Published 23 April 2019 Mats E. Eriksson Professor Mats E. Eriksson of Lund University in Sweden is now publishing his second book in the somewhat unusual subject combination of geological fossils and heavy metal music. Researching microscopic fossils and attempting to reconstruct several hundred million-year-old ecosystems is Mats E. Eriksson’s day job as a professor of geology at Lund University

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/geology-professor-releases-new-book-about-heavy-metal - 2025-06-19

Published 23 April 2019 Charlotte Ling and Tina Rönn (Photos: Stig-Åke Jönsson and Sara Liedholm) In the past decade, knowledge of how lifestyle affects our genes, a research field called epigenetics, has grown exponentially. Researchers at Lund University have summarised the state of scientific knowledge within epigenetics linked to obesity and type 2 diabetes in a review article published in the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-lifestyle-affects-our-genes - 2025-06-19

Published 8 April 2025 A human inherits genes from both parents and the genes control what traits a human should have. The researchers behind a new study have studied how metabolic traits are passed on from mothers and fathers to children. Photograph: Kennet Ruona New research at Lund University shows that the biological parents’ genes affect the child's insulin function and capacity to regulate b

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-study-parents-metabolic-traits-can-affect-childs-health-over-time - 2025-06-19

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 10 April 2025 In a world facing rising mental health challenges, neurodegenerative diseases and the limits of current treatments, Andres Lozano’s work points to a future where sound, light and a code may become some of medicine’s most powerful tools. LONGREAD. He treats tremor with sound waves, is preparing to help paralyzed p

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/fine-tuning-neural-circuits-heal-brain-segerfalk-lecturer-andres-lozano-next-gen-neurosurgery - 2025-06-19

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 10 April 2025 “Even with the simpler method of analysis, the blood test gives highly accurate results for Alzheimer’s disease pathology,” says Sebastian Palmqvist, associate professor and senior lecturer in neurology at Lund University. Photo: iStock A simpler method of analysing blood samples for Alzheimer’s disease has been

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/more-opportunities-test-alzheimers-using-new-analytical-method - 2025-06-19

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 11 April 2025 April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month. Globally, around 10 million people are affected by Parkinson’s disease—a condition where neurons in brain areas controlling movement gradually degenerate. Photo: Emma Nyberg What role does an inflammatory protein have in disease development? Which neuronal circuit

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/molecule-patient-six-promising-projects-advance-parkinsons-research - 2025-06-19

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 15 April 2025 “Today’s guidelines recommend stepwise addition of lipid-lowering treatment. But it’s often the case that this escalation takes too long, it’s ineffective and patients are lost to follow-up", says Margrét LeósdóttirPhoto: Åsa Hansdotter Patients suffering from myocardial infarction who receive early add-o

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/simple-medication-can-save-lives-cardiac-patients - 2025-06-19

By alexis_bento [dot] luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Bento Luis) - published 15 April 2025 The Lund Stem Cell Center at Lund University welcomes the beginning of a new chapter with the appointment of its new leadership team. As of January 1, 2025, Professor Malin Parmar has assumed the role of Director, with Associate Professor Göran Karlsson stepping in as Deputy Director. Together, they

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/lund-stem-cell-center-welcomes-new-leadership-team - 2025-06-19

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 8 May 2025 Photo: Åsa Hansdotter Researchers at Lund University have developed a new method to determine how the composition of proteins in blood changes in response to disease or organ damage. This could provide a deeper understanding of how diseases affect the body and be used to discover new biomarkers in the blood

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/protein-changes-reveal-diseases - 2025-06-19

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 14 May 2025 The researchers could see an increase in the number of pregnancies and a relative number of 38% more babies born among women who received hormone therapy that matched their gene variation compared with those who did not. Photo: iStock Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have conducted a clinical study to show

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/higher-success-rate-using-simple-oral-swab-test-ivf - 2025-06-19

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 15 May 2025 Marie Jönsson, grant manager Stem Cell Center and Mattias Magnusson, director of RAMP-UP at the Lund Research School in Stem Cell Biology and group leader at the Stem Cell Center. Photo: Alexis Bento Luis Lund University in Sweden has been awarded an EU grant of 8.3 million euros for a new international doc

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/83-million-euros-doctoral-programme-regenerative-medicine-and-atmp - 2025-06-19

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 2 June 2025 There was no ribbon-cutting, but a symbolic demolition of a 3D-printed giant virus. Photo: Agata Garpenlind Lund University Virus Centre (LUVC) holds festive inauguration (May 27). There was no ribbon-cutting ceremony, but instead a symbolic demolition of a 3D-printed giant virus marked the official ope

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/lund-universitys-virus-centre-inaugurated-symbolic-demolition-giant-virus - 2025-06-19

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 5 June 2025 Bengt Zöller and his fellow researchers have now identified the strongest genetic risk factor since Factor V Leiden was discovered. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter Blood clots can form in both arteries and veins. However, the reasons behind them differ, as do the consequences and the chances of preventing blood clots

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-gene-variants-significantly-increase-risk-blood-clots - 2025-06-19

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 16 June 2025 The study's results indicate a link between the food we eat and serious heart problems caused by atherosclerotic plaques, such as heart attacks. Photo: iStock A Swedish multi-centre study led by researchers at Lund University shows a link between low fibre consumption and the presence of unstable or high-risk plaq

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/link-identified-between-low-fibre-diet-and-more-dangerous-type-atherosclerotic-plaque-coronary2 - 2025-06-19

By noomi [dot] egan [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 19 June 2025 Professors Thoas Fioretos, Lao Saal, Carl Borrebaeck and Åke Borg are behind some of the most promising companies and approaches within diagnostics and treatment emerging from cancer research at Lund University. Photo: Tove Smeds, Olle Dahlbäck. Professors Carl Borrebaeck, Thoas Fioretos, Lao Saal and Åke Borg sha

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/how-turn-research-ideas-real-world-impact - 2025-06-19

Published 29 May 2019 The most common form of childhood cancer is acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). Researchers at Lund University in Sweden, in cooperation with Karolinska Institutet, SciLifeLab and the University of Cambridge, have now carried out the most extensive analysis to date of ALL at the protein level, by studying the activity in over 8 000 genes and proteins. The results show aberra

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/first-major-study-proteins-patients-acute-lymphoblastic-leukaemia - 2025-06-19

Published 29 May 2019 Feng Zhang and Malin Parmar (Photo: Ingemar Hultquist) Feng Zhang, professor at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard visited Lund University at the beginning of March to deliver the annual honorary lecture organised by the Royal Physiographic and Mendelian Societies in Lund. First published: 2019-05-26Listen to the interview and hear more about why Feng Zhang wants to intro

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/honorary-lecturer-feng-zhang-crispr-research-treasure-hunt-nature - 2025-06-19

Published 29 May 2019 First published: 2019-05-03Indian women are younger and leaner than Swedish women when they develop gestational diabetes, a new study from Lund University shows. The researchers also found a gene that increases the risk of gestational diabetes in Swedish women, but which, on the contrary, turned out to have a protective effect in Indian women.Gestational diabetes is character

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/gestational-diabetes-india-and-sweden - 2025-06-19

Published 29 May 2019 Henrik Jörntell and Jonas Enander After a series of studies, researchers at Lund University in Sweden, together with colleagues in Italy, have shown that not only one part, but most parts of the brain can be involved in processing the signals that arise from touch. The results open the way for a new approach to how the brain’s network of neurons processes information, and the

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-view-mechanisms-how-brain-works - 2025-06-19

Published 29 May 2019 The number of cases of disease caused by Leishmania, a parasite that is spread via bites by sand flies which are mainly found in tropical and subtropical areas and in countries around the Mediterranean, has increased in Sweden. The most serious form of the disease usually leads to death if untreated. First published: 2019-05-06“This disease is still very rare in Sweden but th

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/study-shows-increase-parasite-disease-sweden - 2025-06-19