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Guest Professor hoping to infuse new life into medical cornerstone field

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 24 November 2021 Image: Adam Niescioruk He was best friends with Mikael Dolsten in Medical School in Lund in the 80´s. Since then he has held prominent positions around the world, both within Academia and the Medical Industry. Now he hopes to contribute to medical research with his experience in both basic and appl

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/guest-professor-hoping-infuse-new-life-medical-cornerstone-field - 2025-02-27

Dolly the sheep inspired him to build a Trojan horse

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 24 November 2021 Filipe Pereira. Photo: Kennet Ruona. It was Dolly the sheep that decided the fate of Filipe Pereira's future career. The choice lay between becoming an architect or a researcher, when one of the world's most extreme examples of cell reprogramming aroused his curiosity about the inner works of the human

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/dolly-sheep-inspired-him-build-trojan-horse - 2025-02-27

Environmentally sustainable diet linked to health benefits

By tove [dot] gilvad [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - published 10 December 2021 Photo: Mostphotos. A large population study from Lund University in Sweden has shown that more sustainable dietary habits are linked to health benefits, such as a reduced risk of premature death from cardiovascular disease and cancer. The study is published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. “Our

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/environmentally-sustainable-diet-linked-health-benefits - 2025-02-27

New honorary doctors at the Faculty of Medicine

By sara [dot] liedholm [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Liedholm) - published 21 December 2021 Peter van Zijl and Stig Ålund. One of the world’s leading researchers in the field of magnetic resonance imaging, Professor Peter C.M. van Zijl, and Stig Ålund, whose efforts have been of great importance for research on the elderly, ageing and health, are to be honorary doctors at the Faculty of Medicin

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-honorary-doctors-faculty-medicine - 2025-02-27

Daniella Rylander Ottosson named as Wallenberg Academy Fellow

Published 21 December 2021 Daniella Rylander Ottosson. Photo: Johan Persson. Using methods for reprogramming human glia cells top create specialised nerve cells, interneurons, researcher Daniella Rylander Ottosson aims to lay the foundations for future treatments of diseases such as schizophrenia and epilepsy. Of the 27 new Wallenberg Academy Fellows, two are at Lund University: Daniella Rylander

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/daniella-rylander-ottosson-named-wallenberg-academy-fellow - 2025-02-27

Logopedics study programme celebrates anniversary

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 21 December 2021 Kristina Hansson and Birgitta Sahlen. Photo: Tove Smeds. The logopedics study programme at the Faculty of Medicine celebrated its 50th anniversary this year. Professor Birgitta Sahlén and Programme Director and Associate Professor Kristina Hansson look back to when it all began, talk about the current study pr

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/logopedics-study-programme-celebrates-anniversary - 2025-02-27

ECT more effective than ketamine in severe depression

Published 11 January 2022 Pouya Movahed Rad, researcher at Lund University and consultant psychiatrist. Photo: Tove Smeds Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have compared the effects of intravenous ketamine treatment with ECT treatment in severe depression. The results support the view that ketamine is a possible treatment, but also show that ECT treatment helps more people. In recent years,

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/ect-more-effective-ketamine-severe-depression - 2025-02-27

New research highlights genetic differences between different forms of type 2 diabetes

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 11 January 2022 Dina Mansour Aly, one of the main authors behind the study, has carried out several genetical analyses. Photo: Petra Olsson Previous research from Lund University has shown that diabetes can be divided into five groups with different disease progression. A new study published in Nature Genetics demonstrates

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-research-highlights-genetic-differences-between-different-forms-type-2-diabetes - 2025-02-27

Bread study examines the role of genes in breaking down food

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra) - published 11 January 2022 The study participants were served portions of white wheat bread during the two meals. After the meal intervention, blood sugar and insulin levels differed between different groups of participants. Photo: Petra Olsson A lot of research explains which diets may reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Much re

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/bread-study-examines-role-genes-breaking-down-food - 2025-02-27

Hello Professor Tomas Deierborg, and congratulations on the considerable international attention attracted by your study...

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 26 January 2022 Head of Department Tomas Deierborg. Photo: Kennet Ruona ...showing that competitors in the Vasaloppet cross-country ski race run a lower risk of suffering from anxiety than the general population. Your results have been reported by the New York Times, CNN and many other international news outlets. P

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/hello-professor-tomas-deierborg-and-congratulations-considerable-international-attention-attracted - 2025-02-27

New therapies for ITP

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 3 February 2022 Immune Thrombocytopenia, ITP, is an autoimmune bleeding disorder that is still treated with immunosuppressive drugs that cause serious side effects. Professor John Semple’s laboratory studies the pathophysiological mechanisms behind this disease and together with Dr. Drew Provan, London, UK, has recentl

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-therapies-itp - 2025-02-27

A new multipurpose on-off switch for inhibiting bacterial growth

By agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 8 February 2022 Toxin-antitoxin pairs consist of a gene encoding a toxin that inhibits bacterial growth and an adjacent gene encoding an antitoxin that counteracts the toxic effect. It is like keeping a bottle of poison on a shelf next to a bottle of the antidote. Researchers in Lund have discovered an antitoxin me

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-multipurpose-switch-inhibiting-bacterial-growth - 2025-02-27

New precision technology for immunotherapy

By katrin [dot] stahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Katrin Ståhl) - published 28 February 2022 Image: iStock/Design Cells In recent years, great advances have been made in the development of new successful immunotherapies to treat cancer. CAR T-cell therapy and antibody treatments are two types of targeted immunotherapies that have revolutionised areas of cancer care. However, there are still signif

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-precision-technology-immunotherapy - 2025-02-27

Coastal areas are facing huge risk of water salinization

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 30 April 2019 One million people in the north part of Iran are confronting serious problems with accessibility to water, due to salinization. The guest researcher at the Centre for Middle Eastern studies Alireza Motevalli is now working with a study in order to map the vulnerability in the area. Alireza Motevalli Prope

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/coastal-areas-are-facing-huge-risk-water-salinization - 2025-02-27

Master students on a study trip to Tunis

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 26 April 2019 Arab spring, the abuse of women and a visit to Carthage. The CMES´master students study trip to Tunis was full of meetings and here you can read about some of them. Mrs. Ibtihel Abdellatif, Truth and Dignity Commission On Friday morning we met Mrs Abdellatif, who set up Nissaat Tunisiet, an organisation s

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/master-students-study-trip-tunis - 2025-02-27

Lectures in Armenia very much appreciated

Published 25 April 2019 Teaching students at Armenia's oldest and foremost university is a grateful and rewarding task. Svante Lundgren from the Center for Middle Eastern Studies speaks of experience. Svante Lundgren Yerevan State University is Armenia's oldest, largest and most prestigious university. It turns one hundred years this year and was thus founded during the short time, 1918-20, when t

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/lectures-armenia-very-much-appreciated - 2025-02-27

Free online course "The Sharia and Islamic Law: An Introduction"

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 25 April 2019 Edinburgh University are launching a free online course "The Sharia and Islamic Law: An Introduction". The course brings together a range of academic to help learners think critically about religious law and its many diverse manifestations in different times and places.  

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/free-online-course-sharia-and-islamic-law-introduction - 2025-02-27

Film:"Reformisten – den kvindelige imam" Wednesday May 8

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 24 April 2019 The documentary film "Reformisten – den kvindelige imam" is about Sherin Khankan, Scandinavia's first female imam. In 2016, Sherin Mariam opened the Mosque in Copenhagen, one of the first mosques in Europe led by women. They struggle for a reading of the Quran marked by tolerance, equality and Islamic fem

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/filmreformisten-den-kvindelige-imam-wednesday-may-8 - 2025-02-27

Women in Place: The Politics of Gender Segregation in Iran

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 16 April 2019 Congratulations to Nazanin Shahrokni, Assistant Professor at Syracuse Univesrsity and Guest Researcher at CMES for this academic year for the completion of her book Women in Place: The Politics of Gender Segregation in Iran, an outline of which she presented in a CMES public lecture back in February in a

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/women-place-politics-gender-segregation-iran - 2025-02-27

“Physical and Virtual Spaces Among the Palestinian Diaspora in Malmo”

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 16 April 2019 Fanny Christou and Spyros Sofos have just had a chapter published in The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Diasporas, Media, and Culture, published in association with the International Association for Media and Communication Research. Their contribution in the book focuses on the “Physical and Virtual Spaces A

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/physical-and-virtual-spaces-among-palestinian-diaspora-malmo - 2025-02-27