Published 13 April 2015 We spend 90 per cent of our time indoors. We can both exercise and shop without taking a step outdoors and the indoor trend is on the increase, despite the fact that we have little understanding of the air we are breathing. “The health effects may not be detected for a number of years”, says LTH researcher Aneta Wierzbicka, who is coordinating an interdisciplinary theme at

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Published 16 November 2015 “We are dependent on one another globally – this became evident not least through the Ebola epidemic. For cooperation to work and develop, Africa cannot be left out of the loop”, says Benedict Oppong Asamoah, researcher and lecturer in public health. He hopes that the University’s focus on Africa will lead to more and better contacts Benedict Oppong Asamoah. Photo: Gunna

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Published 18 March 2016 15 per cent of the population – almost one in seven Swedes – suffer from digestive problems in the form of bloating, abdominal pain, constipation and diarrhoea. But since these problems are not life-threatening, and the status of the digestive tract is low, medical researchers and funders have shown only moderate interest. Now this seems to be changing. Bodil Ohlsson gives

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By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 14 March 2024 By coating sutures with the peptide TCP-25, researchers have now demonstrated the ability to reduce inflammation and bacterial growth. The images to the right shows how bacteria die upon contact with the peptide. Photo: Jitka Petrlova. Applying a peptide coating to sutures, capable of combating both bacteria and

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By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 11 March 2025 Filipe Pereira, professor at Lund University, together with Cristiana Pires and Fábio Rosa founded Asgard Therapeutics AB. Photo: Kennet Ruona Asgard Therapeutics, in partnership with Lund University and Herlev Hospital, has been awarded €2.5 million for an EIC Transition project from the European Innovation Coun

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By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 15 June 2022 From left: Ewelina Golec, Ben King and Anna Blom, three of the researchers behind new findings on insulin secretion. Photo: Tove Smeds. Insulin secretion into the bloodstream requires a protein called CD59. New research led by Lund University shows that the two protein variants that are responsible for this functi

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By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 29 September 2022 Rita Charon, M.D. PhD, Professor and Executive Director of Columbia Narrative Medicine at Columbia University. Narrative medicine provides tools for clinicians to read patients better. 2022 Sandblom Prize Lecture will be given by pioneering Professor Rita Charon of Columbia University on the disci

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By susanne [dot] sundell [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Susanne Sundell.) - published 14 December 2023 Organizing group for Career Day: Petter Hartman, Lottie Norrsén, Divya Bali, Pernilla Carlsson and Susanne Sundell For the second year in a row, Careers Centre at the Faculty has collaborated with Medicon Village to organize a Career Day for 170 life science students, including PhD students, and ear

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Published 8 April 2010 At the time of the atmospheric nuclear weapons testing in the 1950s and 1960s, the level of carbon-14 in the atmosphere increased dramatically. Now researchers from Lund University have developed a method for measuring the carbon-14 content in atherosclerotic plaques in patients. The measurements reveal how old and dangerous the plaques really are. "On the one hand it’s impo

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Published 30 March 2020 Thérése Jönsson defended her thesis on the subject of nursing science specialising in physiotherapy on March 20. One in four people suffer from osteoarthritis, a chronic joint disease. Although guidelines have long existed regarding how osteoarthritis should be treated, only half of patients undergo the recommended basic treatment. A new thesis from Lund University shows th

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By sara [dot] liedholm [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Liedholm) - published 29 May 2020 Research published in the research journal Diabetologia needs to meet a high standard of quality. Most of the manuscripts submitted are rejected. At the start of 2021, Hindrik Mulder, MD and professor at Lund University Diabetes Centre (LUDC), will take over as editor-in-chief of the journal. After just over

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By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Bento Luis) - published 10 May 2022 A laboratory expert in action in the Cell and Gene Therapy Core Facility. Earlier this year, Stem Cell Center, in partnership with MultiPark, brought together three core facilities into one - The Cell and Gene Therapy Core Facility - aiming to support advanced science at the highest international leve

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By sara [dot] hakansson [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Håkansson) - published 27 February 2023 Restored wetlands, rainbeds and urban green spaces are all examples of nature-based solutions that can help mitigate climate change and protect biodiversity. Photo: Helena Hanson Nature-based solutions offer excellent opportunities to address environmental and social challenges. They can help mitigate

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