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A new way of identifying cancer biomarkers has been developed by researchers at Lund University in Sweden. The new technology allows very sensitive, quick and cost-effective identification of cancer biomarkers. The research is published in Nature Communications Biology. Today, every third person will get cancer in their lifetime, and the current trend suggests that in a few years that number will

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/novel-biomarker-technology-cancer-diagnostics - 2026-01-03

A new and promising approach for treatment of lung cancer has been developed by researchers at Lund University. The treatment combines a novel surgical approach with smart nanoparticles to specifically target lung tumors. The new study has been published in the July issue of Advanced Therapeutics. Lung tumors are often difficult to remove using current surgical techniques due to their location in

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-promising-treatment-uses-smart-nanoparticles-target-lung-cancer - 2026-01-03

The global coronavirus pandemic has hit the tourism industry hard worldwide. Not only that, but it has exposed a lack of resilience to any type of downturn, according to new research from Lund University in Sweden. While the virus may or may not be temporary, the climate crisis is here to stay - and tourism will have to adapt, says Stefan Gössling, professor of sustainable tourism. Tourism has bee

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/what-covid-19-can-teach-tourism-about-climate-crisis - 2026-01-03

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered a new method to treat human herpes viruses. The new broad-spectrum method targets physical properties in the genome of the virus rather than viral proteins, which have previously been targeted. The treatment consists of new molecules that penetrate the protein shell of the virus and prevent genes from leaving the virus to infect the cell. It

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/antiviral-method-against-herpes-paves-way-combatting-incurable-viral-infections - 2026-01-03

A new blood test demonstrated remarkable promise in discriminating between persons with and without Alzheimer’s disease and in persons at known genetic risk may be able to detect the disease as early as 20 years before the onset of cognitive impairment, according to a large international study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and simultaneously presented at

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-blood-test-shows-great-promise-diagnosis-alzheimers-disease - 2026-01-03

Extensive power outages and satellite blackouts that affect air travel and the internet are some of the potential consequences of massive solar storms. These storms are believed to be caused by the release of enormous amounts of stored magnetic energy due to changes in the magnetic field of the sun’s outer atmosphere - something that until now has eluded scientists’ direct measurement. Researchers

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/breakthrough-method-predicting-solar-storms - 2026-01-03

The question of how small, dwarf galaxies have sustained the formation of new stars over the course of the Universe has long confounded the world’s astronomers. An international research team led by Lund University in Sweden has found that dormant small galaxies can slowly accumulate gas over many billions of years. When this gas suddenly collapses under its own weight, new stars are able to arise

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-stars-form-smallest-galaxies - 2026-01-03

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 whether they have had any symptoms. “Unlike other serological tests to determine

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-rapid-and-robust-covid-19-antibody-test-developed - 2026-01-03

In many studies, bariatric surgery has been highlighted as an almost magical method for weight loss and reversing type 2 diabetes. One question that has remained largely unanswered is how the effect of surgery differs from the effects of a strict low-calorie diet. This question has now been examined by researchers at Lund University in Sweden in a study published in the journal Diabetes. By monito

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/strict-diet-explains-metabolic-effect-gastric-bypass-surgery - 2026-01-03

Osteoarthritis treatment conducted digitally via an app costs around 25% of what conventional care costs, according to a study from Lund University in Sweden published in the research journal PLOS ONE. The researchers have previously shown that osteoarthritis patients were able to halve their pain in just 6 months, using an app to track simple, daily exercises. “The osteoarthritis treatment in the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/major-savings-possible-app-based-osteoarthritis-treatment - 2026-01-03

A new study from Lund University and Region Skåne in Sweden indicates that potency-enhancing PDE5 inhibitor drugs have an anti-cancer potential with the ability to improve the prognosis in patients with colorectal cancer. PDE5 inhibitors include a few approved drugs in which sildenafil (Viagra) is the most well-known. The article is published in Nature Communications. “Available preclinical eviden

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/potency-enhancing-drugs-linked-decreased-risks-men-colorectal-cancer - 2026-01-03

A genetic study of small calcifications found in the lungs of the Lund 17th century bishop Peder Winstrup shows that tuberculosis is no older than about 6 000 years, as opposed to 70 000 years old as previously thought. The extremely well-preserved genome from the tuberculosis bacterium indicates that humankind was not affected by tuberculosis before the transition into agriculture. Tuberculosis i

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/mummified-bishop-rewrites-history-tuberculosis - 2026-01-03

A unique study has analyzed in detail how EU agricultural subsidies flow down to the local level. The new data show that most income support payments go to intensively farmed regions already above median EU income, while climate-friendly and biodiverse farming regions, as well as poorer regions, are insufficiently funded. Consequently, the majority of payments are going to the regions causing the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/revealed-how-billions-eu-farming-subsidies-are-being-misspent - 2026-01-03

When algae and bacteria with different swimming gaits gather in large groups, their flocking behaviour diminishes, something that may reduce the risk of falling victim to aquatic predators. This finding is presented in an international study led from Lund University in Sweden. When algae and bacteria with different swimming gaits gather in large groups, their flocking behaviour diminishes, somethi

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/less-flocking-behaviour-among-microorganisms-reduces-risk-being-eaten - 2026-01-03

Population density, and not the proportion of green spaces, has the biggest impact on species richness of pollinators in residential areas. This is the result of a study from Lund University in Sweden of gardens and residential courtyards in and around Malmö, Sweden. The result surprised the researchers, who had expected that the vegetation cover would be more significant. “We have found that, in

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/high-human-population-density-negative-pollinators - 2026-01-03

Heart failure is an endemic disease affecting 250 000 Swedes. Despite new treatments such as modern medicines and defibrillators, the mortality rate is still high and the prognosis worse than for certain cancers. A new study from Lund University in Sweden now shows a link between cognitive impairment and an increased risk for rehospitalisation, or an early death, in heart failure patients. Researc

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/link-between-cognitive-impairment-and-worse-prognosis-heart-failure-patients - 2026-01-03

Regeringen har idag utsett Henrik Smith, professor i zooekologi vid Lunds universitet, till ny ledamot i Klimatpolitiska rådet. Henrik Smith är verksam vid Centrum för miljö- och klimatvetenskap (CEC) och Biologiska institutionen i Lund. Han tillträder i Klimatpolitiska rådet den 1 juli. – Klimatpolitiska rådet har haft en avgörande betydelse för att sätta klimatfrågan långt upp på den politiska a

https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/henrik-smith-ny-ledamot-i-klimatpolitiska-radet - 2026-01-03

Vad är det som händer med klimatet och vilken roll spelar klimatforskningen i samhället? Tillsammans arrangerar de strategiska forskningsområdena BECC och MERGE, Bolincentret för klimatforskning och SMHI ett klimatsymposium i Norrköping den 16-18 maj 2022: Swedish Climate Symposium. Konferensen innebär att Sveriges största aktörer inom klimatforskning för första gången samlas till ett större sympo

https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/nationellt-symposium-i-norrkoping-satter-fokus-pa-klimatforskning - 2026-01-03

Ett rektorsbeslut har tagits om fem profilområden för Lunds universitet. Ett av områdena är ClimBioSis där flera CEC-forskare är involverade. Trettio forskare från mer än ett dussin institutioner vid Lunds universitet står bakom ansökan om profilområdet Sustainable solutions in the climate change – biodiversity – social nexus – ClimBioSis. – Ansökan bygger på ett fantastiskt team av medarbetare vi

https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/rektors-ja-till-profilomradet-climbiosis - 2026-01-03

Hur ska man värdera naturen och de livsviktiga ekosystemtjänster den förser oss med? Och, vilka för- och nackdelar finns det med olika värderingsmodeller? Dessa frågor står i fokus när IPBES, FN:s panel för biologisk mångfald, släpper en ny rapport den 11 juli. IPBES kan beskrivas som en motsvarighet till FN:s klimatpanel IPCC, men med biologisk mångfald och ekosystemtjänster i fokus. Panelen har

https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/hur-ska-naturen-varderas-ny-rapport-pa-vag-fran-ipbes - 2026-01-03