Researchers are developing a new cancer immunotherapy that reprograms cancer cells into dendritic cells using an adenoviral vector. The image shows how this new approach, tested In preclinical studies, works. Image credit: Joana Carvalho. Researchers at Lund University are developing a new type of gene therapy that reprograms cancer cells within tumors into immune cells that can help the immune sy

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/researchers-reprogram-tumor-cells-cancer-fighting-immune-cells-living-beings - 2025-09-07

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Maria Blasi Romero took her strong drive and engagement to the UN Conference of the Parties on Biodiversity, COP15, in Montreal. Photo: Kennet Ruona We need to prioritise nature even if there are other conflicting interests – biodiversity is essential to all of us on the planet and ultimately to our health and wellbeing. The statement comes from Maria Blasi Romero, researcher in Biodiversity and C

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/young-scientists-eager-influence-policy-makers-biodiversity - 2025-09-07

Foto: Rustam Urinboyev De ekonomiska sanktionerna mot Ryssland efter invasionen av Ukraina har destabiliserande effekter även i Centralasien. Eftersom ekonomiska och sociala påfrestningar i Ryssland kan leda till omfattande uppsägningar av migrantarbetare förbereder sig Tadzjikistan, Kirgizistan och Uzbekistan för ett stort antal hemvändande arbetslösa män. Rubelns värdeminskning i början av mars

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/artikel/centralasiatiska-gastarbetare-hotas-av-massarbetsloshet - 2025-09-07

Ny resurs: Digital Theatre+ Konstnärliga fakultetens bibliotek har startat en prenumeration på Digital Theatre+. Digital Theatre+ innehåller strömmande video, digitala lärresurser och texter inom scenkonstområdet. Plattformen samarbetar med giganter som the Royal Shakespeare Company, Broadway HD och BBC men också med mindre teatrar och scenkonstutbildningar runt om i världen. Länk till resurs i da

https://www.lub.lu.se/internt/artikel/nyhetsbrev-mars-e-media-och-vetenskaplig-kommunikation-2 - 2025-09-07

Åkermark med gräsfoderproduktion (vall) i södra Sverige. Vall är en typ av biomassa som även kan användas för att producera biogas. Bild: Josefin Winberg. Bioenergi spelar en viktig roll i omställningen till ett fossilfritt samhälle. Men den ”outnyttjade” jordbruksmark, så kallad marginalmark, som är lämplig för att odla bioenergi på i södra Sverige finns i praktiken inte, visar en ny studie från

https://www.cec.lu.se/sv/artikel/mark-som-pekats-ut-som-avgorande-svensk-bioenergi-ar-redan-upptagen-visar-ny-studie - 2025-09-07

Pufendorf-temat DigiJustice har nu avslutat sin första termin. Två temamedlemmar och forskare från Institutionen för informatik delar med sig av sina erfarenheter av temat så här långt. Miranda Kajtazi, docent i informatik, leder det pågående Pufendorf-temat DigiJustice tillsammans med Lena Halldenius, professor i mänskliga rättigheter. Institutionen för informatik representeras också av Osama Man

https://www.ehl.lu.se/artikel/en-host-med-digijustice-informatikperspektivet - 2025-09-07

Stina Loo släpper bok om släktforskning. På fysiska institutionen är hon Stina Loo, utbildningsadministratör på grundutbildningen. Men hon kan också titulera sig som språkvetare, egenföretagare och tv-personlighet. Och nu, med en dröm som gått i uppfyllelse: Författare. Boken ”Hitta din historia – släktforskning för alla” som Stina skrivit tillsammans med Ingeborg Arvastsson släpps i början av sep

https://www.fysik.lu.se/artikel/stina-gor-historien-levande-med-ny-bok - 2025-09-07

Bertrand Chavarría-Aldrete. Photo: Marco Giugliarelli for Civitella Ranieri Bertrand Chavarría-Aldrete has been a doctoral student at the Malmö Academy of Music since September 2020 and will soon be defending his dissertation project “Plastic Extension of Music” (22 May 2025). Part of his doctoral defence is a large exhibition that will take place at IAC (16–23 May 2025). What is your dissertatio

https://www.konstnarliga.lu.se/artikel/if-your-music-was-sculpture-what-would-it-look-meet-bertrand-chavarria-aldrete-find-out-more - 2025-09-07

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Forskare utvecklar en ny immunterapi som omprogrammerar cancerceller till dendritiska celler med hjälp av en adenoviral vektor. Bilden visar hur detta nya tillvägagångssätt, testat i prekliniska studier, fungerar. Bild: Joana Carvalho. Forskare vid Lunds universitet utvecklar en ny typ av genterapi som omprogrammerar cancerceller inuti tumörer till immunceller vilka kan hjälpa immunsystemet att be

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/ny-typ-av-genterapi-omprogrammerar-cancerceller-inuti-tumorer-till-immunceller - 2025-09-08

I en studie från Lunds universitet visar forskarna Suzanna Janzi och Emily Sonestedt (i bild) att sötade drycker har större negativ inverkan på hälsan än andra sockerkällor. Foto: Åsa Hansdotter En observationsstudie från Lunds universitet som undersökt sockerkonsumtion, har fått stor nationell och internationell uppmärksamhet. Studien visar att sötade drycker har större negativ inverkan på hälsan

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/fragor-och-svar-om-sockerstudie-fran-lunds-universitet - 2025-09-08

Jens Alfred Raahauge In Jens Alfred Raahauge´s MFA exhibition “Bordurien-Flintholm” the space was filled with paintings in vibrant colors. Moving through the space, I was meet by numerous works, all of them drawing me in with imagery which either surprised me or reminded me of memories of my own.      What has the process been like creating this MFA exhibition?     Looking back, pretty smooth actu

https://www.khm.lu.se/artikel/mfa-student-interview-series-part-vii-jens-alfred-raahauge-and-ida-brockmann - 2025-09-07

Kathrine High, visiting professor at Rockefeller University, CEO of RhyGaze AG, and former president and chief scientific officer at Spark Therapeutics. Photo: Tove Smeds. LUND SPRING SYMPOSIUM – When Katherine A. High began working with gene therapy, the field was new, promising – and riddled with uncertainty. Three decades later, she is a visiting professor at The Rockefeller University, CEO of

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/rewriting-genetic-fate-katherine-high-and-rise-gene-therapy - 2025-09-07

Photo: iStock/solarseven. Being able to predict diseases before they develop has become somewhat akin to the search for the Holy Grail. The difference is that research has a greater chance of success in finding what they are looking for than King Arthur's knights did. And in many cases, there are significant health benefits to being able to predict disease risk early: prevention is better than cur

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-research-unlocking-secrets-our-blood-early-death-and-diseaserisk - 2025-09-07

Central Asian migrant worker at a construction site in Russia. Photo: Rustam Urinboyev The economic sanctions against Russian following the invasion of Ukraine are having spillover effects in Central Asia. With the prospect of economic and social strain forcing Russian employers to lay off migrant workers, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan are preparing to receive high numbers of newly unempl

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/central-asian-migrant-workers-risk-mass-unemployment - 2025-09-07

The natural sources of sand and dust storms are mainly deserts and dry lands. In the hot months in the summertime, the strong north-easterly winds carry large amounts of particles across the region. Photo: AFP PHOTO/STR The Middle East and North African region lose about $13 billion a year because of increasing sand and dust storms. By combining learnings from artificial intelligence and 3000-year

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/sand-and-dust-storm-research-finds-answers-ai-and-ancient-knowledge - 2025-09-07

Researchers at Lund University have discovered how a hidden piece of DNA, known as a transposable element, disrupts normal gene function in a disease called X-Linked Dystonia-Parkinsonism (XDP). Image // Science Photo Library Researchers at Lund University have discovered how a hidden piece of DNA, known as a transposable element, disrupts normal gene function in a disease called X-Linked Dystonia

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/how-hidden-genetic-elements-trigger-rare-disorder - 2025-09-07

Forests are important to people’s health and wellbeing and provide us with many different benefits. Photo: iStockphoto How are we going to reach climate targets? That is an ever-present question for many of us. A major new EU project, CLIMB-FOREST, will create an overview of European forests and forestry over a period of four-and-a-half years. The aim is to be able to guide the forestry industry a

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-research-project-can-provide-guidance-how-european-forestry-should-be-conducted - 2025-09-07

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/electrospray-and-surface-plasmon-resonance-spectroscopy-phd-students-broadened-their-horizons - 2025-09-07