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In the past decade, knowledge of how lifestyle affects our genes, a research field called epigenetics, has grown exponentially. Researchers at the Lund University Diabetes Centre have summarised the state of scientific knowledge within epigenetics linked to obesity and type 2 diabetes in a review article published in the scientific journal Cell Metabolism. Epigenetic mechanisms (see fact box) cont

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/how-lifestyle-affects-our-genes - 2025-12-21

Eighteen nationalities come together during lunch on level B10 at Biomedical Centre (BMC). There is a hotchpotch of dishes and languages. Lunch becomes an opportunity to meet colleagues across borders and to learn about other cultures and approaches. Diversity, openness and curious taste buds are good prerequisites for unique food meetings.  Qianren Jin - China Title: Research engineer Age: 44 Num

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/world-meets-lunch - 2025-12-21

Stephen Woroniecki blogs on the issues highlighted in Director Emily Boyd's article in NatureRecently our Director, Professor Emily Boyd, published an article in Nature, Climate Adaptation - Holistic Thinking Beyond Technology, exploring issues emerging in global attempts at climate change adaptation. A central theme of the article was how local implementation of adaptation relates to global actor

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/comment-issues-highlighted-director-emily-boyds-article-nature - 2025-12-21

Researchers at Lund University’s Lund Stem Cell Center have made new strides in understanding why some patients with chronic myeloid leukemia respond better to treatment than others. Their study, recently published in eLife, suggests that the amount of healthy blood stem cells at diagnosis could be a key factor in predicting how well patients will respond to standard therapies. Chronic myeloid leu

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/new-findings-reveal-why-some-chronic-myeloid-leukemia-patients-respond-better-treatment - 2025-12-21

In the early 1950s, no one knew what caused Parkinson's disease. Then, Arvid Carlsson's discovery of dopamine opened the door to world-leading transplantations for Parkinson's patients. Thanks to the pioneering basic research at MultiPark, stemcell-derived neural cells can now be tested in a clinical trial for the first time. In Parkinson's disease, the nerve cells in an area of the brain that con

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/world-parkinsons-day-transplantations-parkinsons-disease-time-travel - 2025-12-21

“Suicide threat. Young woman with self-harming behaviour who has taken an overdose of pills”. This is one of the emergency calls that come in during Rasmus Eltén’s ten-hour shift at the ambulance station in Helsingborg. He is in his first week of internship on the specialist nursing programme in pre-hospital emergency care and it is going to be a long day. Erblind Mustafa who, like Rasmus Eltén, i

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/emergency-call - 2025-12-22

Researchers at Lund University and DTU in Copenhagen have discovered enzymes in the colon that, when mixed with red blood cells, can cut away parts of the carbohydrates that separate our ABO blood groups from each other. The method brings us closer to the dream of a universal blood for everyone. It has long been known that blood from different individuals cannot be mixed randomly without the risk

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/enzymes-intestinal-bacteria-opens-universal-blood - 2025-12-21

"Mastery of the law gives you power. And I want to use that power to support the vulnerable" says Sofia Åkerman, doctoral student at the Department of Law with personal experience of vulnerability and self-harming behaviour. She survived, but several of her friends did not. The Lego bricks occupy a central position in the middle of the living-room floor of Sofia Åkerman's home, a terraced house in

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/using-law-fight-vulnerable - 2025-12-22

Priscyll Anctil, a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Political Science, recently published a blog post about the human rights violations, especially against women, in Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power two years ago. The blog post is available below. August 15, 2023, marked two years of the Taliban takeover. And with it, everyday attacks against “all manifestations of humanity, free

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/blog-post-priscyll-anctil-taliban-takeover-two-years - 2025-12-21

A recent report by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) identifies 24 places across the world that are hotspots for deforestation - and where forests are under threat. A staggering over 43 million of hectares were lost in these areas between 2004 and 2017 - an area roughly the size of Morocco. Torsten Krause, who researches forest hunting, biodiversity and deforestation, comments on the report. What a

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/torsten-krause-comments-wwf-report-deforestation-fronts - 2025-12-21

Vissa ämnen skrivs det särskilt ofta i media om under sommaren. Här finns en lista över forskare vid Lunds universitet som kan svara på vanliga sommarfrågor. Alger, algblomning
Karin Rengefors, limnolog och specialist på alger och algblomning i sötvatten, 046-222 84 27, 0736-00 17 44
Karin.Rengefors(at)biol.lu.se. Tillgänglig fr.o.m 1 augusti.Per Carlsson (saltvatten), universitetslektor i akvatis

https://www.lu.se/artikel/lunds-universitets-sommarlista-massor-av-experter-fran-till-o - 2025-12-22

SCHEDULE & ABSTRACTS Chairs: Staffan Lindberg and Neil Webster Four sessions:1. Tuesday 20 Sept, 14.30–16.302. Wednesday 21 Sept, 10.00–12.003. Wednesday 21 Sept, 15.30–17.304. Thursday 22 Sept, 09.00-11.00Venue: NYA FESTSALEN, Akademiska Föreningen (AF), Sandgatan 2, LundFormat: Each author is given 15 minutes for presentation of her/his paper and then follows a general discussion of the paper du

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/panel-5-transformation-caste - 2025-12-21

Vissa ämnen skrivs det särskilt ofta i media om under sommaren. Här finns en lista över forskare vid Lunds universitet som kan svara på vanliga sommarfrågor. Medicin, mat och hälsaInfektioner, bakterier och virus Infektionssjukdomar, bakterier, virus, vaccinationer, antibiotikaresistens, sepsis. Per Björkman, professor i infektionsmedicin, Lunds universitet, överläkare SUS, 0768-111978, per.bjorkm

https://www.lu.se/artikel/lunds-universitets-sommarlista-2018-massor-av-experter-pa-sommarens-fragor - 2025-12-21

Vissa ämnen skrivs det särskilt ofta i media om under sommaren. Här finns en lista över forskare vid Lunds universitet som kan svara på vanliga sommarfrågor. Medicin, mat och hälsaAktivt och hälsosamt åldrande
Det finns många viktiga forskningsfrågor på området aktivt och hälsosamt åldrande t ex boendefrågor, äldres delaktighet i samhället, teknikutvecklingen, att åldras med funktionshinder, och å

https://www.lu.se/artikel/lunds-universitets-sommarlista-2017-massor-av-experter-pa-sommarens-fragor - 2025-12-21

Vissa ämnen skrivs det särskilt ofta i media om under sommaren. Här finns en lista över forskare vid Lunds universitet som kan svara på vanliga sommarfrågor och en rad andra ämnen som ofta är aktuella. Medicin, mat och hälsaFästingsmitta och malaria  Kristina Persson svarar på frågor om malaria och babesia – en fästingburen sjukdom som ökar i Sverige. Kristina Persson forskare och lektor vid Lunds

https://www.lu.se/artikel/lunds-universitets-sommarlista-2019-massor-av-experter-pa-sommarens-fragor - 2025-12-22