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Mammography screening supported by artificial intelligence (AI) is a safe alternative to today’s conventional double reading by radiologists and can reduce heavy workloads for doctors. This has now been shown in an interim analysis of a prospective, randomised controlled trial, which addressed the clinical safety of using AI in mammography screening. The trial, led by researchers from Lund Univers

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/ai-supported-mammography-screening-found-be-safe - 2026-09-07

A research study at Lund University shows that there is an association between selenium deficiency and an increased risk of developing heart failure. The risk is twice as high for individuals with low selenium levels. Heart failure is a common condition affecting 250 000 Swedes. In heart failure, the heart cannot pump enough blood into the body, and the disease is associated with a poor prognosis.

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/link-between-selenium-deficiency-and-heart-failure - 2026-09-07

Researchers at Lund University have developed a technique for simultaneously measuring electrical signals from 128 areas of the brain in awake rats. They have then used the information to measure what happens to the neurons when the rats are given psychedelic drugs. The results show an unexpected and simultaneous synchronisation among neurons in several regions of the brain. In light of the develo

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/how-psychedelic-drugs-affect-rats-brain - 2026-09-07

A new study from Lund University in Sweden raises questions about the efficacy of bariatric operations involving gastric bypass. The results show that the biggest metabolic changes happened directly after surgery. Just a year after the operation, the concentration of metabolites and fats had returned to almost the same levels as before the procedure. Previous research has shown that the majority o

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/positive-metabolic-effects-gastric-bypass-disappear-quickly - 2026-09-07

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. An international research project, wit

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/eu-funding-killer-cells-fight-cancer - 2026-09-07

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 hereditary breast cancer doubled by including all genes in the

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/breast-cancer-study-altered-guidelines-sweden - 2026-09-07

On September 28, the official launch of SciLifeLab Lund will take place in Forum Medicum. Lund is one of the four new sites that were established in 2022. The sites in Gothenburg, Linköping, Umeå and Lund are part of a major governmental investment in national research infrastructure. The vision is for Sweden to be a world-leading research nation in molecular life sciences. Site coordinator Esther

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/kick-scilifelab-lund - 2026-09-07

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 Hansson, who led the study. The marker in quest

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-blood-marker-can-identify-parkinsonian-diseases-0 - 2026-09-07

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 and another. And this can be important for blood transfusion safety. Now a research group in Lund has developed a toolbox that finds the answer – and in doing so, has solved a 50-year-old myst

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-bioinfomatics-pipeline-solves-50-year-old-blood-group-puzzle - 2026-09-07

An international consensus report on diabetes identifies the potential for diabetes screening, better classification of type 2 diabetes, and biomarkers that can predict cardiovascular disease. The report also highlights that more evidence is needed before it is possible to provide individualised treatment to all patients. The report is based on a large collaboration between 28 universities worldwi

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-report-opportunities-and-challenges-precision-diabetes-medicine - 2026-09-07

A research group at Lund University has studied how a molecular sensor located in the blood vessel wall, controls how the vessel compensates for high blood pressure. As we age, the sensor deteriorates, which can worsen vascular damage caused by high blood pressure and consequently lead to secondary diseases affecting the heart, brain, or other organs. In mice, the researchers demonstrate that the

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/how-your-blood-vessels-tolerate-high-blood-pressure - 2026-09-07

Filipe Pereira, professor of molecular medicine at Lund University, is awarded this year's Fernström prize for young, exceptionally promising, and successful researchers. He receives the award for his work on reprogramming blood cells and the development of immunotherapies based on this technology. It was a sheep that determined Filipe Pereira's career choice. He was in high school when he heard a

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/filipe-pereira-awarded-eric-k-fernstrom-prize-young-researchers - 2026-09-07

An international research project led from Lund University is now awarded 33 million SEK by the European Innovation Council, EIC Pathfinder. The idea behind the project is to use drugs to reprogram cancer cells into immune cells, in order to increase the body's natural anti-tumor response and fight cancer. And it is small molecules that will do the work. The research project that has received fund

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/enemy-friend-33-million-reprogramming-cancer-cells - 2026-09-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We have launched a new website! Have a look around, and please let us know what you think. The School of Social Work has launched a new website, in both a Swedish and English version. Please complete our mini survey and let us know what you think! If you have any  other questions or comments, please contact the depart

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/new-website - 2026-09-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated.  Håkan Jönson and Tove Harnett, researchers at The School of Social Work, and Annika Taghizadeh Larsson (Linköping University) and Stina Johansson (Umeå University) have received 3.1 million from the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (Forte) for the project "Would a disability model mean be

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/sek-3-million-research-ageing - 2026-09-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University's Vice-Chancellor Per Eriksson will be stepping down at the end of the year. There will be a farewell reception today, 12 December.As leaving gifts, Per Eriksson has asked for donations to help eradicate homelessness in Sweden, including to the School of Social Work's Housing First project.Read more ab

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/vice-chancellor-asks-donations-eradicate-homelessness - 2026-09-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Senior lecturer Anna Angelin has recently published an article on service participation in social work education in Norway and Sweden. In the article Angelin compares two participatory projects that have developed and implemented practices that integrate service users into academic social work education: the Norwegian

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/article-service-user-integration-looks-lunds-unique-course - 2026-09-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Innovation in Social Welfare and Human Services, by Marcus Knutagård, lecturer at the School of Social Work, and Rolf Rønning, Professor at the University of Lillehammer, has just been published by Routledge. The new book explores the popular concept of innovation and what it actually means in a health and social welf

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/new-book-innovation-social-and-human-services - 2026-09-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Marcus Knutagård, senior lecturer at the School of Social Work, is one of the authors of the indepth publication "The Finnish Homelessness Strategy – An International Review", which was recently completed. The report looks at work on homelessness done in the United Kingdom, Sweden and the USA, focusing particularly on

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/researcher-contributes-report-finnish-homelessness-strategy - 2026-09-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The School of Social Work recently hosted an online seminar on grounded theory, which drew participants from New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, Canada, the UK, Italy and Lithuania. The virtual meeting was the first gathering of a group that has emerged on Facebook, around a common interest in the research methodology. T

https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/grounded-theory-contentment-and-norwegian-fjord - 2026-09-07