Published 24 July 2020 Alex Evilevitch (Photo: Tove Smeds) Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered a new method to treat human herpes viruses. The new broad-spectrum method targets physical properties in the genome of the virus rather than viral proteins, which have previously been targeted. The treatment consists of new molecules that penetrate the protein shell of the virus and

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/antiviral-method-against-herpes-paves-way-combatting-incurable-viral-infections - 2025-04-17

Published 28 July 2020 A new blood test demonstrated remarkable promise in discriminating between persons with and without Alzheimer’s disease and in persons at known genetic risk may be able to detect the disease as early as 20 years before the onset of cognitive impairment, according to a large international study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and simu

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-blood-test-shows-great-promise-diagnosis-alzheimers-disease - 2025-04-17

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 5 August 2020 Illustration of the pH-responsive mesoporous silica nanoparticles designed to specifically target lung cancer. A new and promising approach for treatment of lung cancer has been developed by researchers at Lund University. The treatment combines a novel surgical approach with smart nanoparticles to sp

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-promising-treatment-uses-smart-nanoparticles-target-lung-cancer - 2025-04-17

Published 18 August 2020 Around 20,000 people have been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in Sweden. Today, there is no imaging method of changes in the brain that are believed to cause the disease. Researchers at Skåne University Hospital and Lund University have received nearly SEK 7 million from the Michael J Fox Foundation to develop an imaging technique that can more accurately detect and tr

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/millions-michael-j-fox-foundation-improve-diagnosis-parkinsons - 2025-04-17

By Alexander [dot] doyle [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexander Doyle) - published 16 September 2020 Immunofluorescence image of human neurons derived from stem cells. Image credit: Agnete Kirkeby Prof. Johan Jakobsson and Assoc. Prof. Agnete Kirkeby from Lund Stem Cell Center and University of Copenhagen, along with co-applicants Prof. Roger Barker from Cambridge, UK and Assoc. Prof. Molly Hammell

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/researchers-investigate-role-transposable-elements-neuroinflammation-and-parkinsons-disease - 2025-04-17

By press [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (press[at]med[dot]lu[dot]se) - published 18 September 2020 Erik Renström, dean at the Faculty of Medicine. Photo: Kennet Ruona The University Board has today decided to recommend the dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Erik Renström, as the new vice-chancellor of Lund University for the term of office 2021 to 2026. "This is a big step. I am humble and it is with de

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/erik-renstrom-proposed-new-vice-chancellor - 2025-04-17

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 23 September 2020 Johan Richter and Ilana Moscatelli. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter Johan Richter's research has resulted in the successful development of gene therapy for the hereditary disease malignant infantile osteopetrosis. For the past few years, the research group has established a collaboration with an American biotec

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/successful-biotech-collaboration-brings-gene-therapy-project-clinic - 2025-04-17

By sara [dot] liedholm [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Liedholm) - published 23 September 2020 Metformin is the first-line drug that can lower blood sugar levels in type 2 diabetes patients. One third of patients do not respond to metformin treatment and 5 per cent experience serious side effects, which is the reason many choose to stop medicating. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have no

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/metformin-type-2-diabetes-patients-or-not-researchers-now-have-answer - 2025-04-17

Published 29 September 2020 A large proportion of our elite athletes are suffering psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic, with more women than men reporting adverse reactions. This is demonstrated by the study Psychological Distress and Problem Gambling in Elite Athletes during COVID-19 Restrictions: A Web Survey in Top Leagues of Three Sports during the Pandemic, published in the In

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/many-elite-athletes-feeling-psychological-distress-during-pandemic - 2025-04-17

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 - 2025-04-17

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 - 2025-04-17

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 - 2025-04-17

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 - 2025-04-17

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 - 2025-04-17

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 - 2025-04-17

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 - 2025-04-17

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 - 2025-04-17

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 - 2025-04-17

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 - 2025-04-17

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 - 2025-04-17