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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Swedish health care delivers good results, yet we hear every day about the health crisis and its consequences. Now, representatives of academia and health care have grown tired of the crises and started the think tank Health Care and Science with the goal of contributing to solutions and spreading good ideas. – We wan

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/think-tank-seeks-solutions-health-crisis - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Contagion spreads in various ways, with airborne viruses being especially difficult to protect oneself against. Norovirus, or the winter vomiting bug as it is sometimes known, is just such a virus. Carl-Johan Fraenkel, infectious disease and healthcare hygiene specialist, is currently defending his thesis at Lund Univ

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/researchers-track-spread-norovirus-hospitals - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. For a decade now, the Rehabilitation Medicine research group’s work on spinal cord injuries (SCI’s) has had a far-reaching impact. In many areas, this is research at the global cutting edge; not least, in terms of following the same group of individuals as they live – and age – with spinal cord injuries. Research grou

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/lund-research-spinal-cord-injuries-continues-have-global-impact - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Directly after birth, the immune system completes production of a subtype of antibody-producing immune cells, B-1, that are to last for a lifetime. No more B1-cells are formed after that point. However, these cells are self-reactive – they produce not only antibodies against foreign substances, but also against the bo

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/how-self-reactive-immune-cells-are-allowed-develop - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) is a slowly progressing form of blood cancer that attacks the blood-forming cells in the bone marrow. The condition requires lifelong treatment that can cause severe side effects. Rebecca Warfvinge maps stem cells in patients in the hope of identifying predictive markers for how the pat

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/tailored-therapy-chronic-myeloid-leukaemia - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. When then medical student Jonatan Wistrand met a patient who was seriously ill with cancer a few years ago he was extremely moved. On November 29 he defended his doctoral thesis at Lund University with his thesis “The doctor as the patient – documentary and literary statements during the 20th and 21st century”. “I did

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/situation-conflict-when-doctor-becomes-patient - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Mobile apps can help patients with neurological disorders manage their symptoms better and stimulate people into having a healthier lifestyle. This is indicated by interdisciplinary research conducted at the research centre CASE at Lund University, which has been published in the scientific journal Disability and Reha

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/improved-symptom-management-and-healthier-lifestyle-help-apps - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Einar Smith is being awarded the Swedish Savings Bank Foundation scholarship for his thesis. A prospective study which demonstrates that the metabolite ergothioneine, independent of other risk factors, can be linked to a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and premature death. The study is published in BMJ Heart. E

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/connection-between-markers-healthy-diet-and-reduced-risk-cardiovascular-disease-resulted-scholarship - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Para-athletics is growing in strength worldwide. However, behind the Paralympics that we watch on TV from our sofas there are greater challenges than those related to results. A new thesis from Lund University demonstrates how Paralympic athletes run the risk of sustaining injuries as a result of strict training as we

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/paralympic-athletes-double-struggle-against-injuries-and-diseases - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The European Research Council today announced the winners of its latest Consolidator Grant competition: 301 top scientists and scholars across Europe. Funding for these researchers, part of the Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, is worth in total EUR 600 million. Filipe Pereira at Lund University in Swede

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/prestigious-erc-grant-innovative-immunotherapy-research - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Zaal Kokaia, Professor within the Department of Clinical Sciences and Director of Lund Stem Cell Center, has been awarded Georgia’s most prestigious scientific prize - the National Prize in Science. The award comes as a result of his outstanding contribution to world class scientific research and was presented to Prof

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/prestigious-scientific-prize-awarded-director-lund-stem-cell-center - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A few weeks ago The Huntington Disease Center in Lund, Sweden, welcomed researchers, clinicians and representatives from patient organizations in the Nordic countries to the second Nordic Huntington Disease Research Meeting in Lund. Among the prominent visitors were Patrick Weydt, representative of the European Huntin

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/european-huntington-heights-met-lund-summit - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The risk of experiencing financial difficulties due to medical care costs is relatively small in Sweden. This is revealed in a recent report from the World Health Organization, where researchers from Lund University have investigated the extent to which Swedish households are financially affected by using the health c

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/who-report-healthcare-sweden-among-most-affordable-europe - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have used a neuropeptide to successfully reduce seizure-like activity in tissue from patients with drug-resistant epilepsy. One challenge facing researchers who study brain diseases is that for understandable reasons it is difficult to obtain human brain tissue for experiments.

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/peptide-reduced-epileptic-seizures-human-brain-tissue - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a new hydrogel based on the body’s natural peptide defense. It has been shown to prevent and treat infections in wounds. The formulation kills multi-resistant bacteria, something that is increasing in importance with antibiotic resistance growing globally. “The a

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/next-generation-wound-gel-treats-and-prevents-infections - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Geographers and GIS technicians wanted! Per Becker, Engineer and Risk Manager talks about international cooperation and his work with risk management and aid work coming back after a year posting in Fiji. Thursday 6 Oct at 18:30Place: Sky High, Geocentum 1, LundThe pub serves beer, wine and snacks to membership prices

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/whats-geographer-pub-presentation - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The stipend from Torsten Hägerstrands stiftelse commemorating the birth of Torsten Hägerstrand a 100 years ago, October 11, 1916, has been awarded to:Andreas Skriver Hansen, Human Geography, Göteborgs Universitet. Skriver Hansen applies for funds to participate in and also arranging a session at the International Symp

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/recipient-torsten-hagerstrands-stipend-2016 - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Afrint research group and Development Geography in Lund warmly welcome you to the Development Research Day 2016: End hunger and achieve food security by 2030. The Development Research Day is an annual event at Lund University bringing together all fields working on development to share and discuss their research w

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/development-research-day-2016 - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Thursday at 15.15 , Professor Frédéric Landy will be holding a seminar on the topicNational parks within the urban agglomerations of Mumbai, Nairobi, Rio de Janeiro and Cape Town: between urbanization and globalization, which place for ‘eco-ethnicity’?Venue, Rio (430), Geocentrum 1, Sölvegatan 10, floor 4 Frédéric

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/national-parks-within-urban-agglomerations-mumbai-nairobi-rio-de-janeiro-and-cape-town - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Thursday 10th of November 2016, we had another inspiring edition of the Development Research Day, a flagship annual event at Lund University bringing together all disciplines working on development issues since 2002. This year the Development Research Day was hosted by the Human Geography department and was dedicat

https://www.keg.lu.se/en/article/inspiring-edition-development-research-day-2016-end-hunger-and-achieve-food-security-2030 - 2026-05-05