Av fritzliselotte [at] gmail [dot] com (Liselotte Fritz) - publicerad 1 juni 2021 Kajsa Brolin, doktorand vid Translationell Neurogenetik vid Lunds universitet, använder biobanken i sin doktorsavhandling. Foto: Kennet Ruona Idag lider cirka 20 000 svenskar av Parkinsons sjukdom men ännu finns bara symptomlindrande behandlingar. Genom en ny biobank får forskarna tillgång till 1 000 parkinsonpatient

https://www.multipark.lu.se/sv/artikel/ny-biobank-ger-insikter-om-parkinsons-sjukdom - 2025-07-01

Av filip [dot] backstrom [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Filip Bäckström) - publicerad 28 juni 2021 Skapad med BioRender.com T-celler, antikroppar och antigen. Under det senaste året har vi alla genom livlig medierapportering fått lära oss mer om människans immunsystem. Att immunsystemet är fullkomligt nödvändigt för vår överlevnad är de flesta nog medvetna om. Men hur påverkar immunsystemet egentlige

https://www.multipark.lu.se/sv/artikel/paverkar-vart-immunforsvar-risken-att-drabbas-av-parkinsons-sjukdom - 2025-07-01

Av katrin [dot] stahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Katrin Ståhl) - publicerad 18 augusti 2021 Ny studie undersöker mekanismerna bakom amyloid-betas skadeverkningar inuti nervceller och hur det felveckade proteinet sprider sig vid Alzheimers sjukdom. Foto: Mostphotos. I en ny experimentell studie visar forskare hur alzheimerproteinet amyloid-beta ansamlas inuti nervcellerna och hur det felveckade pr

https://www.multipark.lu.se/sv/artikel/startar-alzheimers-sjukdom-inuti-nervcellerna - 2025-07-01

Av agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - publicerad 26 augusti 2021 Nya forskningsrön tyder på ett tidigare okänt och extremt komplext samspel mellan centrala nervsystemet och de hormonella systemen. Bild: Mostphotos Det är inte, som man tidigare trott, bara skador i nervbanorna som ligger bakom de typiska rörelseproblemen efter en hjärnskada eller stroke – hormone

https://www.multipark.lu.se/sv/artikel/nya-forskningsfynd-kan-komma-att-forandra-behandling-av-hjarnskador-och-stroke - 2025-07-01

Av agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - publicerad 31 augusti 2021 Åsa Petersén och Sanaz Gabery forskar om den ärftliga hjärnsjukdomen Huntingstons sjukdom. Foto: Agata Garpenlind. Psykiska och kognitiva symtom kommer tidigt vid Huntingtons sjukdom och är ofta de svåraste symtomen i sjukdomen, vittnar berörda. Ändå har forskningen, i sin jakt på behandling, främs

https://www.multipark.lu.se/sv/artikel/kanslohjarnan-en-nyckel-i-kampen-mot-huntingtons-sjukdom - 2025-07-01

Av martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - publicerad 20 september 2021 Ansamling av amyloid-beta kanske startar inuti nervcellerna. Nya möjligheter att studera strukturella förändringar före amyloida plack bildas. Fyra olika typer av Alzheimers sjukdom. Ett enkelt diagnosverktyg förutspår risken att utveckla sjukdomen. Och ett tvär-vetenskapligt samarbete mellan Reg

https://www.multipark.lu.se/sv/artikel/internationella-alzheimermanaden-fem-optimistiska-forskningsnyheter-fran-multipark - 2025-07-01

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 20 July 2022 Researchers have found a metabolic "switch" that can activate specific bloodlines and thereby increase the production of NK cells, so-called killer cells. Image: iStock / selvanegra In a recent study from Lund University, researchers have discovered that metabolic changes in the blood cell, affect the deve

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/increased-metabolism-mitochondria-resulted-higher-levels-natural-killer-cells - 2025-07-01

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 27 July 2022 Electron microscope image showing a blood stem cell on top of a membrane with nanotubes. Photo: M. Hjort and L. Schmiderer A multidisciplinary research team at Lund University has innovatively tackled what has long been a major problem in stem cell research. The project has now been awarded a Proof of Conc

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/how-nanostraws-can-increase-number-blood-stem-cells - 2025-07-01

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 14 July 2022 Each year, Lund Stem Cell Center presents one of its members with its Article of the Year Award. This year three distinguished nominees contended for the title. Among them, Marie Jönsson, representing the research group Molecular Neurogenetics, was awarded Article of the Year 2021, for their work in reveal

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/scc-article-year-award-goes - 2025-07-01

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 15 August 2022 A team of researchers from Lund University and the Lund Stem Cell Center have developed a new memory-efficient tool for single-cell genomic analysis called Scarf. Now available in Nature Communications, this innovative, bioinformatics software has the potential to help researchers navigate a growing trea

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/introducing-scarf-memory-efficient-solution-single-cell-genomic-analysis - 2025-07-01

By katrin [dot] stahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Katrin Ståhl) - published 22 August 2022 Photo: iStock/Paul Campbell Researchers at Lund University and Lund Stem Cell Center in Sweden have developed a new method for studying age-related brain disorders. The researchers have focused on the neurodegenerative disorder Huntington’s disease and the results have now been published in the journal Brain

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/researchers-reprogram-human-skin-cells-aged-neurons-study-neurodegenerative-disorders - 2025-07-01

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 1 September 2022 Portrait of Sofia Wijk (right) and an image of the cover of her doctoral thesis (left). Sofia Wijk will defend her Ph.D. thesis on the 8th of September 2022, with a vision to contribute to the development of future cell-based therapies for patients with chronic lung disease. She has dedicated the last

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-sofia-wijk - 2025-07-01

Published 13 September 2022 From left to right: Sandra Lindstedt, Snejana Hyllén, and Leif Pierre. Photo credit: Skåne University Hospital. A large amount of lungs donated cannot be used for transplantation. Researchers at Lund Stem Cell Center, Lund University in Sweden and Skåne University Hospital have conducted an animal study bringing hope that more donor lungs could be used in the future. Th

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/new-treatment-could-result-more-donor-lungs - 2025-07-01

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 29 September 2022 Photo of Sarah Warsi (right) and an image of her Ph.D. thesis cover (left). Sarah Warsi will defend her Ph.D. thesis on the 4th of October 2022. Driven by the desire to improve patient outcomes, she has dedicated the last several years to studying both in the clinic and the lab. During that time, her

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-sarah-warsi - 2025-07-01

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 30 September 2022 Malin Parmar. Photo: Kennet Ruona. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has elected two new members of the Academy’s class for medical sciences. One of them is Malin Parmar, Professor of Cellular Neuroscience at Lund University, and Principal Investigator at Lund Stem Cell Center. Together with her research

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/malin-parmar-elected-royal-swedish-academy-sciences - 2025-07-01

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 12 October 2022 Jessica Giacomoni (right) defends her Ph.D. thesis 14 October 2022. On 14 October 2022, Jessica Giacomoni will defend her Ph.D. thesis. With the ultimate goal to develop a possible, future alternative to cell transplantation for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders, her research efforts have

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/turning-glia-neurons-inside-brain-phd-interview-jessica-giacomoni - 2025-07-01

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 14 October 2022 Ouyang Yuan will defend her thesis 14 October 2022. Ouyang Yuan defends her Ph.D. thesis on 14 October 2022. As a medical student with a longstanding interest in blood malignancies, her research has focused on better understanding the development of a specific type of blood cancer, acute myeloid leukemi

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/placing-acute-myeloid-leukemia-under-microscope-phd-interview-ouyang-yuan - 2025-07-01

By katrin [dot] stahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Katrin Ståhl) - published 17 October 2022 Cooperation agreement is signed by Erik Renström, Pancras Hogendoorn and Björn Ekmehag. In the background Minister of Education Anna Ekström and her Dutch counterpart Robbert Dijkgraaf. Photo: Chris Jonker © MinBZ Skåne University Hospital, Lund University and Leiden University Medical Center will collabora

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/international-collaboration-strengthen-development-atmps - 2025-07-01

By press [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Faculty of Medicine) - published 20 October 2022 Dopamine-producing neurons that researchers from Lund University have grown in the laboratory from human embryonic stem cells (Photo: Agneta Kirby) An investigational stem cell-based therapy for the treatment of Parkinson’s Disease, STEM-PD, has been given regulatory approval for a Phase I/IIa clinical trial. Eth

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/swedish-medical-products-agency-grants-approval-clinical-study-new-stem-cell-based-parkinsons - 2025-07-01

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 26 October 2022 Image: Clement Da Silva B cells and the antibodies they produce play an important role in our immune system, protecting us from the microscopic enemies that make us ill. Uncovering how they form and are ‘programmed’ during development is key to better understanding the immune response to infections and

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/how-b-cells-are-programmed-early-life-can-impact-long-term-immune-health - 2025-07-01