By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 3 June 2024 Bacteriophage attacking a bacteria. Photo: iStock There is a constant war between bacteria and their viruses, bacteriophages, where both try to outsmart each other. An international study led by Lund University provided an important missing bit to the puzzle of how the bacteria defend themselves against pha

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/war-between-bacteria-and-their-virus - 2025-02-11

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 11 June 2024 Foto: iStock/Magda Tymczyj. 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 p

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/research-paves-way-sustainable-dietary-guidelines - 2025-02-11

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 19 June 2024 A new method can be used for large-scale screening for type 1 diabetes. The blood test can be done at home. Photograph: Petra Olsson. Interest in type 1 diabetes screening is growing as methods improve and new treatments become available to more patients. New research at Lund University demonstrates how screen

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-method-allows-large-scale-screening-autoimmune-diseases - 2025-02-11

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 25 June 2024 "The hybrid antibody is significantly better than the body's own antibodies at fighting both streptococcus and SARS-CoV-2", say the researchers behind the discovery Arman Izadi and Pontus Nordenfelt. Photo: Tove Smeds.. Antibodies are the body's superheroes, recognizing and eliminating disease-causing substances.

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/recipe-great-antibody - 2025-02-11

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 3 July 2024 Jan Nilsson's research group has identified a substance that stimulates the repair capacity and growth of vascular cells. Biomedical analyst Filiz Serifler has contributed to the project. Photo: Petra Olsson Heart attack and stroke are common complications of diabetes, as the body's ability to repair and form v

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-peptide-may-reduce-risk-diabetes-complications - 2025-02-11

By info [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Medical Faculty) - published 11 July 2024 By reprogramming tumour cells to become the body’s defenders, Filipe Pereira and his colleagues hope to improve current cancer treatments.. Foto: Johan Persson Filipe Pereira and his research team have discovered a recipe on how to reprogram cancer cells into antigen-presenting dendritic cells, essential for initiating a

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/professor-filipe-pereira-awarded-erc-proof-concept-grant - 2025-02-11

By press [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Faculty of Medicine) - published 19 July 2024 A consortium of 23 experts has developed guidelines to improve how research in precision medicine is reported and translated into clinical practice. The guidelines are published in Nature Medicine.Photo: iStock/xubingruo. Precision medicine seeks to reduce errors and improve accuracy in medical and health recommenda

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-guidelines-aim-increase-accuracy-precision-medicine-research - 2025-02-11

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 27 August 2024 In animal studies, researchers have developed an injectable cardiac stimulator for emergency situations. The illustration shows how the injectable heart stimulator is supposed to work when fully developed and tested. Figure: created with biorender.com. By injecting a solution of nanoparticles around the

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/injectable-heart-stimulator-emergency-situations - 2025-02-11

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 9 September 2024 Johan Malmström, Erik Hartman and Artur Schmidtchen have developed a new innovative technique for peptide analysis that identifies new and better biomarkers for safer diagnostics in inflammation and infection. Foto Åsa Hansdotter In an infection, there are tens of thousands of peptides that provide a w

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/faster-detection-dangerous-infections - 2025-02-11

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 10 September 2024 Foto: iStock/kali9 There were no differences in quality of life, symptoms, hospital admissions or mortality between a group of patients with pulmonary disease and low oxygen levels in the blood that received oxygen therapy at home for 24 hours a day, and a group that received the same therapy for 15 hours a d

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/no-benefits-24-hour-compared-15-hour-oxygen-therapy - 2025-02-11

By alexis_bento [dot] luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis Bento) - published 13 September 2024 Researchers are developing a new cancer immunotherapy that reprograms cancer cells into dendritic cells using an adenoviral vector. The image shows how this new approach, tested In preclinical studies, works. Image credit: Joana Carvalho. Researchers at Lund University are developing a new type

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/researchers-reprogram-tumor-cells-cancer-fighting-immune-cells-living-beings - 2025-02-11

By noomi [dot] egan [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Noomi Egan) - published 7 October 2024 PhD student Luís Oliveira drew resounding applause for his presentation on how he reprograms cancer cells. Photo: Bodil Malmström. By describing his research as a battle between good and evil and likening himself to a hacker who attacks cancer cells to make them kind, PhD student Luís Oliveira took home the win

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/he-won-regional-heat-researcher-grand-prix-now-heading-national-contest-stockholm - 2025-02-11

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 14 October 2024 Aleksander Giwercman and Amelie Stenqvist (Photo: Åsa Hansdotter) 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 fathe

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/defective-sperm-doubles-risk-preeclampsia - 2025-02-11

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 17 October 2024 Men produce hundreds of millions of sperm every day, which means that the male germ cells are constantly undergoing cell division, increasing the risk of harmful mutations.Photo: iStock/Shidlovski It has previously been difficult to identify DNA mutations in sperm, as these changes are rare, and most se

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-method-enables-identification-mutations-sperm - 2025-02-11

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 23 October 2024 Kári Stefánsson, Professor at the University of Iceland and CEO of deCODE genetics, has been awarded the Eric K. Fernström foundation Grand Nordic Prize, Lund University. Photo: JG/deCODE genetics A career in science was not on the map for Kári Stefánsson, who aspired to become a writer. But life took another r

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/success-makes-it-difficult-quit - 2025-02-11

By anna [dot] hellgren [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Hellgren) - published 24 October 2024 Obesity is a common cause of diabetes, heart disease and early death, but risk differs greatly from one person to the next. Photo: iStock/Suriyawut Suriya 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

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-precision-medicine-approach-helps-detect-subgroups-people-obesity-high-risk-diabetes-and-heart - 2025-02-11

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 1 November 2024 Joao Duarte's research group is investigating how the brain is affected by diabetes. Photograph: Petra Olsson 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 wit

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/praised-research-diabetes-and-dementia - 2025-02-11

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 4 November 2024 Research nurse Jessica Melin takes a blood sample from a study participant. In the film Åke Lernmark, principal investigator of the TEDDY study in Sweden, explains the most important results of the TEDDY-study. In 2025, children within the TEDDY study will submit their final samples at research clinics in S

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-knowledge-about-type-1-diabetes-large-scale-teddy-study-will-soon-be-completed - 2025-02-11

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 6 November 2024 “Our goal is to make advances in stem cell therapy by modifying and adapting cells to the patient’s needs", explains Malin Parmar. Photo: Tove Smeds. Malin Parmar, professor of cellular neuroscience, along with three researchers in Italy and Denmark, has been awarded the prestigious ERC Synergy Grant worth EUR

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/erc-synergy-grant-awarded-development-custom-made-stem-cell-therapies - 2025-02-11

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 6 November 2024 Foam cells visualised using confocal microscopy in tissue from a glioblastoma patient: the nucleus (blue), a marker for macrophages that are recruited from the bone marrow (green) and lipid droplets that gave the foam cell its name. Credit: Governa et al A research team at Lund University in Sweden has

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/foam-cells-brain-tumours - 2025-02-11