Av erika [dot] svantesson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Erika Svantesson) - publicerad 5 januari 2023 Se när forskaren och läkaren Kristina Lång visar hur fickultraljudet används. Film: Ingemar Hultquist. Ett fickultraljud, en smarttelefon och en algoritm kopplad till tusentals kliniska bröstbilder. Med hjälp av detta hoppas Lundaforskare möjliggöra diagnostik av bröstcancer i låg- och medelinkomstl

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/ai-smart-diagnostik-av-brostcancer-i-lander-med-begransade-resurser - 2025-04-20

Av press [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Liedholm) - publicerad 21 december 2022 Bild: iStock/kan2d Forskare vid Lunds universitet får dela på 29 miljoner kronor från Barncancerfonden. Professor David Bryder som forskar om blodcancer (leukemi) hos barn är en av dem. – Även om framsteg i både grundforskning och klinisk behandling under de senaste decennierna har lett till en väldigt effektiv behan

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/29-miljoner-till-forskning-om-barncancer - 2025-04-20

Av press [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Liedholm) - publicerad 21 december 2022 Bild: iStock/lyosha_nazarenko. Doktoranden Karl Teurneau-Hermansson, ST-läkare i thoraxkirurgi och sedan tidigare specialist i allmänkirurgi är en av årets Teggerstipendiater. Hans forskning syftar till att förhindra neurologiska skador hos patienter som opereras för akut typ A aortadissektion. Aortadissektion är en

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/mer-tid-till-forskning-tack-vare-teggerstiftelsen - 2025-04-20

Av asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - publicerad 29 december 2022 Bild: iStock/Vladimir Sukachev Jul och nyår är familjens högtider med glädje, fest, omtanke och gemenskap. Men för många kan det istället innebära en tid av ensamhet, ekonomisk utsatthet och ökad risk för alkohol- och spelberoende. Men det finns hjälp att få mot beroendesjukdomar. Det visar inte minst

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/personer-med-beroende-extra-utsatta-under-jul-och-nyarshelgerna - 2025-04-20

Av sara [dot] liedholm [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Liedholm) - publicerad 5 januari 2023 Foto: iStock Denis Zbukarev För några år sedan fick Johannes Ehinger en halv miljon kronor, det största anslag som Hörselforskningsfonden någonsin delat ut. I år får han ytterligare 290 000 kronor. Johanna Elander har beviljats 300 000 kronor. Genetiska orsaker till hörselnedsättning undersöks ofta hos ny

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/anslag-till-horselforskning - 2025-04-20

Av asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - publicerad 9 januari 2023 Melanomforskaren Göran Jönsson vid Lunds universitet är Årets cancerforskare. Foto: André de Loisted Professor Göran Jönsson tilldelas Cancerfondens utmärkelse ”Årets cancerforskare 2023”. För sitt framgångsrika forskningsarbete inom immunterapi för hudcancer, mottar han den prestigefyllda utmärkelsen v

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/melanomforskaren-goran-jonsson-utsedd-till-arets-cancerforskare - 2025-04-20

Av press [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Medicinska fakulteten) - publicerad 12 januari 2023 Bild: iStock Skånes universitetssjukhus och Medicinska fakulteten vid Lunds universitet hoppas få fler inom vården att ta steget vidare i forskarkarriären. En ny seminarieserie har fått över 100 personer som har disputerat att satsa på att bli docenter – alltså att både jobba kliniskt och samtidigt bedriva ege

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/seminariesatsning-ska-locka-fler-inom-varden-att-forska - 2025-04-20

Av katrin [dot] stahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Katrin Ståhl) - publicerad 12 januari 2023 John Stegmayr, forskare i forskargruppen Lungbioengineering och regeneration och även verksam vid LBIC, Lund University Bioimaging Centre. Foto: Katrin Ståhl Forskargruppen ”Lung Bioengineering and Regeneration” består av ett 15-tal forskare med fokus på kroniska lungsjukdomar. I gruppen utvecklar man blan

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/med-fokus-pa-kroniska-lungsjukdomar - 2025-04-20

Av asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - publicerad 18 januari 2023 Bild: iStock Under upp till 40 år har nära 800 000 personer från Sverige, Norge och Österrike följts utifrån hur deras BMI och metabola hälsa påverkar risken att drabbas av fetmarelaterade cancersjukdomar. Studien visar att metabol ohälsa avsevärt ökar risken för vissa cancerformer, vid normalvikt såvä

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/metabol-ohalsa-bidragande-faktor-fetmarelaterad-cancer - 2025-04-20

Published 12 April 2024 The large-eyed bristle worm Vanadis has long been of interest to the world’s vision researchers. But the worm has been difficult to study since it lives in the open sea and is active at night. Now, a research team has succeeded in locating an Italian worm colony and is able to confirm that the worm has completely unique vision. Bristle worms are a group of annelid worms tha

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/marine-worm-outstanding-vision-fascinates-researchers - 2025-04-20

Published 15 April 2024 Photo: Anna-Britta Magnusson/Mostphotos The strong connection between financial problems and mental health issues is well known. A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that only one in five young adults could correctly answer three basic questions about inflation, interest rates and risk diversification. At the same time, they are getting more into debt. This, the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/alarmingly-low-financial-awareness-among-todays-youth - 2025-04-20

Published 17 April 2024 The team during field work in northern Sweden (Photo: Geerte Fälthammar-de Jong) During the unusually dry year of 2018, Sweden was hit by numerous forest fires. A research team led from Lund University in Sweden has investigated how climate change affects recently burnt boreal forests and their ability to absorb carbon dioxide. The boreal forests form a single biome that sp

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/unique-field-study-shows-how-climate-change-affects-fire-impacted-forests - 2025-04-20

Published 18 April 2024 Lund researchers Thomas Pugh and Raimund Muscheler have been awarded the ERC Advanced Grant. Photo: Private/Kenneth Ruona Quaternary geologist Raimund Muscheler and physical geographer Thomas Pugh have been awarded the ERC Advanced Grant by the European Research Council. They will receive EUR 2.5 million each over a five-year period to study historical solar storms and the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/two-lund-researchers-receive-prestigious-eu-grant - 2025-04-20

Published 29 April 2024 The Hulk-like lizard (Photo: Javier Abalos) Body shape, colour and behaviour often evolve together as species adapt to their environment. Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have studied this phenomenon in a specific type of large, bright green and aggressive common wall lizard found near the Mediterranean. They discovered that a unique cell type might have played a

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/incredible-hulk-lizard-provides-clues-understanding-evolution - 2025-04-20

Published 6 May 2024 Photo from stem cell transplantation at Skåne University Hospital. Source: Skåne University Hospital. Higher dose cohort initiated after positive early safety evaluation in Parkinson's therapy. After a positive initial safety evaluation, the pioneering STEM-PD clinical trial has advanced to higher dose testing.
STEM-PD is a first-in-human clinical trial testing a new investiga

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/update-stem-pd-clinical-trial-stem-cell-based-transplant-parkinsons-disease - 2025-04-20

Published 14 May 2024 Photo: Emma Kritzberg Climate researchers often emphasise the fact that reducing carbon emissions is in everyone’s best interest, and should involve all of us. But how good are they at minimising their own carbon footprint? A new study carried out jointly by Lund University in Sweden and the University of Lausanne in Switzerland shows that some of them use up half their annua

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/conferences-make-scientists-climate-transgressors - 2025-04-20

Published 24 May 2024 A new study from Lund University in Sweden suggests that tattoos could be a risk factor for cancer in the lymphatic system, or lymphoma. Now, the researchers underline the need for more research on the topic. Our knowledge regarding the long-term health effects of tattoos is currently poor, and there is not a lot of research within this area. Now a research group at Lund Univ

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/possible-association-between-tattoos-and-lymphoma-revealed - 2025-04-20

Published 4 June 2024 Lund University has risen to 75th place in the prestigious QS annual ranking. This is an improvement of ten spots on the previous year, placing Lund as the top ranked comprehensive university in Sweden. In addition, the University has been awarded the QS Sustainability Champions Award. QS has published annual university rankings since 2004. On 4 June, QS published its latest

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-climbs-global-ranking-wins-sustainability-award - 2025-04-20

Published 9 June 2024 The Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, can spread dengue fever, Zika virus and chikungunya. Photo: James Gathany/CDC/Wikimedia commons. Global warming has meant that diseases such as West Nile fever, NTM infections, and new tick-borne viruses are on their way or have already taken hold in Sweden. People are being affected by new diseases, and challenges for the health sy

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-diseases-tropical-sweden - 2025-04-20

Published 10 June 2024 A record number of doctors received their hat or laurel wreath during the University’s ceremonial highlight of the year – the Doctoral Degree Conferment Ceremony – on 31 May. A total of 266 doctors received their laurel wreath or hat together with 15 honorary doctors. At the same time, 67 doctors became jubilee doctors. A record number of doctorates were conferred this year,

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/pernilla-august-named-honorary-doctor-lund-university - 2025-04-20