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Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Mångårig diabetes, höga blodsocker och högt blodtryck – är de tre viktigaste riskfaktorerna för diabetiska ögonskador. En 73 årig kvinna i Brasilien har dem alla men hon har inte ett spår av ögonförändringar trots att hon haft typ 1 diabetes i 69 år. Hon och andra enstaka som slipper komplikationer kan ge forskarna

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/vanskott-diabetes-i-69-ar-men-inga-ogonskador - 2026-05-05

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Det är dubbelt så vanligt att barn och ungdomar som har insulinpump drabbas av syraförgiftning jämfört med dem som tar insulininjektioner. Syraförgiftning är ett farligt tillstånd men i de allra flesta fall är det inte pumpens fel. Insulinpumpar har flera fördelar. Den främsta, vilket många undersökningar visar, är

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/syraforgitfning-vanligare-hos-pumpanvandare - 2026-05-06

Idag är Alzheimers sjukdom den vanligaste dödsorsaken för personer med Downs syndrom. Forskare vid Lunds universitet har därför, i samarbete med Alzheimer’s Biomarker Consortium – Down Syndrome i USA, undersökt biomarkörer i blodplasman hos denna grupp. Dessa markörer kan hjälpa till att förutsäga framtida förändringar i hjärnan och kognitiv nedsättning vid Alzheimers sjukdom, för personer med Dow

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/blodprov-kan-forutse-demens-vid-downs-syndrom - 2026-05-06

Cecilia Lenander, doktor i medicinsk vetenskap vid Lunds universitet medverkar på plats på årets Bokmässa i Göteborg 23-26 september. Andra medverkande är Bertil R Persson, professor emeritus i medicinsk strålningsfysik och Boel Bengtsson, professor i oftalmologi. Cecilia Lenander är redaktör för boken ”Efter antibiotika: Om smitta i en ny tid” tillsammans med sociologen Henrik Loodin, Kristofer H

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/bokmassan-om-antibiotika-cancerbehandling-och-synfaltsmatning - 2026-05-05

Regeringens nya satsningen på excellenskluster omfattar totalt 2,5 miljarder kronor. Lunds universitetet har beviljats medel för att gå vidare med åtta plus sex projekt. För att stärka Sveriges innovationskraft och teknologiska självständighet har Vetenskapsrådet (VR) och Vinnova fått i uppdrag att bygga upp excellenskluster inom banbrytande teknik. Totalt investeras 2,5 miljarder kronor, 1,5 milj

https://www.medarbetarwebben.lu.se/artikel/fjorton-natverk-far-medel-fran-vetenskapsradet-och-vinnova-planering-av-framtida-excellenskluster - 2026-05-06

In patients with symptoms such as irregular heartbeats, dizziness, or fainting, or in individuals that physicians suspect may have atrial fibrillation, many days of ECGs may be required for diagnosis – “long-term ECG recordings”. These recordings must then undergo a time-consuming and human resource-intensive review to identify heart rhythm abnormalities. In a large international study, researcher

https://www.ai.lu.se/article/ai-better-humans-analysing-long-term-ecg-recordings - 2026-05-05

Since graduating from the master's degree programme in Management (MiM) in 2019, Jordan has built a successful career in Sweden, starting as an engineering consultant before becoming a Product Owner at Volvo Cars. In this interview, he shares insights into his journey, the impact of his studies, and advice for international graduates looking to enter the Swedish job market. Editor's note: this int

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/jordan-stilley-alumnus-msc-management-2019 - 2026-05-06

Many lung patients face a critical shortage of organs for transplantation. To address this challenge, the ‘The Bridge - Lungs for Life’ initiative led by Professor Sandra Lindstedt at the Skåne University Hospital in Lund and Lund University will establish a centralized Danish-Swedish "renovation facility" for damaged lungs – a first-of-its-kind endeavor in Europe. Lung transplantation is the prim

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/bridge-lungs-life-eu-funding-supports-oresund-lung-transplant-initiative - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In our everyday lives, we surround ourselves with electronics without really thinking about it. We go to work by car or train, travel by air when we go on holiday, and are reliant on our mobile phones, iPads and laptops. We take the products’ functions for granted, until they suddenly stop working. The fact is that th

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/eu-project-produce-more-reliable-electronics - 2026-05-05

“English is like a membrane between us and reality”. The quote comes from a teacher at a Swedish higher education institution and describes their experience of teaching Swedish students in English. “Today, there are often no educational reasons why a particular course in the first-cycle is taught in English,” argues Peter Svensson, senior lecturer in Business Administration at Lund University Scho

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/poorer-learning-if-teaching-anglicised - 2026-05-05

“English is like a membrane between us and reality”. The quote comes from a teacher at a Swedish higher education institution and describes their experience of teaching Swedish students in English. “Today, there are often no educational reasons why a particular course in the first-cycle is taught in English,” says Peter Svensson, senior lecturer in Business Administration at the School of Economic

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/poorer-learning-if-teaching-anglicised - 2026-05-06

LUCSUS Director Barry Ness and Professor Lennart Olsson are proud that Lund University is ranked third in the world in Sustainability in the QS World University Rankings. It is a ranking well deserved they say. – Over the past 25 years, researchers at Lund University have been pioneers in the interdisciplinary field of sustainability studies. In 2008, when the Faculty of Social Sciences establishe

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/lund-university-ranked-third-world-qs-sustainability-ranking-well-deserved - 2026-05-05

Det har gått ett decennium sedan världens länder skrev under Parisavtalet. Statsvetaren Fariborz Zelli summerar vad som överraskat – både positivt och negativt – i klimatpolitiken under de senaste tio åren och blickar även framåt. Vilken har varit den största framgången med Parisavtalet hittills?– Jag skulle nog säga att den största framgången är att FN lyckats behålla sin centrala roll i det glob

https://www.lu.se/artikel/vantat-och-ovantat-tio-ar-efter-parisavtalet - 2026-05-06

What is most surprising about the demonstrations in Iran, is how young the protesting girls are. So says Rola El-Husseini, researcher in political sociology and expert on women's movements in the Middle East. On Monday, she will participate in a panel discussion on Iran, organised by the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies at Lund University. – Iran is rocked by major protests about every t

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/leadership-needed-protests-usher-change-iran - 2026-05-05

Economic conditions influence whether and when people choose to have children. A new report from the Swedish government inquiry A Future with Children, led by LUSEM economist Åsa Hansson, shows how financial risks – particularly for women – may be contributing to declining birth rates. Fewer children are being born in Sweden, and economic conditions may play a larger role than previously assumed.

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/economic-security-shapes-decisions-about-having-children - 2026-05-06

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new blood test demonstrated remarkable promise in discriminating between persons with and without Alzheimer’s disease and in persons at known genetic risk may be able to detect the disease as early as 20 years before the onset of cognitive impairment, according to a large international study published today in the J

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-blood-test-shows-great-promise-diagnosis-alzheimers-disease - 2026-05-05

BECC regularly welcomes guest researchers to work in areas within its scientific framework, with the aim to further strengthen the research and research groups. Prof. Dr. Alexandra-Maria Klein is head of the Chair of Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology at the University of Freiburg in Germany, who recently finished her timer as a BECC guest researcher. Prof. Dr. Alexandra-Maria Klein from th

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/alexandra-klein-work-inspiration-and-tips-her-time-guest-researcher-becc - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Kidney exchange, refugee placements and choosing schools. Separate things but with the common denominator that, with digitalisation's new tools, it is possible to save both time and money – and to save lives.  "I don't like it when I see things that are wrong which research could solve. Then it is up to me to take my

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/algorithm-maker-saving-lives - 2026-05-05

There is a large carton of chicken eggs on the bench in Sofie Mohlin's laboratory. They have been delivered during the morning and soon they will be placed in the 37-degree heat of the incubator so that the embryo can develop. Already 42 hours after fertilization, researchers can begin their experiments to study how neuroblastoma develops. Sofie Mohlin is an Associate Professor in Molecular Physio

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/eggs-can-help-us-understand-neuroblastoma - 2026-05-05

A multifaceted British-Israeli researcher has been awarded the prestigious visiting professorship in Olof Palme’s memory and will spend 10 months at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies at Lund University. The right to euthanasia, multiculturalism and peace in Israel and Palestine are a few of his areas of research. LUM meets Raphael Cohen-Almagor in an attic room at the Centre for Advan

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/professorship-olof-palmes-memory-british-israeli-researcher - 2026-05-05