Published 29 September 2020 Lund University researchers have developed an analytical model that can effectively detect and identify gene mutations in breast tumours. In the study, which is the largest of its kind anywhere in the world, they are now reporting results from 3,200 breast cancer patients. Lao Saal, cancer researcher at Lund University. Photo: Olle Dahlbäck To assist them, they have uti

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-analytical-method-benefits-breast-cancer-patients - 2025-05-09

By asa [dot] hansdatter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 6 October 2020 A drug has shown great promise in the treatment of neuroblastoma, an aggressive form of childhood cancer. The study was led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden, and is published in the journal Science Translational Medicine. Every year, about 20 children in Sweden are diagnosed with neuroblastoma

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/promising-treatment-aggressive-childhood-cancer - 2025-05-09

By johanna [dot] sandahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Johanna Sandahl) - published 9 October 2020 Agnete Kirkeby is working to repair the brain with stem cells. “The goal of our research is to understand how the human brain is formed and how it functions. And how we can repair it by generating new cells in the lab.” Agnete Kirkeby is one of the reserchers at Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/meet-weeks-wallenberg-researcher-agnete-kirkeby - 2025-05-09

By Magnus [dot] aspegren [at] skane [dot] se (Magnus Aspegren) - published 9 October 2020 Should patients with separate variants of type 2 diabetes be treated with different types of drugs? Researchers at Lund University in Sweden and Skåne University Hospital will attempt to answer that question in a new study. Anders Rosengren. Photo: Johan Wingborg Type 2 diabetes is one of the fastest growing

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-study-personalized-type-2-diabetes-treatment-launched - 2025-05-09

By johanna [dot] sandahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Johanna Sandahl) - published 14 October 2020 Niklas Mattsson-Carlgren is searching for underlying causes for Alzheimer’s Disease. “I am motivated by the possibility that my work may make difference for patients with Alzheimer’s Disease.” Niklas Mattsson-Carlgren is one of the reserchers at Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at Lund Univers

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/meet-weeks-wallenberg-researcher-niklas-mattsson-carlgren - 2025-05-09

By johanna [dot] sandahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Johanna Sandahl) - published 21 October 2020 Nicholas Leigh is studying how other organisms have solved biological problems “The idea is that by understanding how other species are able to, for instance, regenerate a limb, we could help promote regeneration in humans.” Nicholas Leigh is one of the researchers at Wallenberg Centre for Molecular M

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/meet-weeks-wallenberg-researcher-nicholas-leigh - 2025-05-09

By alexander [dot] doyle [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexander Doyle) - published 22 October 2020 Researcher Els Mansell, first author of the article published in Cell Stem Cell. In a collaborative study, researchers from Lund Stem Cell Center and University College London have developed a novel method of isolating ‘young’ stem cells still present in old mice. They show that activity of mitochondr

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/novel-approach-identifies-young-stem-cells-old-mice - 2025-05-09

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 23 October 2020 Joel Sjöbom (left) and Per Petersson (right) are two of the researchers involved in the study, which has been published in Science Advances. Photo: Tove Smeds Researchers at Lund University in Sweden studied self-grooming rats in order to better understand how the brain chooses what comes next in a sequence of

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/self-grooming-rats-offered-clues-how-brain-chooses-behaviour - 2025-05-09

By johanna [dot] sandahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Johanna Sandahl) - published 28 October 2020 Paul Bourgine is studying skeletal tissue regeneration. “We study how human bones form, regenerate and how they function as a blood production center and use this knowledge for the design of specific regenerative therapies” Paul Bourgine is one of the researchers at Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Med

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/meet-weeks-wallenberg-researcher-paul-bourgine - 2025-05-09

By johanna [dot] sandahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Johanna Sandahl) - published 4 November 2020 Filipe Pereira explore if reprogramming cells can pave the way for new cancer treatment. “We explore cell reprogramming strategies that can be applied for the treatment of human diseases and benefit of our whole society". Filipe Pereira is one of the researchers at Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medi

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/meet-weeks-wallenberg-researcher-filipe-pereira - 2025-05-09

Published 4 November 2020 Stefan Karlsson has been active as a researcher at Lund University for 25 years and during that time has received many major grants and awards. However, never a gold medal. - It feels like a very great honor because the medal is only awarded every nine years for medical research efforts, says Stefan KarlssonThe Royal Physiographic Society will be awarding the commemorativ

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/gold-medal-stefan-karlsson - 2025-05-09

By tove [dot] gilvad [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - published 9 November 2020 In October, Predrag Bakic received a research grant from the Swedish Breast Cancer Association for 600 000 SEK. His research focuses on the evaluation of a novel clinical imaging system for early breast cancer screening, which combines X-ray and mechanical imaging of the breast. Predrag Bakic. Photo: Tove Gil

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/grants-swedish-breast-cancer-association-breast-cancer-imaging-research - 2025-05-09

By johanna [dot] sandahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Johanna Sandahl) - published 11 November 2020 Iben Lundgaard is studying the cleaning system of the brain. “Our goal is to discover a mechanism that can be targeted so we can achieve effective brain cleaning even in old age.” Iben Lundgaard is one of the researchers at Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at Lund University (WCMM LU). This a

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/meet-weeks-wallenberg-researcher-iben-lundgaard - 2025-05-09

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 12 November 2020 One clear change meant minimising the number of patient visits to the clinic – instead, physicians, nurses and patients met via telephone or video call. A cancer diagnosis often entails many hospital visits and intensive treatments that can be very tiring for the patient. In the early days of the Covid-19 pand

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/wake-pandemic-new-methods-cancer-care - 2025-05-09

By sara [dot] liedholm [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Liedholm) - published 13 November 2020 Congratulations to Cheng Luan, research engineer from China and postdoc in the research group Diabetes - Islet Patophysiology who is given the Chinese government award for outstanding self finance students abroad. "It is one of greatest moments in my life", says Cheng Luan. Photo: Tove Gilvad – I would n

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/award-outstanding-chinese-student-abroad - 2025-05-09

By sofia_b [dot] liljedahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sofia B Liljedahl) - published 13 November 2020 Professor Kristina Åkesson will be Dean and Professor Martin L Olsson, Pro-Dean from 1 January 2021. It's official! Vice-Chancellor has approved proposed Dean and Pro-Dean at the Faculty of Medicine. Professor Kristina Åkesson will be Dean and Professor Martin L Olsson will be Pro-Dean, starting

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-dean-and-pro-dean - 2025-05-09

By johanna [dot] sandahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Johanna Sandahl) - published 18 November 2020 Darcy Wagner develops therapies for patients with lung diseases. “This could help to overcome the shortages in donor tissue available for patients and could further improve long-term survival.” Darcy Wagner is one of the researchers at Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at Lund University (WCMM

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/meet-weeks-wallenberg-researcher-darcy-wagner - 2025-05-09

By johanna [dot] sandahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Johanna Sandahl) - published 25 November 2020 Vinay Swaminathan studies cell movement in health and disease. “To understand how cells get hijacked in diseases, we need to understand how cells work.” Vinay Swaminathan is one of the researchers at Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at Lund University (WCMM LU). This autumn, every week, we pr

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/meet-weeks-wallenberg-researcher-vinay-swaminathan - 2025-05-09

By tove [dot] gilvad [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - published 25 November 2020 Martin Magnusson and Amra Jujic (Photo: Tove Gilvad) Diabetes is currently treated using incretin hormones to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and other medical issues that the illness can trigger. Now researchers from Lund University in Sweden have noted new links between these hormones and arterio

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/incretin-hormone-levels-linked-arteriosclerosis - 2025-05-09

By johanna [dot] sandahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Johanna Sandahl) - published 2 December 2020 João Duarte. Photo: Kennet Ruona João Duarte is linking cognitive impairment and diabetes. “Our findings might one day contribute to the development of metabolic or brain disease therapeutics.” João Duarte is one of the researchers at Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at Lund University (WCMM L

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/meet-weeks-wallenberg-researcher-joao-duarte - 2025-05-09