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A research team at Lund University in Sweden has discovered a mechanism that helps acute myeloid leukemia cells to evade the body’s immune system. By developing an antibody that blocks the mechanism, the researchers could restore the immune system’s ability to kill the cancer cells in laboratory trials and in mice. The discovery is published in Nature Cancer. In brief:Facts about the study: peer-r

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-mechanism-revealed-how-leukemia-cells-trick-immune-system - 2026-07-23

A research team at Lund University in Sweden has discovered a certain type of cells – foam cells – in patients with the aggressive brain tumour glioblastoma. It has been shown how these cells accelerate the cancer’s growth and that this can be successfully inhibited using a drug developed for arteriosclerosis. Glioblastoma affects around 500 Swedes every year and is the most common and most aggres

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/foam-cells-brain-tumours - 2026-07-23

Trump’s intervention in Venezuela was physical, concrete, and armed. What is happening now is decisive for the country’s future, but it also affects the entire region, according to Andrés Palacio, researcher at LUSEM. Historically, the United States has on several occasions asserted Central America, the Caribbean, and South America as its sphere of interest. Since the end of the Second World War,

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/venezuela-after-maduro - 2026-07-24

https://www.cencip.lu.se/artikel/cip-kurs-genomford-i-venedig-viu - 2026-07-23

For a researcher to be successful, he or she not only needs to produce good research – it also has to gain exposure. However, there is competition for space in scientific and popular science journals. This has led to the growth of a grey area with unprofessional journals that take payment from researchers who want their work to appear. Kristoffer Holmqvist recommends the information on the Univers

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/unprofessional-open-access-publishing-new-industry - 2026-07-23

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. – Varför är produkter tänkta för äldre ofta så trista? Visst är funktionen viktig, men sakerna kan ju gärna få vara snygga också! Det menar docent Britt Östlund, som forskar och undervisar om äldre och design. Britt Östlund visar hur ett trygghetslarm skulle kunna se ut. Foto: Gunnar Menander Som exempel tar hon try

https://www.lu.se/artikel/varfor-sa-trista-prylar-aldre - 2026-07-23

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Trafikolyckor står för fler än 1,3 miljoner dödsfall i världen varje år. För att bidra till att minska denna siffra ger Lunds universitet internationella kurser inom trafiksäkerhet. Den senaste gick av stapeln i augusti i år och deltagarna kom från Botswana, Uganda, Zambia, Malawi och Sydafrika. Lunds universitet ha

https://www.lu.se/artikel/uppdragsutbildning-fran-lunds-universitet-ska-bidra-till-att-minska-antalet-dodsfall-i-trafiken - 2026-07-23

Handelsrättsprofessorn på Ekonomihögskolan som väckt medial uppmärksamhet i frågor om spelberoende och dessutom gjort betydande insatser inom undervisning och forskning om EU-rätt – Jörgen Hettne – lämnar nu vår skola för att tillträda som domare vid EU-tribunalen i Luxemburg. Jörgen Hettne förklarar att tribunalen är en del av samma institution som EU-domstolen och är belägen i samma byggnad i Lu

https://www.ehl.lu.se/artikel/professor-i-handelsratt-blir-domare-vid-eu-tribunalen - 2026-07-23

Måndagen den 13 januari är det Arrival Day – dagen då Lunds universitet välkomnar vårterminens nya internationella studenter. Totalt har 767 studenter antagits till universitetets utbildningar under vårterminen 2025. De nya internationella studenterna kommer från 64 olika länder och representerar en mångfald av kulturer och bakgrunder. De största grupperna kommer från Nordamerika, Australien och E

https://www.lu.se/artikel/lunds-universitet-valkomnar-767-nya-internationella-studenter - 2026-07-24

Video games are easy to exploit, and are being used by actors ranging from IS and Hizbollah for recruitment, to Russia, who use it to spread propaganda during the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. This states a report from the Psychological Defence Research Institute at Lund University in Sweden. Since the 2016 US Presidential election, many democratic governments have paid close attention to how forei

https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/how-video-games-are-being-used-malign-foreign-actors-and-extremists - 2026-07-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. “How are you, what seems to be the problem?” asks Ahmed, who is playing Doctor Ali. “Well, I have had a stomach ache for a few days”, says 26 year-old Sadeq who is playing the patient, 50 year-old Bengt. “Can you describe your symptoms?” asks Ahmed/Doctor Ali, and Sadeq/Bengt explains about pain, nausea and vomiting.

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/recent-arrivals-practise-their-swedish-medics-language-cafe - 2026-07-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. International sustainability policies set out clear goals for protecting ecosystems and biodiversity, but how to actually achieve these goals remains elusive in practice, as biodiversity loss continues at an alarming rate. A new study published in the journal Nature Sustainability by an international team of 32 scient

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/clear-goals-murky-path-ecosystem-sustainability-key-knowledge-gaps-identified - 2026-07-23

I guess you can say that it goes up and down, but I would say that IT security is a question that worries me. We must act fast and start by analysing the current situation. We hear almost daily about threats from the surrounding world of intrusion, ransomware attacks* and spying. Lund University is of course no exception regarding these threats and we need to equip ourselves better to withstand th

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/what-state-it-security-lund-university - 2026-07-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Losing a body part can have a major impact on both function and feeling, with so-called phantom sensations. However, prosthetics research has made great progress in recent years. Among other advances, artificial sensation has been made possible with the help of surgically implanted electrodes. But how can one create s

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/sensory-impressions-artificial-hand-without-surgery - 2026-07-23

Our new Chief Veterinarian has landed. Research has always attracted her and the her new job means that she will have influence on strategic issues that require wise solutions. She is looking forward to the challenges. On a new job since the first of October, as Chief Veterinarian at Medfak, how does it feel? "It feels very exciting because it is a job where I get to be part of the changing enviro

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/new-chief-veterinarian-research-must-be-ethically-defensible-and-thus-contribute-societal-acceptance - 2026-07-23

Remnants of plastic left by humans can now be found practically everywhere in nature – in waterways, within animals, and even amidst the clouds. In her thesis, Micaela Mafla-Endara examined how nanoplastics that end up in the soil affect the microorganisms living there. The answer is clear: there is an effect on the organisms and how they behave. One could say that Micaela Mafla-Endara and her tea

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/nanoplastics-influence-microbial-activity-soil - 2026-07-23

Megan Andrews is in her second semester of the Bachelor's Programme in Design of Information Systems at the School of Economics and Management. We asked her a few questions about her experiences so far. (The interview is translated from Swedish.)What is your background? “I am originally from Canada, but moved to Sweden four years ago to live with my fiancé. In my home country, I studied psychology

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/bsc-student-portrait-megan-andrews - 2026-07-24

On 25 November, after two years of intense legal preparations, the youth organsation Aurora, submitted a litigation against the Swedish state for its insufficient climate policies – the very first of its kind in Sweden. Mark Connaughton, research assistant at LUCSUS, and member of the GAMES research project, a collaborative project led by LUCSUS with Copenhagen University and Imperial College Lond

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/aurora-climate-litigation - 2026-07-23

At the end of 2024, it was reported that Oskar Hansson, a world-leading Alzheimer's researcher at Lund University, is taking on new challenges at the pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly. At the same time, he continues to conduct research and teach in his role as professor at Lund University. What does the new position at Eli Lilly entail?"At Eli Lilly, I am involved in leading the development of new

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/hello-there-oskar-hansson - 2026-07-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Tomas Bergström is stepping down as head of department after nine years at the helm, twelve if you count his time as assistant head of department. During his time as head of department, the department grew by 50 per cent, external funding tripled, internationalisation proceeded at record speed, English became the work

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/tomas-bergstrom-hands-over-growing-eden - 2026-07-23