Metformin is the first-line drug that can lower blood sugar levels in type 2 diabetes patients. One third of patients do not respond to metformin treatment and 5 per cent experience serious side effects, which is the reason many choose to stop medicating. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now identified biomarkers that can show in advance how the patient will respond to metformin treat

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/metformin-type-2-diabetes-patients-or-not-researchers-now-have-answer - 2025-08-25

A large proportion of our elite athletes are suffering psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic, with more women than men reporting adverse reactions. This is demonstrated by the study Psychological Distress and Problem Gambling in Elite Athletes during COVID-19 Restrictions: A Web Survey in Top Leagues of Three Sports during the Pandemic, published in the International Journal of Envir

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/many-elite-athletes-feeling-psychological-distress-during-pandemic - 2025-08-25

Lund University researchers have developed an analytical model that can effectively detect and identify gene mutations in breast tumours. In the study, which is the largest of its kind anywhere in the world, they are now reporting results from 3,200 breast cancer patients. Lao Saal, cancer researcher at Lund University. Photo: Olle Dahlbäck To assist them, they have utilised a technique known as R

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-analytical-method-benefits-breast-cancer-patients - 2025-08-25

A drug has shown great promise in the treatment of neuroblastoma, an aggressive form of childhood cancer. The study was led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden, and is published in the journal Science Translational Medicine. Every year, about 20 children in Sweden are diagnosed with neuroblastoma, an aggressive cancer of the nervous system that most frequently arises in the adrenal glands.

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/promising-treatment-aggressive-childhood-cancer - 2025-08-25

Agnete Kirkeby is working to repair the brain with stem cells. “The goal of our research is to understand how the human brain is formed and how it functions. And how we can repair it by generating new cells in the lab.” Agnete Kirkeby is one of the reserchers at Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at Lund University (WCMM LU). This autumn, every week, we present a fellow at the center.WCMM at

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/meet-weeks-wallenberg-researcher-agnete-kirkeby - 2025-08-25

Should patients with separate variants of type 2 diabetes be treated with different types of drugs? Researchers at Lund University in Sweden and Skåne University Hospital will attempt to answer that question in a new study. Anders Rosengren. Photo: Johan Wingborg Type 2 diabetes is one of the fastest growing diseases in the world. It is estimated that over 300 million people have the disease globa

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-study-personalized-type-2-diabetes-treatment-launched - 2025-08-25

Niklas Mattsson-Carlgren is searching for underlying causes for Alzheimer’s Disease. “I am motivated by the possibility that my work may make difference for patients with Alzheimer’s Disease.” Niklas Mattsson-Carlgren is one of the reserchers at Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at Lund University (WCMM LU). This autumn, every week, we present a fellow at the center.WCMM at Lund University

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/meet-weeks-wallenberg-researcher-niklas-mattsson-carlgren - 2025-08-25

Nicholas Leigh is studying how other organisms have solved biological problems “The idea is that by understanding how other species are able to, for instance, regenerate a limb, we could help promote regeneration in humans.” Nicholas Leigh is one of the researchers at Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at Lund University (WCMM LU). This autumn, every week, we present a fellow at the center.

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/meet-weeks-wallenberg-researcher-nicholas-leigh - 2025-08-25

Researcher Els Mansell, first author of the article published in Cell Stem Cell. In a collaborative study, researchers from Lund Stem Cell Center and University College London have developed a novel method of isolating ‘young’ stem cells still present in old mice. They show that activity of mitochondria, the power generators of the cell, is a stronger indicator of stem cell fitness than age and is

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/novel-approach-identifies-young-stem-cells-old-mice - 2025-08-25

Joel Sjöbom (left) and Per Petersson (right) are two of the researchers involved in the study, which has been published in Science Advances. Photo: Tove Smeds Researchers at Lund University in Sweden studied self-grooming rats in order to better understand how the brain chooses what comes next in a sequence of actions. The study shows that when they switch from one action to the next in the groomi

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/self-grooming-rats-offered-clues-how-brain-chooses-behaviour - 2025-08-25

Paul Bourgine is studying skeletal tissue regeneration. “We study how human bones form, regenerate and how they function as a blood production center and use this knowledge for the design of specific regenerative therapies” Paul Bourgine is one of the researchers at Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at Lund University (WCMM LU). This autumn, every week, we present a fellow at the center. WC

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/meet-weeks-wallenberg-researcher-paul-bourgine - 2025-08-25

Filipe Pereira explore if reprogramming cells can pave the way for new cancer treatment. “We explore cell reprogramming strategies that can be applied for the treatment of human diseases and benefit of our whole society". Filipe Pereira is one of the researchers at Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at Lund University (WCMM LU). This autumn, every week, we present a fellow at the center. WCM

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/meet-weeks-wallenberg-researcher-filipe-pereira - 2025-08-25

Stefan Karlsson has been active as a researcher at Lund University for 25 years and during that time has received many major grants and awards. However, never a gold medal. - It feels like a very great honor because the medal is only awarded every nine years for medical research efforts, says Stefan KarlssonThe Royal Physiographic Society will be awarding the commemorative medal to Stefan Karlsson

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/gold-medal-stefan-karlsson - 2025-08-25

In October, Predrag Bakic received a research grant from the Swedish Breast Cancer Association for 600 000 SEK. His research focuses on the evaluation of a novel clinical imaging system for early breast cancer screening, which combines X-ray and mechanical imaging of the breast. Predrag Bakic. Photo: Tove Gilvad Predrag Bakic is a visiting researcher in diagnostic radiology at Lund University, sup

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/grants-swedish-breast-cancer-association-breast-cancer-imaging-research - 2025-08-25

Iben Lundgaard is studying the cleaning system of the brain. “Our goal is to discover a mechanism that can be targeted so we can achieve effective brain cleaning even in old age.” Iben Lundgaard is one of the researchers at Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at Lund University (WCMM LU). This autumn, every week, we present a fellow at the center. WCMM at Lund University is a research centre

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/meet-weeks-wallenberg-researcher-iben-lundgaard - 2025-08-25

One clear change meant minimising the number of patient visits to the clinic – instead, physicians, nurses and patients met via telephone or video call. A cancer diagnosis often entails many hospital visits and intensive treatments that can be very tiring for the patient. In the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, however, cancer patients were identified as an at-risk group, so forms of treatment

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/wake-pandemic-new-methods-cancer-care - 2025-08-25

Congratulations to Cheng Luan, research engineer from China and postdoc in the research group Diabetes - Islet Patophysiology who is given the Chinese government award for outstanding self finance students abroad. "It is one of greatest moments in my life", says Cheng Luan. Photo: Tove Gilvad – I would never forget how excited I was when I got the phone call from the Embassy of China in Sweden not

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/award-outstanding-chinese-student-abroad - 2025-08-25

Professor Kristina Åkesson will be Dean and Professor Martin L Olsson, Pro-Dean from 1 January 2021. It's official! Vice-Chancellor has approved proposed Dean and Pro-Dean at the Faculty of Medicine. Professor Kristina Åkesson will be Dean and Professor Martin L Olsson will be Pro-Dean, starting January 1, 2021. The current dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Erik Renström, will be Vice Chancellor of

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-dean-and-pro-dean - 2025-08-25

Darcy Wagner develops therapies for patients with lung diseases. “This could help to overcome the shortages in donor tissue available for patients and could further improve long-term survival.” Darcy Wagner is one of the researchers at Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at Lund University (WCMM LU). This autumn, every week, we present a fellow at the center.  The WCMM at Lund University is m

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/meet-weeks-wallenberg-researcher-darcy-wagner - 2025-08-25

Vinay Swaminathan studies cell movement in health and disease. “To understand how cells get hijacked in diseases, we need to understand how cells work.” Vinay Swaminathan is one of the researchers at Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at Lund University (WCMM LU). This autumn, every week, we present a fellow at the center. The WCMM at Lund University is made possible by the Knut and Alice Wa

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/meet-weeks-wallenberg-researcher-vinay-swaminathan - 2025-08-25