By bodil [dot] malmstrom [at] fsi [dot] lu [dot] se (Bodil Malmström) - published 9 June 2021 Since April 2020, volunteer participants 18 years and older who reside in Sweden have been eligible to report daily their health status in the free app. Photo: iStockphoto During the pandemic, the free COVID Symptom Study app has helped researchers understand the complexity and spread of the corona virus

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/study-tracks-spread-covid-19-sweden - 2025-03-12

Published 9 June 2021 Lund University has been ranked 87th in the world, climbing 10 spots in the QS World University Rankings 2022. This makes Lund the top ranked university in Sweden, and one of two Swedish universities currently in the top 100. QS evaluates just over 1,600 of the world's universities and ranks 1,300 of them. In total, there are about 26,000 universities in the world. Lund Unive

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-climbs-global-top-100-ranking - 2025-03-12

Published 14 June 2021 Photo: Ragnhild Haarstad, Stockholm City Museum Universal school lunch programs make students healthier, and increase their lifetime income by 3%, according to a unique study from Lund University in Sweden published in The Review of Economic Studies. Health disparities arise early in life and play a major role in economic outcomes among adults. Yet there are few studies on t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/free-and-nutritious-school-lunches-help-create-richer-and-healthier-adults - 2025-03-12

Published 15 June 2021 Photo: Mostphotos An international group of clinicians and scientists from MIT and Lund University, among others, have analysed how individual genetic changes affect the heart muscle. The researchers have created a new computer tool that could help tailor treatments for heart patients with inherited heart disease. The study is published in NPJ Genomic Medicine. (TEXT: Agata

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/computer-method-help-predict-outcomes-heart-patients - 2025-03-12

Published 16 June 2021 The results were presented at a press conference in Lund Since 2005, the guidelines for the care of unconscious cardiac arrest patients have been to cool the body temperature down to 33 degrees Celsius. A large, randomised clinical trial led by Lund University and Region Skåne in Sweden has shown that this treatment does not improve survival. The study is published in the Ne

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/induced-hypothermia-after-cardiac-arrest-did-not-improve-survival - 2025-03-12

Published 6 July 2017 Jörgen Olofsson, Markku Rummukainen and Minchao Wu were recently featured or cited in various media. Researcher interviewed about strategies to achieve climate targetsResearcher Jörgen Olofsson, was interviewed in the daily Dagens ETC about a new book containing 100 strategies to achieve climate targets by 2050. “I’ve only skimmed through the list, but I see that, for example

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/staff-swedish-media - 2025-03-12

By ricardo [dot] guillen [at] nateko [dot] lu [dot] se (Ricardo Guillén) - published 28 August 2017 Anders Lindroth Anders Lindroth was interviewed by the magazine Dagens ETC about the climate impact of forests, and about why the amount of carbon in the atmosphere is increasing. Anders Lindroth, Professor Emeritus at the Department, was recently interviewed by Dagens ETC. In one article about abou

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/anders-lindroth-interviewed-dagens-etc - 2025-03-12

Published 20 September 2017 Photo: Patrik Vestin Swedish forests are important carbon sinks today, despite emissions from deforestration. The choice of management is paramount for the impacts on climate change and some of the concepts used in the climate discussion today needs to be thought over and based on research. This is the essense of an article published by Professor Anders Lindroth and Pro

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/dn-debatt-clear-cutting-forests-generate-large-greenhouse-gas-emissions - 2025-03-12

By katrin [dot] stahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lund University) - published 13 April 2023 Sara Linse and Oskar Hansson. Three researchers at Lund University, all with a long list of significant research credentials, have been awarded the ERC Advanced Grant worth EUR 2.5 million each to further develop and advance their research projects. Two of them are MultiPark research leaders. They do resea

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/double-success-multipark-research-groups-prestigious-eu-grant-round - 2025-03-12

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 17 May 2023 Several Nobel laureates, renowned scientists, and successful biotech entrepreneurs are coming to Lund in May to participate in the Lund Spring Symposium, an international pharmaceutical symposium sponsored by MultiPark. Sarah Tabrizi, a high profile Huntington researcher, and some of MultiPark's own researc

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/superstars-coming-lund-pharmaceutical-symposium-sponsored-multipark - 2025-03-12

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 29 May 2023 A 7 Tesla MRI of a human brain. Picture: Tekla Kylkilahti, Lundgaard group. Recent studies indicate that acquired brain injuries, such as traumatic brain injury, trigger potentially harmful responses that may lead to neurodegenerative pathology. “Acquired brain injuries and their links to neurodegenerat

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/acquired-brain-injuries-special-interest-group - 2025-03-12

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 7 June 2023 Thanks to the recent development of diagnostic tools based on blood biomarkers linked to Alzheimer’s, it is possible to predict whether an individual will develop the disease. Therefore, MultiPark researchers gather across groups to investigate hidden opportunities and develop implementable tools also f

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/fluid-biomarkers-special-interest-group - 2025-03-12

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 2 June 2023 Microglial immune cells around the area of a human embryonic stem cell transplant to treat Parkinson’s Disease in a rat brain. In April, the young MultiPark working group organized a photo competition entitled "Brain in Picture". The external jury has had a hard time choosing, but now, they have appoint

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/brain-picture-winning-photo - 2025-03-12

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 27 June 2023 Postdoctoral researcher Vivien Horvath investigates X-Linked Dystonia-Parkinsonism (XDP), a rare neurodegenerative disorder. New research is underway at Lund University, led by Dr. Vivien Horvath, a postdoctoral researcher at Lund Stem Cell Center. Supported by a new grant from the Collaborative Center for

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/exploring-role-jumping-genes-x-linked-dystonia-parkinsonism - 2025-03-12

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 5 July 2023 Fredrik Nilsson defended his thesis on 10 May 2023. Fredrik Nilsson defended his Ph.D. thesis on May 10, 2023. For the last four years, he has explored the use of patient-specific cells in cell replacement therapy for Parkinson's disease to identify strategies to safeguard these transplanted cells from dise

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/cell-replacement-therapy-parkinsons-disease-phd-interview-fredrik-nilsson - 2025-03-12

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Luis) - published 15 August 2023 An image of co-cultures with neuronal projections in purple and astrocytes in green. Image credit: Isaac Canals. One of Multipark's associated research groups has published a new study that reveals the role of astrocytes in the development of frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Their findings, now in the jour

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/new-study-reveals-astrocytes-role-frontotemporal-dementia - 2025-03-12

By martina [dot] svensson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Martina Svensson) - published 11 July 2023 Angela Cenci Nilsson was one of the panellists in a session discussing disease mechanisms, non-dopaminergic cells involved in PD, and the latest development regarding gene and cell therapy approaches. Summer is the right period for recharging our batteries through vacations and travels. It also seems t

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/summer-greetings-multipark-world-parkinson-congress - 2025-03-12

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 24 August 2023 Illustration of a Lewy body.(Image: istock.com/Marcin Klapczynski) Lewy body disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease. A research group from Lund University has now shown that the disease can be detected before symptoms appear, using a spinal fluid test. The s

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/lewy-body-disease-can-be-detected-symptoms - 2025-03-12

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 4 September 2023 Find out how electrotherapy works without surgery in this video by Roger Olsson. Researchers at Lund and Gothenburg Universities have successfully developed temporary, organic electrodes that can be seamlessly integrated into biological systems. The method, now published in Nature Communications, opens

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/electrotherapy-without-surgery - 2025-03-12

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 19 September 2023 Brainwaves, or neural oscillations, are periodic electrical activities that occur when large groups of neurons work together. Researchers now hope that these signals will teach us more about hallucinations and psychoses. Photo: Pär Halje Researchers at Lund University have developed a technique for simultaneo

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/how-psychedelic-drugs-affect-rats-brain - 2025-03-12