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Researchers at Lund University have discovered increased levels of a microRNA in type 2 diabetes, which has a negative effect on insulin secretion. Their experiments on human insulin producing cells in the pancreas also demonstrate that it is possible to increase the insulin secretion by reducing the levels of this microRNA. An important goal of the research is to develop new treatments for people

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/newly-discovered-drug-candidate-increases-insulin-secretion-type-2-diabetes - 2026-06-23

Sociologist of religion Linnea Jensdotter conducts research on the role of religion in politics. She has analysed 20,000 Facebook comments on articles from Sweden’s biggest news sites. Her analysis shows that religion is becoming more politicised. Some comments point to religion to assert “Swedish values”. Others display a genuine interest and a willingness to discuss. “What surprised me was that

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/religion-politicised-social-media - 2026-06-23

Our Themes are currently all busy with organising their final events and precisely at the same time, the cycle of our new Themes begins. “Breathless with anticipation”, the coordinators have started the practical planning for all involved researchers to be able to spend one day a week at Pufendorf IAS, starting in September. Here we briefly describe what they will be working on. Triggering Transfo

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/during-academic-year-20262027-five-new-themes-will-be-here-pufendorf-ias - 2026-06-23

Lately Ulf Johansson, professor in Marketing at LUSEM, has been quoted in the media on a weekly basis on issues relating to Coop’s survival, ICA’s gaining market shares, the depletion of commerce in city centres and e-commerce to name but a few. We spoke with Ulf Johansson, Professor of Marketing at LUSEM, about key retail trends and what lies ahead in the near future.“One thing is definitively th

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/what-about-retail-and-consumption-ulf - 2026-06-23

Through its extensive digitisation of older card catalogues, Lund University Library has made an unexpected discovery: a copy of astronomer Copernicus' famous work from the 16th century, which presents the theory that the Earth revolves around the Sun. The discovery was made possible thanks to the new full-text search in Catalogue-1957, which makes the library's older material much more accessible

https://www.ub.lu.se/en/article/digitisation-card-catalogues-led-unexpected-discovery-university-library - 2026-06-23

Packed tightly together like twinkling stellar beehives, these globular clusters are made up of hundreds of thousands of stars. Now, for the first time, a team of scientists can reveal how the ancient and mysterious star systems actually form. The existence of these globular clusters, comprising millions of stars, has been known since the invention of the telescope in the 17th century. Globular cl

https://www.science.lu.se/article/scientists-solve-astronomical-riddle - 2026-06-23

Packed tightly together like sparkling beehives in space. That's what the globular clusters of hundreds of thousands of stars look like. Now, for the first time, a team of researchers can reveal how these ancient and mysterious star systems are actually formed. The existence of these spherical clusters of millions of stars has been known since the invention of the telescope in the 17th century. Th

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/scientists-have-solved-astronomical-star-mystery - 2026-06-23

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. För experter i flera aktuella ämnen, se Experter – listor och databaser  Medicin och hälsa Sol, värme, smittor och sjukdomKlimat, luftföroreningar, värmeböljor och hälsaFysisk aktivitet, träning och

https://www.lu.se/artikel/lunds-universitets-sommarexpertlista-2024 - 2026-06-23

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Ett nytt antikroppstest vid covid-19 som utvecklats av forskare vid Lunds universitet har visat hög prestanda i kliniska tester och tillämpning. Antikropparna som mäts är kopplade till det så kallade spikeproteinet (S-protein) hos SARS-CoV-2-viruset som orsakar covid-19. Testet visar på 15 minuter om en person haft

https://www.lu.se/artikel/nytt-och-sakert-snabbtest-antikroppar-mot-covid-19 - 2026-06-23

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Ett nytt antikroppstest vid covid-19 som utvecklats av forskare vid Lunds universitet har visat hög prestanda i kliniska tester och tillämpning. Antikropparna som mäts är kopplade till det så kallade spikeproteinet (S-protein) hos SARS-CoV-2-viruset som orsakar covid-19. Testet visar på 15 minuter om en person haft

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/nytt-och-sakert-snabbtest-antikroppar-mot-covid-19 - 2026-06-23

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. En helt ny indelning av diabetessjukdomarna som även förutser risken för allvarliga följdsjukdomar och ger förslag på behandling. Det är resultatet av ANDIS, en studie som omfattar alla nyinsjuknade diabetiker i södra Sverige. Istället för indelningen i typ 1 och typ 2-diabetes föreslår forskarna fem olika grupper.

https://www.lu.se/artikel/paradigmskifte-i-diagnosticeringen-av-diabetessjukdomarna - 2026-06-23

När astmatikers luftvägar exponeras för kvalster försämras immunresponsen vilket kan leda till ett nedsatt immunförsvar. Personer med förkylningsastma kan då lättare drabbas av sekundära virus- och bakterieinfektioner. Studiens resultat tyder på att astmatiker bör undvika kvalster och att de patienter som dessutom är allergiska mot kvalster bör överväga att genomgå så kallad hyposensibilisering, m

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/ny-forskning-om-kopplingen-mellan-kvalster-och-luftvagsinfektioner - 2026-06-23

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. För personer med psykisk ohälsa kan vägen till ett fungerande arbetsliv vara lång och krokig. En ny avhandling från Lunds universitet ringar in vad som krävs för att göra arbetslivet möjligt för personer med psykisk ohälsa: Hopp och tro på personens förmåga att arbeta. Att arbeta personcentrerat och öka kunskapen om

https://www.lu.se/artikel/tro-pa-personers-formaga-att-arbeta - 2026-06-23

The increasing amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are causing our climate to warm at an alarming rate. The consequent changes are unprecedented, and difficult to predict due to the complexity of the Earth system.  While we know that half of the carbon emissions released to the atmosphere by fossil fuel usage are re-captured by the ocean and land ecosystems, we still lack knowledge when i

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/icos-supports-science-and-policy-making-first-comprehensive-article-describing-icos-published - 2026-06-23

A heated discussion under the hashtag Swedengate erupted on social media last spring. Swedes were accused of being strange as they did not invite their children’s friends to eat with them when the family was having dinner. The phenomenon was upsetting and ethnologist Håkan Jönsson was quickly inundated with questions. Are Swedes stingy? Swedengate came about when someone on the news and discussion

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/swedengate-disrespect-or-being-stingy - 2026-06-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. For over 20 years, a team of researchers at Lund University has worked on developing a drug against preeclampsia – a serious disorder which annually affects around 9 million pregnant women worldwide and is one of the main causes of death in both mothers and unborn babies. Now the researchers have published a study in

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/clinical-trials-beginning-possible-preeclampsia-treatment - 2026-06-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A forest management method different to those practised today would contribute to greater welfare and wellbeing for society in general, compared with current methods that mainly benefit the forestry industry. This has been shown in a new study by two researchers from Lund University in Sweden. There is an intensive de

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/another-type-forest-management-would-provide-greater-values-society - 2026-06-23

A long-standing bottleneck in technology development has been how to make processors and memories work faster together. Now, researchers in Lund have presented a new solution in which a memory cell is integrated with the processor, so that calculations can be performed much faster as they take place inside the memory circuit itself. In an article in Nature Electronics, the researchers describe the

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/nanowire-transistor-integrated-memory-enables-supercomputers-future - 2026-06-23

The University's Management Group has visited Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Utrecht University has written a text about the visit "The Swedish University appreciates Utrecht's innovative power". Here you can read Utrecht University's text. In the next LU News, the University Management will describe the visit to Utrecht with their own words. They are similar in several ways: Lund Universi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/utrecht-university-writes-about-lus-management-groups-visit-utrecht - 2026-06-23

Presently many of Sweden’s 20,000 Parkinson’s patients are not receiving the treatment they need, and many of the most seriously ill receive incorrect or inappropriate therapy. With the new Manage PD tool and the PD Pal study, Per Odin, professor at Lund University and senior attending physician at Skåne University Hospital in Lund, hopes to be able to improve the care of Parkinson’s patients. Eve

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/faster-and-better-treatment-parkinsons-disease-manage-pd-tool - 2026-06-23