Published 23 August 2023 Image: iStock/Rasi Bhadramani BRCA1 and BRCA2 are well-known breast cancer genes associated with a significantly increased risk of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. However, there are an additional eleven genes associated with elevated risk for these types of cancer. A multi-year Swedish study now reveals that the proportion of women with genetically confirmed heredita

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/breast-cancer-study-altered-guidelines-sweden - 2025-04-06

Published 24 August 2023 Signals from supernovae (bottom right inset), quasars (middle left inset), and gamma-ray bursts (top center inset) reach Earth in the Milky Way Galaxy (background), where we can use them to measure cosmological parameters. (Image: NAOJ) New international research has improved the accuracy of the parameters governing the expansion of the universe. This will help astronomers

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/rewriting-past-and-future-universe - 2025-04-06

Published 24 August 2023 Photo: iStock As certain tumor cells are able to conceal themselves in the body, it often means that patients with aggressive cancers experience a recurrence of the cancer after treatment. By programming genetically modified killer immune cells to seek and destroy the hiding tumor cells and tumor stem cells, it is hoped that we can develop more effective treatment options.

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/eu-funding-killer-cells-fight-cancer - 2025-04-06

By bodil [dot] malmstrom [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Bodil Malmström) - published 28 August 2023 Using new 3D technology, models of the objects are made and placed in the underwater positions where they are found. It helps Paola Derudas to reflect and test her hypothesis. The screen shows Gribshunden that sank in 1495. Photo: Bodil Malmström In the past, it has been common practice to perform anal

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/past-comes-alive-3d - 2025-04-06

Published 31 August 2023 Lisa Mellhammar and Adam Linder (Photo: Åsa Hansdotter) A research team at Lund University in Sweden has found that more than four percent of all hospital admissions in southern Sweden are associated with sepsis. It is a significantly underdiagnosed condition that can be likened to an epidemic. Now the European Sepsis Alliance has assigned the researchers with mapping the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/sepsis-common-cancer-deadly-heart-attack - 2025-04-06

Published 5 September 2023 Daria Davitti, Colin Olito, Filip Lenrick and Milda Pucetaite Four researchers from Lund University in Sweden have received an ERC Starting Grant. The researchers and their respective fields are Filip Lenrick (industrial production), Colin Olito (evolutionary ecology), Milda Pucetaite (microbiological ecology) and Daria Davitti, (international law). The last-named is the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/four-lund-researchers-receive-erc-starting-grants - 2025-04-06

By marianne [dot] loor [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Marianne Loor) - published 6 September 2023 The industry is increasingly demanding researchers with technical expertise in specific areas who at the same time possess the ability to independently lead projects according to the company's needs. Photo: iStockphoto Increasingly, industry is looking to recruit staff with doctoral degrees for research

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/industrial-doctoral-students-valuable-industry - 2025-04-06

Published 6 September 2023 Participants in the programme ‘Human Rights and Gender Equality in Climate and Disaster Displacement’ together with teacher Matthew Scott and Lord Mayor of Kampala. In a spirit of collaboration and commitment, Lund University's programme 'Human Rights and Gender Equality in Climate and Disaster Displacement' has reached its culmination. The programme's final workshop, he

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/supporting-african-cities-addressing-climate-related-displacement - 2025-04-06

Published 6 September 2023 Photo: Hermann Knuewer When humans are ill, we tend to be less active. This also applies to wild animals, but so far, it has not been known how long the reduced activity lasts or which activities are affected the most. New research from Lund University in Sweden shows that birds' activity decreases for up to three weeks when they become ill - something that could mean th

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/disease-affects-blackbirds-more-previously-thought - 2025-04-06

Published 13 September 2023 (Photo montage: Logo by Financial Times, photo by Charlotte Carlberg Bärg.) Lund University School of Economics and Management has done it again! The school has been ranked #44 in the world in the Financial Times' prestigious annual ranking of 100 Master’s programmes in Management. This marks a climb of 13 spots compared with last year. Lund University's Master’s progra

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-climbs-even-higher-financial-times-ranking - 2025-04-06

Published 13 September 2023 Illustration: Johanna Rydeman Thousands of people could be spared from a hip fracture each year if a new method to identify the risk of osteoporotic fractures were to be introduced in healthcare. This is the view of the researchers at Lund University in Sweden who are behind a new 3D-simulation method. The results were recently published in the Journal of Bone and Miner

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-method-offers-hope-fewer-fractures - 2025-04-06

By bodil [dot] malmstrom [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Bodil Malmström) - published 15 September 2023 EU's 2022 textile strategy is predicted to revolutionise the fashion and textile industry, forcing the sector to reassess its existing fast fashion model and explore new, more sustainable business strategies. The UNEXPECTED event that took place 1 June in Lund gathered unique and diverse minds and o

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/innovation-happens-edges-0 - 2025-04-06

Published 19 September 2023 Photo: iStock/Gab13 Is it possible that a single biomarker can detect all types of diseases related to dopamine deficiency in the brain? Yes, that's what a research group in Lund is discovering. "We have observed that an enzyme in cerebrospinal fluid and in blood is a useful marker for identifying all types of Parkinson's-related diseases with high accuracy," says Oskar

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-blood-marker-can-identify-parkinsonian-diseases - 2025-04-06

Published 22 September 2023 Photo: Viiru Pesonen/Wikimedia Commons One result of climate change is that spring is arriving earlier. However, migratory birds are not keeping up with these developments and arrive too late for the peak in food availability when it is time for breeding. By getting the birds to fly a little further north, researchers in Lund, Sweden, and the Netherlands have observed t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/migratory-birds-can-be-taught-adjust-climate-change - 2025-04-06

Published 27 September 2023 Photo: Hielko van der Hoorn Past cycles of climate change, along with human exploitation, have led to only small and isolated stocks of Atlantic walrus remaining. The current population is at high risk of the same issues affecting them severely, according to a new study led by Lund University in Sweden. Today, the last remaining stocks of Atlantic walrus are more at dan

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/atlantic-walrus-more-vulnerable-ever-arctic-warming - 2025-04-06

Published 29 September 2023 Photo: iStock/choja Currently, a lot is known about which genes are responsible for our individual blood groups, however not much is understood about how and why the levels of the blood group molecules differ between one person to another. This can be important for blood transfusion safety. Now a research group at Lund University in Sweden has developed a toolbox that f

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-bioinfomatics-pipeline-solves-50-year-old-blood-group-puzzle - 2025-04-06

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 3 October 2023 Photo: Pixabay If we can understand how and why light and matter behave as they do, we are one step closer to solving some of the most fundamental problems in physics. Finding the answers to these questions drives Ville Maisi, Associate Professor of Solid States Physics at NanoLund. As long as he can remember he

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/understanding-behaviour-light-and-matter-key-future-technologies - 2025-04-06

By bodil [dot] malmstrom [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Bodil Malmström) - published 4 October 2023 At the Multipark Café, Tomas Björklund explained the complexity of the brain to an interested audience. Photo: Bodil Malmström In today's scientific world, microscopic images have become a powerful resource for research. With access to advanced microscopes, researchers can now create unique images of s

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/making-invisible-visible-magic-microscopic-images - 2025-04-06

Published 4 October 2023 Anne is met by cheers and joy from colleagues and students after being awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 (Photo: Kennet Ruona) Anne L'Huillier, Professor of Atomic Physics at Lund University, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics together with Pierre Agostini and Ferenc Krausz on Tuesday. “It feels absolutely incredible. Fantastic! I am very proud”, she says. Anne L

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/anne-lhuillier-awarded-nobel-prize-physics - 2025-04-06

Published 9 October 2023 Photo: Flockine/Pixabay Using micro-engineered soil models, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have investigated the effect of tiny polystyrene particles on bacteria and fungi. While these nanoplastics reduced both bacterial and fungal growth, the fungus actually managed to "clean up" their surroundings, thereby easing the effect of the plastics. “Plastic waste is a

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/vacuum-cleaner-effect-fungi-can-hold-nanoplastics-bay - 2025-04-06