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For the first time, researchers have linked specific frequent defects in sperm to risk of pregnancy complications and negative impacts on the health of the baby. The study from Lund University in Sweden shows that high proportion of father’s spermatozoa possessing DNA strand breaks is associated with doubled risk of preeclampsia in women who have become pregnant by IVF. It also increases the risk

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/defective-sperm-doubles-risk-preeclampsia - 2025-11-23

For the first time, researchers have linked specific frequent defects in sperm to risk of pregnancy complications and negative impacts on the health of the baby. The study from Lund University in Sweden shows that high proportion of father’s spermatozoa possessing DNA strand breaks is associated with doubled risk of preeclampsia in women who have become pregnant by IVF. It also increases the risk

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/defective-sperm-doubles-risk-preeclampsia - 2025-11-24

Dust storms used to be a weather phenomenon associated with aridity and desert. This has now changed, and today they are occurring in places all over the Middle East, and more frequently than before. This peaked the interest of researcher Hossein Hashemi, who says that dust storms are one of the most pressing sustainability, economic, and health challenges currently facing the region. – When a dus

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/eye-dust-storm - 2025-11-23

Having LU researchers and lecturers on site is very important to develop functioning international collaborations, according to Head of International Relations at the Faculty of Medicine Karin Frydenlund. She has recently returned from a visit to Jordan, where the collaboration between LU and the University of Jordan is growing deeper and deeper. Vice-Chancellor Per Eriksson greets Abdullah M. Al-

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/collaboration-jordan-strengthened - 2025-11-23

The University will hold its first Future Week in October. It is to become an annual event in which researchers from the entire University will offer the general public lectures, panel discussions and debates intended to stimulate reflection about major future issues. The theme for this year’s week is adaptations – what do we have to do? What do we want to do? And what would we like to avoid? Hist

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/future-starts-october-0 - 2025-11-23

Directly after birth, the immune system completes production of a subtype of antibody-producing immune cells, B-1, that are to last for a lifetime. No more B1-cells are formed after that point. However, these cells are self-reactive – they produce not only antibodies against foreign substances, but also against the body’s own substances, and it is unclear why the immune system allows for the devel

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-self-reactive-immune-cells-are-allowed-develop - 2025-11-23

Directly after birth, the immune system completes production of a subtype of antibody-producing immune cells, B-1, that are to last for a lifetime. No more B1-cells are formed after that point. However, these cells are self-reactive – they produce not only antibodies against foreign substances, but also against the body’s own substances, and it is unclear why the immune system allows for the devel

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/how-self-reactive-immune-cells-are-allowed-develop - 2025-11-23

A former student had heard that our senior lecturer in statistics, Pierre Carbonnier was about to retire after this semester. Would we do a feature on him? The student remembered him fondly and added that his mother had also had Pierre as a teacher and thought he was pretty awesome. Few, if any statistics teachers can claim to have reached and inspired more students than Pierre Carbonnier, who has

https://www.lusem.lu.se/internal/article/44-years-carbonnier-stats-dont-lie - 2025-11-23

Researchers at Lund University have shown that a group of proteins are crucial for smooth muscle function in the gastrointestinal tract. A lack of these proteins leads to a lethal condition called intestinal pseudo obstruction in mice. The findings play a major role in our knowledge of organs that are dependent on normal smooth muscle function such as blood vessels, airways and bladder. The study

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/impaired-bowel-movement-due-lack-protein - 2025-11-23

Up to now, there has been uncertainty over whether microplastics from playgrounds is released into watercourses. A detailed study of a school playground in Lomma, Sweden, now clearly shows that microplastic is released into a nearby river. The soft rubber surfacing intended to protect our children is also threatening animal life, both at sea and on land. Rubber-based surfaces are increasingly comm

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/playground-found-release-microplastic-nearby-river - 2025-11-23

In a unique study, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have mapped the origins of migratory birds. They used the results to investigate and discover major differences in the immune systems of sedentary and migratory birds. The researchers conclude that migratory species benefit from leaving tropical areas when it is time to raise their young – as moving away from diseases in the tropics enabl

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/birds-migrate-away-diseases - 2025-11-23

Studies have repeatedly linked maternal smoking during pregnancy with reduced sperm counts in male offspring. Now a research team at Lund University in Sweden has discovered that, independently of nicotine exposure from the mother, men whose fathers smoked at the time of pregnancy had half as many sperm as those with non-smoking fathers. The study was conducted on 104 Swedish men aged between 17 a

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/sperm-count-50-lower-sons-fathers-who-smoke - 2025-11-23

Heatwaves similar to those experienced in Europe in 2018 can have a very negative impact on animals. A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that overheated birds have smaller offspring, and that those that are born may have lower chances of survival. Researchers were already aware that animals living in very warm regions of the globe are less active during the hottest hours of the day. N

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/more-heatwave-summers-will-affect-animals - 2025-11-23

Directly after birth, the immune system completes production of a subtype of antibody-producing immune cells, B-1, that are to last for a lifetime. No more B1-cells are formed after that point. However, these cells are self-reactive – they produce not only antibodies against foreign substances, but also against the body’s own substances, and it is unclear why the immune system allows for the devel

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/how-self-reactive-immune-cells-are-allowed-develop - 2025-11-24

The EU is now focusing efforts on innovation work – and it is also important for LU to pick up the pace! The question “How can a university sharpen up its innovation environment”, was on the agenda at the LERU meeting “Policy group enterprise and innovation” recently. Universities in Europe have started to position themselves more clearly in terms of the role the universities can, and perhaps simp

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/innovation-work-european-perspective - 2025-11-24

Edouard Berrocal, a university lecturer at the Department of Physics, has developed a new method to test hazy liquids using scattered light. Read about how he combines his academic career with his role as the founder of Spec-Imaging AB. Spec-Imaging is the company that builds on Edouard Berrocal’s research. Previously, it was often not possible to make reliable measurements of hazy, or what are ca

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-discoveries-groundbreaking-products - 2025-11-24

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a digital cognitive test for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease that is intended for use in primary care. “This digital test, which patients perform on their own with minimal involvement from healthcare personnel, improves the primary care physician's ability to determine who should be further examined by blood tests for Alzheimer's pathology ear

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/new-digital-cognitive-test-diagnosing-alzheimers-disease - 2025-11-23

Newborn babies are already being screened for mutations and genetic tests help families with hereditary breast cancer. Genomic-driven precision medicine (GDPM) is an emerging approach for disease treatment. Around 30 Swedish researchers suggest a direction forward in a review article in Journal of Internal Medicine (JIM). "At the moment newborns are screened for a small number of mutations. In the

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/precision-medicine-emerging-approach-complex-diseases - 2025-11-23

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a digital cognitive test for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease that is intended for use in primary care. “This digital test, which patients perform on their own with minimal involvement from healthcare personnel, improves the primary care physician's ability to determine who should be further examined by blood tests for Alzheimer's pathology ear

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-digital-cognitive-test-diagnosing-alzheimers-disease - 2025-11-23

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a digital cognitive test for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease that is intended for use in primary care. “This digital test, which patients perform on their own with minimal involvement from healthcare personnel, improves the primary care physician's ability to determine who should be further examined by blood tests for Alzheimer's pathology ear

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-digital-cognitive-test-diagnosing-alzheimers-disease - 2025-11-24