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The EAT-Lancet diet is a framework designed to promote environmental sustainability while also preventing common diseases such as type 2 diabetes. How do we know if the diet actually works? An international research team studied seven dietary scores and found that two of them were particularly good at evaluating adherence to the diet. Reliable diet scores are important when developing sustainable

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/research-paves-way-sustainable-dietary-recommendations - 2025-12-29

The dream of finding the “diabetes gene” is dead. However, partly thanks to Leif Groop – professor and multiple award recipient for his ground-breaking research – we will look at type 2 diabetes in a whole new way in the future. He is now retiring, and in an interview with diabetesportalen.se he looks back on his eventful career in research. The study that since 2006 has been the central hub of th

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/time-burie-lada-interview-leif-groop - 2025-12-29

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered that the appetite hormone CART is regulated by glucose and is found in greater quantity in people with type 2 diabetes. “This could be the body’s own defence mechanism to lower blood sugar levels in case of type 2 diabetes”, says Associate Professor Nils Wierup, in charge of the study. The study shows that the appetite hormone CART not only

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/antidiabetic-effects-discovered-appetite-hormone-cart - 2025-12-29

Heart attack and stroke are common complications of diabetes, as the body's ability to repair and form vessels is impaired. Researchers at Lund University have developed a new substance with the capacity to stimulate vascular repair response and the formation of vessels. In diabetes, the body's ability to repair vascular damage caused by the disease is impaired, which can lead to complications suc

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-peptide-may-reduce-risk-diabetes-complications - 2025-12-29

Precision medicine seeks to reduce errors and improve accuracy in medical and health recommendations, but better evidence is needed to fulfil its potential. An international consortium led by Paul Franks at Lund University presents new guidelines that may increase the clinical relevance of precision medicine research. An international consensus report on precision medicine that was published in Na

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-guidelines-aim-increase-accuracy-precision-medicine-research - 2025-12-29

During his more than 50-year career, diabetes researcher Åke Lernmark has made several significant discoveries that have increased knowledge about type 1 diabetes. His research contributes to creating conditions for a national screening programme in Sweden. In Sweden, around 1,000 children and an equal number of adults develop type 1 diabetes each year. The disease has major consequences for the f

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/scientist-who-paving-way-screening-type-1-diabetes - 2025-12-29

People with type 2 diabetes have a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease and dying prematurely due to atherosclerosis. A research team at Lund University in Sweden has now identified molecular mechanisms that may explain the increased risk. Their discovery may lead to more accurate treatments for patients with atherosclerosis and type 2 diabetes in the future. People with type 2 diabete

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-explanation-dangerous-atherosclerotic-plaques-type-2-diabetes - 2025-12-29

Obesity is a common cause of diabetes, heart disease and early death, but risk differs greatly from one person to the next. In work led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden as part of the Innovative Medicine Initiative project SOPHIA, a pioneering clinical risk prediction algorithm has been developed that splits obesity into 5 separate diagnostic profiles each with contrasting health conseq

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-precision-medicine-approach-helps-detect-subgroups-people-obesity-high-risk-diabetes-and-heart - 2025-12-29

Diabetes researcher Joao Duarte specialices in studying what happens in the brain in diabetes. In his research, he is also investigating how diet changes can improve brain function in connection with diabetes. He will be awarded this year's Medeon stipend on the World Diabetes Day Skåne event in Malmö on November 14. "I hope that my research can contribute to an increased awareness of the importan

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/praised-research-diabetes-and-dementia - 2025-12-29

In 2025, children within the TEDDY study will submit their final samples at research clinics in Sweden, Finland, Germany and the United States. The international study has provided a lot of new knowledge about type 1 diabetes and how the disease develops. Analysis of the samples will continue with the aim of preventing the disease. Sweden and Finland are the two top countries for incidence rates o

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-knowledge-about-type-1-diabetes-large-scale-teddy-study-will-soon-be-completed - 2025-12-29

In type 2 diabetes, the body's ability to release insulin is impaired, which leads to high blood glucose levels. Research led from Lund University shows how the levels of a particular protein are elevated in the pancreas of people with type 2 diabetes. By knocking out the gene for the protein IGFBP7, the researchers discovered that insulin secretion was improved. Reduced insulin secretion leads to

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/protein-affects-ability-secrete-insulin-type-2-diabetes - 2025-12-29

This year's recipient of the Leif C. Groop Award for Outstanding Diabetes Research maps out mechanisms in the adipose tissue, which has increased the understanding of why some people with obesity develop type 2 diabetes. Ingrid Wernstedt Asterholm at University of Gothenburg is spurred to find new answers when observations in the lab do not agree with the general view. Justification for awarding"I

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/ingrid-wernstedt-asterholm-receives-leif-c-groop-award-research-adipose-tissue - 2025-12-29

Ingrid Wernstedt Asterholm received the Leif C. Groop Award for Outstanding Diabetes Research at the annual LUDC Diabetes Research Day. "This award allows me to rest in the feeling that all the work I have done is good enough, at least for a short while,” said the recipient. Ingrid Wernstedt Asterholm at Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg is this year’s recipient of the Leif C. Groop

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/diabetes-event-highlighted-findings-may-lead-new-treatments - 2025-12-29

New research at Lund University shows that the biological parents’ genes affect the child's insulin function and capacity to regulate blood sugar levels and blood lipids in different ways. Such knowledge may be used to develop preventive treatments that reduce the child's risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Previous research by diabetes researcher Rashmi Prasad has shown

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/new-study-parents-metabolic-traits-can-affect-childs-health-over-time - 2025-12-29

Blåmesar är inte lika läraktiga som talgoxar. Men de nyfikna mesarna presterar ändå bättre än många andra fågelarter i kognitiva tester. Det visar en ny impulsstudie från Lunds universitet. Självkontroll är svårt för djur och brukar därför användas som jämförande mått när man vill undersöka allmän kognitiv förmåga hos olika arter. Det vanligaste verktyget är ”det transparenta cylindertestet”. Expe

https://www.biologi.lu.se/artikel/blamesar-trogare-talgoxar - 2025-12-29

Nu finns det bevis på att bins exponering för bekämpningsmedel beror på deras samspel med miljön. Enligt forskare från Lunds universitet och Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet, ökar binas bekämpningsmedelsrelaterade risker ju mer jordbruksmark som omger dem. Men detta gäller bara för det solitära biet och humlan, arter som söker föda över mindre ytor än honungsbiet. Denna upptäckt stöder de semi-naturl

https://www.biologi.lu.se/artikel/bins-utsatthet-bekampningsmedel-ar-art-och-landskapsberoende - 2025-12-29

Tränar du för mycket och inte vilar tillräckligt är det dåligt för hälsan. Nu visar en studie från Lunds universitet att samma sak gäller för flyttfåglar. De behöver ta rast inte bara för att få ny energi utan även för att boosta immunförsvaret. Efter en period av ansträngande fysisk aktivitet behöver ryggradsdjur, inklusive människor, vanligtvis en period av återhämtning. Förutom det uppenbara –

https://www.biologi.lu.se/artikel/flyttfaglar-rastar-att-boosta-immunforsvaret - 2025-12-29

Frön och talgbollar genererar inte bara mätta småfågelmagar. Ny forskning från Lunds universitet visar att matning under vinterhalvåret får fåglarna att bli friskare eftersom de inte behöver lägga lika mycket energi på att bekämpa infektioner. En liten förändring i kroppstemperatur kan vara direkt dödlig för människan. Småfåglar, däremot, sänker sin nattliga kroppstemperatur med flera grader under

https://www.biologi.lu.se/artikel/fagelmatning-gor-smafaglar-friskare - 2025-12-29

Genom att studera grönalger i svenska sjöar har ett forskarlag, lett från Lunds universitet, lyckats identifiera vilka miljöförhållanden som främjar flercellighet. Resultaten ger oss nya ledtrådar till evolutionens svindlande vägar. Utvecklingen av flercelligt liv har spelat en avgörande roll för den biologiska mångfalden. Vi har dock hittills vetat förvånansvärt lite om de naturliga miljöförhålla

https://www.biologi.lu.se/artikel/alger-i-svenska-insjoar-ger-nycklar-till-hur-komplext-liv-pa-jorden-utvecklats - 2025-12-29

Medan sydliga arter som steglits och svarthakad buskskvätta blir allt vanligare på våra breddgrader är arter som storspov och rödvingetrast på nordlig reträtt. Det visar Svensk Fågeltaxerings årsrapport för 2022. Inom Svensk Fågeltaxering övervakar Biologiska institutionen vid Lunds universitet förändringar i de svenska fågelbeståndens storlek. Sedan drygt 50 år räknar frivilliga ornitologer antal

https://www.biologi.lu.se/artikel/forandrat-klimat-ritar-om-den-svenska-fagelkartan - 2025-12-29