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Prestigious ERC grants awarded to Lund researchers

Capsules for transporting drugs, knee injuries that are really osteoarthritis, skin cells reprogrammed into nerve cells, variations in our DNA affecting the production of blood cells, and the urban sharing economy as a potential solution to our sustainability challenges. These are the research areas which have been awarded ERC Consolidator Grants from the European Research Council (ERC) in the 201

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/prestigious-erc-grants-awarded-lund-researchers - 2025-09-29

The gluten riddle – searching for the triggers of coeliac disease

A new trend among the food-conscious is to adopt a gluten-free diet. However, according to LU researchers studying coeliac disease (gluten intolerance), the trend is not solely a good thing as it may blur the line between illness and health. “The fact that patients with coeliac disease now have more food products to choose from is, of course, a good thing. What is less good is that some people cut

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/gluten-riddle-searching-triggers-coeliac-disease - 2025-09-29

Amniotic fluid is a rich source of stem cells – that can now be harvested

Amniotic fluid, the protective liquid surrounding an unborn baby, is discarded as medical waste during caesarean section deliveries. However, there is increasing evidence that this fluid is a source of valuable biological material, including stem cells with the potential for use in cell therapy and regenerative medicine. A team of scientists and clinicians at Lund University in Sweden have now dev

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/amniotic-fluid-rich-source-stem-cells-can-now-be-harvested - 2025-09-29

Life under the surface in live broadcast

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have invented new systems to study the life of microorganisms in the ground. Without any digging, the researchers are able use microchips to see and analyse an invisible world that is filled with more species than any other ecosystem. Under our feet there is life and movement. In a spoonful of soil there are more microorganisms (fungi and bacteria) than the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/life-under-surface-live-broadcast - 2025-09-29

“Death receptors” – new markers for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have found that the presence of death receptors in the blood can be used to directly measure the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes. “We see that people with known risk factors such as high blood sugar and high blood fats also have heightened death receptor levels”, says Professor Jan Nilsson who led the study. Death receptors ar

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/death-receptors-new-markers-type-2-diabetes-and-cardiovascular-disease - 2025-09-29

Towards personalised treatment for lung cancer

New research aims to identify and characterise resistant lung cancer stem cells, and develop a model to customise drugs that can eradicate all cancer cells of an individual patient. This is the goal of researcher Mattias Magnusson, who received SEK 6 million from the Sjöberg Foundation to conduct this research project. Every year, close to 4 000 people in Sweden develop lung cancer. It is the fift

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/towards-personalised-treatment-lung-cancer - 2025-09-29

Specially designed protein fights several species of bacteria

As resistance to existing antibiotics increases, new approaches to serious bacterial infections are needed. Now researchers at Lund University in Sweden, together with colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) in the US, have investigated one such alternative. “We were able to show that a tailor-made protein which previously worked against various kinds of Gram-negative b

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/specially-designed-protein-fights-several-species-bacteria - 2025-09-29

Social stigma obstacle to successful treatment of children with HIV in Ethiopia

The social stigma surrounding HIV is still strong in many parts of the world. Children living with HIV in Ethiopia are at high risk of receiving inadequate treatment – or no treatment at all – on account of deeply rooted prejudice. The most considerable risk can be found among very small children, who do not receive proper treatment right away. Ethiopia is one of the 35 countries identified by the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/social-stigma-obstacle-successful-treatment-children-hiv-ethiopia - 2025-09-29

The flight speed of birds is more complex than previously thought

The flight speed of birds is more complex than research has previously managed to show. In a new study from Lund University in Sweden, researchers have found that birds use multiple – each one simple yet effective - methods to control their speed in the air and compensate for tailwind, headwind and sidewind. Last year, biologists Anders Hedenström and Susanne Åkesson showed that the flight speed o

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/flight-speed-birds-more-complex-previously-thought - 2025-09-29

Three new Wallenberg Academy Fellows at Lund University

The impact of soil microbes on carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere; the transformation of knowledge as it moves between different contexts; zooming in on the Achilles’ tendon to a cellular and molecular level to discover how weight should be placed on a torn tendon in order for it to heal. These are the research projects that Lund University’s three new Wallenberg Academy Fellows will dig d

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/three-new-wallenberg-academy-fellows-lund-university - 2025-09-29

Four intact child burials found in Gebel el Silsila, Egypt

The Swedish-Egyptian archaeological mission at Gebel el Silsila, Egypt, led by Dr. Maria Nilsson from Lund University and John Ward, has discovered four intact child burials at the site. The findings could provide important clues into family life at the ancient quarry. The burials further support the theory that there was a permanent community at the site, as opposed to a temporary workforce. The

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/four-intact-child-burials-found-gebel-el-silsila-egypt - 2025-09-29

New honorary doctors at the Faculty of Medicine in 2018

An astrophysicist who has developed new knowledge about cardiac function, a cardiovascular expert who stimulated research in general medicine, an internationally leading researcher in autoimmune diseases, and a neuroscientist who is deeply engaged in society: these are the new honorary doctors at the Faculty of Medicine, who will be formally recognised in Lund Cathedral on 25 may 2018. Professor E

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-honorary-doctors-faculty-medicine-2018 - 2025-09-29

Oxygen in the World’s Oceans is Declining, Scientists Reveal Dangers and Solutions

In the past 50 years, the amount of water in the open ocean without oxygen has gone up more than four-fold. In coastal water bodies, including estuaries and seas, low-oxygen sites have increased more than 10-fold since 1950. “Sufficient oxygen in bottom waters is necessary for a well-functioning healthy ecosystem,” says Professor Daniel Conley at Lund University working together with an internatio

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/oxygen-worlds-oceans-declining-scientists-reveal-dangers-and-solutions - 2025-09-29

Leif C Groop award for outstanding diabetes research to Jorge Ruas at Karolinska Institutet

Our muscles enable us to breathe, move and run. Exercise improves our health and can even prevent many diseases. “I think that the importance of muscle in our overall physiology has been underestimated”, says Jorge Ruas, associate professor at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, and recipient of the Leif C Groop award for outstanding diabetes research. According to the motivation, in Ruas’ work, “a met

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/leif-c-groop-award-outstanding-diabetes-research-jorge-ruas-karolinska-institutet - 2025-09-29

Should GM crops be grown in the EU? Let the countries decide for themselves, propose a group of experts

Even though the EU’s food safety authority, EFSA, has classified genetically modified (GM) crops as safe, several member states always vote against authorisation, which poses an obstacle for countries thinking of growing these crops. A group of researchers and experts want to resolve this impasse. Each country should be allowed to individually decide on cultivation of GM crops within their borders

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/should-gm-crops-be-grown-eu-let-countries-decide-themselves-propose-group-experts - 2025-09-29

The HLF gene protects blood stem cells by maintaining them in a resting state

The HLF gene is necessary for maintaining our blood stem cells in a resting state, which is crucial for ensuring normal blood production. This has been shown by a new research study from Lund University in Sweden published in Cell Reports. “The study confirms several previous studies that show the HLF gene’s significance in blood formation”, says Mattias Magnusson who led the new study. The result

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/hlf-gene-protects-blood-stem-cells-maintaining-them-resting-state - 2025-09-29

Hybridization can give rise to different genome combinations

Researchers have for the first time determined that hybridization between two bird species can give rise to several novel and fully functional hybrid genomic combinations. This could potentially be because hybrid species emerged through independent hybridisation events between the same parent species on different islands. Swedish and Norwegian researchers have studied island populations of a hybri

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/hybridization-can-give-rise-different-genome-combinations - 2025-09-29

Novel hypothesis on why animals diversified on Earth

Can tumors teach us about animal evolution on Earth? Researchers believe so and now present a novel hypothesis of why animal diversity increased dramatically on Earth about half a billion years ago. A biological innovation may have been key. A transdisciplinary and international team, from Lund University in Sweden and University of Southern Denmark presents their findings in Nature and Ecology. T

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/novel-hypothesis-why-animals-diversified-earth - 2025-09-29

Problems sending emails from LU email accounts to Microsoft email services

We are currently experiencing technical problems sending emails from Lund University email accounts to Microsoft’s free email services. This mainly applies to Hotmail, Outlook and Live email addresses, but it may also apply to other email services. If you are trying to contact us from such an email account and have not received a reply after several days, it may be that our reply is not reaching y

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/problems-sending-emails-lu-email-accounts-microsoft-email-services - 2025-09-29

How cells are able to turn

Researchers have long wondered how our cells navigate inside the body. Two new studies, in which Lund University researcher Pontus Nordenfelt has participated, have now demonstrated that the cells use molecular force from within to steer themselves in a certain direction. This knowledge may be of great significance in the development of new drugs. Pontus Nordenfelt, researcher in infection medicin

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-cells-are-able-turn - 2025-09-29