources we colle

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/ludc-irc-ready-take - 2025-11-21

Can insulin taken as an infant in small doses together with food render the immune system used to insulin and thus prevent type 1 diabetes? Can a gluten-free diet and probiotics prevent celiac disease (so called gluten intolerance)? These questions will be asked by two separate studies that are being planned at Lund University in Sweden. A new comprehensive screening of newborn babies in southern

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/newborn-babies-be-screened-studies-type-1-diabetes-and-celiac-disease-gluten-intolerance - 2025-11-21

Food researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered that consuming small amounts of chromium mixed with certain amino acids before eating is healthy. Why? Well, this mixture diluted in water suppresses the blood sugar spike that occurs when we eat. Now, they are hoping that the drink – which tastes like ordinary mineral water – will be able to compete with soft drinks and flavoured water

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-drink-keeps-blood-sugar-check - 2025-11-21

There has been a fear that the swine flu vaccine, Pandemrix, would increase the risk of autoimmune diseases other than narcolepsy. However, a new study of children from Sweden and Finland shows that the vaccine increased neither the risk of developing autoantibodies against insulin-producing beta cells nor the occurrence of type 1 diabetes. “On the contrary, the risk was reduced among vaccinated c

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/risk-type-1-diabetes-not-increased-swine-flu-vaccine-pandemrix - 2025-11-21

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have found that the presence of death receptors in the blood can be used to directly measure the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes. “We see that people with known risk factors such as high blood sugar and high blood fats also have heightened death receptor levels”, says Professor Jan Nilsson who led the study. Death receptors ar

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/death-receptors-new-markers-type-2-diabetes-and-cardiovascular-disease - 2025-11-21

December 4-5, nordic researchers gathered in Malmö to discuss future challenges in precision medicine, a research field where diagnosis and treatment are based on the individual´s genetic and biological conditions. Focus is on our common and increasing diseases diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer and psychiatric diagnosis. "The goal of the meeting is to bring together mordic stakeholders in p

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/nordic-conference-malmo-about-precision-medicine-future - 2025-11-21

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 from today’s classification is that type 2 diabetes actually consists of several

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/paradigm-shift-diagnosis-diabetes - 2025-11-21

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 blood lipids in different ways. Such knowledge may be used to develop preventive treatments that reduce the child's risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Previous research by diabetes researcher Rashmi Prasad has shown

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-study-parents-metabolic-traits-can-affect-childs-health-over-time - 2025-11-21

The results of an observational study from Lund University in Sweden are clear: up to the age of two, a more fibre-rich diet seems to reduce the risk of coeliac disease. A particularly clear link was seen when children had eaten fibre-rich foods before the age of one. “This is the first time the risk of coeliac disease has been studied based on fibre in children’s diets. But a clinical trial is al

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-research-track-higher-amounts-dietary-fibre-age-two-can-reduce-later-risk-coeliac-disease - 2025-11-21

Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease that usually requires lifelong treatment. A central goal for many diabetes researchers is to develop new cell therapies that can cure the disease. The Bo and Kerstin Hjelt Diabetes Foundation provides support to two diabetes researchers at Lund University Diabetes Centre who contribute with new knowledge to this research field. Type 1 diabetes is a condition wh

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/hjelt-diabetes-foundation-supports-research-can-pave-way-new-cell-therapies - 2025-11-21

International researchers who study islets of Langerhans met for a conference in Malmö in June. Studies of insulin-producing cells help us understand disease mechanisms in diabetes. Lund University Diabetes Centre and the strategic research area EXODIAB hosted the event. Lund University Diabetes Centre (LUDC) and the strategic research are EXODIAB (Excellence of Diabetes Research in Sweden) hosted

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/international-islet-cell-researchers-met-conference-malmo - 2025-11-21

Congratulations to Charlotte Ling who, together with Katarina Fagher and Alice Maguolo, has been awarded a grant of five million Danish kroner by the Novo Nordisk Foundation. The funding will support clinical research in precision medicine, focusing on epigenetic analysis of blood samples from 13,000 individuals. Charlotte Ling, a professor in diabetes research with a particular focus on epigeneti

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/charlotte-ling-receives-major-grant-clinical-diabetes-research - 2025-11-21

An international research team led from Lund University, has identified epigenetic biomarkers that can predict which people with type 2 diabetes are at risk of cardiovascular disease. The study is now published in Cell Reports Medicine. People with type 2 diabetes are up to four times more likely to have heart attacks, strokes, anginas and other coronary heart diseases than healthy people. Therefo

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/biomarkers-reveal-risk-cardiovascular-disease-type-2-diabetes - 2025-11-21

Inflammation researcher Ben King studies the function of two different proteins in connection with diabetes. In the future, such knowledge may be important for the development of new treatments for people with diabetes. Ben King is this year’s recipient of the Medeon Award for his innovative research. “I was very surprised and feel very honored to receive the award. In my role, I do a lot of exper

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/award-protein-research-may-lead-new-treatments-diabetes - 2025-11-21

We would like to congratulate six researchers at Lund University Diabetes Centre, who have been awarded research grants within medicine and health by the Swedish Research Council (VR). The six researchers are affiliated with Excellence of Diabetes Research in Sweden (EXODIAB), which is a strategic research area within diabetes at Lund University.Helena Elding Larsson, professor of autoimmune disea

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/six-ludc-researchers-receive-medicine-and-health-grants-vr - 2025-11-21