By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 24 November 2023 Image: iStock/Zanuck Breath-holding spells are common in young children and are benign. Yet children often undergo unnecessary diagnostic interventions when seeking medical care. This is because there are no national or international guidelines on how to assess children in these cases. A team of resear

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/children-breath-holding-spells-undergo-unnecessary-diagnostic-interventions - 2025-01-29

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 30 November 2023 Image: iStock. Researchers have succeeded in restoring lost brain function in mouse models of stroke using small molecules that in the future could potentially be developed into a stroke therapy. “Communication between nerve cells in large parts of the brain changes after a stroke and we show that it can be pa

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-study-lost-brain-function-restored-after-stroke - 2025-01-29

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 5 December 2023 Spinocerebellar ataxias, SCA diseases, are a large group of rare, hereditary diseases in which difficulties in coordinating movements are common. Researchers have now solved the mystery behind one of SCA's diseases. Image: iStock/Andriy Yalanskyi. Intensive efforts are being made in medical research to

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/researchers-have-found-genetic-cause-type-hereditary-ataxia-sca4-long-unresolved-conundrum - 2025-01-29

By alexis [dot] bento_luis [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Alexis Bento Luis) - published 18 December 2023 Christopher Douse explores the repetitive portion of the human genome, so-called ‘genomic dark matter’, and its role in human brain development and degeneration. Photo: Alexis Bento Luis. Christopher Douse, a new group leader at the Faculty of Medicine at Lund University, has been awarded the Ben

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/exploring-genomic-dark-matter-christopher-douse-awarded-12m-grant-chan-zuckerberg-initiative - 2025-01-29

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 18 December 2023 The cerebellum plays an important role in motor skills and timing. Researchers link the changes found in the cerebellum in ADHD to a finger-tapping test. Photo: iStock. Through a simple, inexpensive five-minute test, one can obtain an initial indication of whether a child has ADHD or not. This is demon

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/five-minute-test-indicate-adhd - 2025-01-29

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 10 January 2024 Ganna Petruk and Artur Schmidtchen, two of the reserchers behind the study of a new treatment strategy for severe bacterial infections. Photo: Tove Smeds. The development of a new treatment strategy for bacterial infections and sepsis is being led by researchers at Lund University. In a study the researchers de

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/step-closer-treatment-severe-bacterial-infections-and-sepsis - 2025-01-29

By press [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Faculty of Medicine) - published 26 January 2024 Out of the 195 biomarkers examined, 13 were significantly associated with cardiovascular risk in people with type 2 diabetes. Photograph: iStock An international team of researchers has identified 13 biomarkers that significantly improve the ability to accurately predict cardiovascular disease risk in people with

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-study-biomarkers-improve-prediction-cardiovascular-disease-type-2-diabetes-2 - 2025-01-29

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 7 February 2024 The picture shows how a drug (orange) attaches to the aquaporin (purple), resulting in the aquaporin no longer being able to transport molecules across the cell membrane. Photo: Raminta Venskutonyte. Aquaporins are proteins that regulate the flow of water in and out of cells. These proteins have been fo

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/blocks-aquaporins-thereby-inhibiting-cancer-growth - 2025-01-29

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 15 February 2024 Anna Blom and Ben C King have discovered that C3 protein protects insulin-producing cells. Photo: Rebecca Rosberg Much research on diabetes focuses on understanding what happens when the insulin-producing cells are destroyed. Researchers at Lund University have instead chosen to investigate what protects t

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/protein-protects-insulin-producing-cells - 2025-01-29

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 20 February 2024 Tune H Pers is the recipient of the Leif C. Groop Award for Outstanding Diabetes Research in 2024. Photograph: Peter Andrew Stanners. Do you think that people with obesity have themselves to blame? Tune H Pers tries to dispel persistent myths through his research on the brain's role in the development of o

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/tune-h-pers-receives-award-outstanding-research-obesity-and-diabetes - 2025-01-29

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 27 February 2024 Coordinator Allan Vaag and Vice Coordinator Lena Eliasson lead the activities at EXODIAB and LUDC in close collaboration. Photograph: Petra Olsson Diabetes researchers Allan Vaag and Lena Eliasson are the new coordinators of Lund University Diabetes Centre and the strategic research area Excellence of Diab

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-coordinators-strategic-research-area-diabetes - 2025-01-29

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 4 March 2024 Vasili Hauryliuk, recipient of the Göran Gustafsson Prize in Molecular Biology 2024. Photo: Tove Smeds. Vasili Hauryliuk, Senior Lecturer in Medical Biochemistry at Lund University, is awarded the Göran Gustafsson Prize in Molecular Biology with the motivation "for pioneering studies of how protein synthesis is re

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/goran-gustafsson-prize-fight-against-antibioticresistance - 2025-01-29

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 6 March 2024 Photo: iStock/solarseven. Being able to predict diseases before they develop has become somewhat akin to the search for the Holy Grail. The difference is that research has a greater chance of success in finding what they are looking for than King Arthur's knights did. And in many cases, there are significant healt

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-research-unlocking-secrets-our-blood-early-death-and-diseaserisk - 2025-01-29

By erika [dot] svantesson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Erika Svantesson) - published 13 March 2024 Illustration: iStock. How might low-grade inflammation be linked to depression? New research findings show that depression can be alleviated when patients with mild elevations of inflammatory markers in blood samples take omega-3 supplements. The antidepresssant effect was greater in those with low-gr

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/omega-3-can-alleviate-symptoms-depressed-patients-inflammation - 2025-01-29

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

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/surgical-sutures-coated-peptide-reduce-infections - 2025-01-29

By erika [dot] svantesson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Erika Svantesson) - published 19 March 2024 Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have led a study involving osteoporosis patients with hip fractures. The results show that it is possible to increase bone formation around surgical implants. Photo: iStock New research shows that it is possible to induce new bone formation around orthopaedic i

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/making-bone-alive-ceramic-material-transforming-new-bone-tissue-osteoporotic-patients - 2025-01-29

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 20 March 2024 Picture: iStock/Chalabala. The guidelines governing the treatment of sudden cardiac arrest exhibit variation across different nations, with treatment strategies often resting on a limited evidential foundation. A randomized international study is underway poised to address some of the most pivotal questions. Enco

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/best-treatment-cardiac-arrest-new-international-study-will-provide-answer - 2025-01-29

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 18 April 2024 Vikas Yadav, Jan Nilsson, and Filiz Serifler at Lund University Diabetes Centre have contributed to the studies of the antibody that neutralises oxidised LDL particles. Photograph: Petra Olsson A treatment that has reduced plaque development in animals has now been tested in people with psoriasis. Jan Nilsson

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-treatment-atherosclerosis-may-reduce-risk-heart-attack - 2025-01-29

By katrin [dot] stahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Katrin Ståhl) - published 6 May 2024 Photo from stem cell transplantation at Skåne University Hospital. Source: Skåne University Hospital. Higher dose cohort initiated after positive early safety evaluation in Parkinson's therapy. After a positive initial safety evaluation, the pioneering STEM-PD clinical trial has advanced to higher dose testing.

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/update-on-stem-pd-clinical-trial-stem-cell-based-transplant-parkinsons-disease - 2025-01-29

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 15 May 2024 Three of the Lund University researchers that studied the brain environment of patients during an ongoing stroke. From left: Andreas Enström, Gesine Paul-Visse and Arne G. Lindgren. Photo: Ingemar Hultquist. By analysing small microvesicles that cells release to communicate with their surroundings in the blood, res

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/cell-specific-biomarkers-blood-reflect-what-happens-brain-during-stroke - 2025-01-29