By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 24 August 2023 Researchers at Lund University, Rigshospitalet Copenhagen, Hannover Medical School and the biopharma company Amniotics will investigate how natural killer cells can be tailored for the treatment of AML, glioblastoma and pancreatic cancer. Photo: iStock. As certain tumor cells are able to conceal themselv

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/eu-funding-killer-cells-fight-cancer - 2025-04-25

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 24 August 2023 A new study from the universities of Lund and Gothenburg, among others, provides knowledge that can be used in individual risk assessment, preventive measures and treatment strategies for breast cancer patients. Photo: Foto: iStock/Rasi Bhadramani BRCA1 and BRCA2 are well-known breast cancer genes associ

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/breast-cancer-study-altered-guidelines-sweden - 2025-04-25

By anna [dot] hellgren [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Hellgren) - published 18 September 2023 Esther González-Padilla and Markus Heidenblad, photo: Ingemar Hultquist On September 28, the official launch of SciLifeLab Lund will take place in Forum Medicum. Lund is one of the four new sites that were established in 2022. The sites in Gothenburg, Linköping, Umeå and Lund are part of a major govern

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/kick-scilifelab-lund - 2025-04-25

By katrin [dot] stahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Katrin Ståhl) - published 19 September 2023 Photo: iStock/Gab13. Is it possible that a single biomarker can detect all types of diseases related to dopamine deficiency in the brain? Yes, that's what a research group in Lund is discovering. "We have observed that an enzyme in cerebrospinal fluid and in blood is a useful marker for identifying all ty

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-blood-marker-can-identify-parkinsonian-diseases-0 - 2025-04-25

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 29 September 2023 Using a data-driven, bioinformatics approach, Lund University researchers have made it possible to take a holistic approach to how our blood group genes are regulated. Photo: iStock/choja Currently, a lot is known about which genes are responsible for our individual blood groups, however not much is understoo

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-bioinfomatics-pipeline-solves-50-year-old-blood-group-puzzle - 2025-04-25

By petra [dot] olsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Petra Olsson) - published 5 October 2023 Using precision medicine in diabetes means that treatment of the disease and its complications can become more precise and accurate. Photo: iStock An international consensus report on diabetes identifies the potential for diabetes screening, better classification of type 2 diabetes, and biomarkers that can p

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-report-opportunities-and-challenges-precision-diabetes-medicine - 2025-04-25

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 11 October 2023 The researchers behind the study on pressure-induced vascular damage, from left: Johan Holmberg, Olivia Ritsvall, Karl Swärd, Marycarmen Arévalo-Martinez and Sebastian Albinsson. Photo: Åsa Hansdotter. A research group at Lund University has studied how a molecular sensor located in the blood vessel wal

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/how-your-blood-vessels-tolerate-high-blood-pressure - 2025-04-25

Published 13 October 2023 By reprogramming tumor cells into the body's defense cells, Filipe Pereira and his colleagues aim to improve cancer treatments. Foto: Tove Smeds Filipe Pereira, professor of molecular medicine at Lund University, is awarded this year's Fernström prize for young, exceptionally promising, and successful researchers. He receives the award for his work on reprogramming blood

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/filipe-pereira-awarded-eric-k-fernstrom-prize-young-researchers - 2025-04-25

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 4 December 2018 On Tuesday November 27 the first Nordic Huntington Disease Research Meeting took place at the Biomedical Center in Lund.  50 participants from Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway took part of interesting data blitz presentations about clinical research, mechanisms of disease and future therapies. The paus

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/nordic-huntington-disease-research-meeting - 2025-04-25

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 14 November 2018 Huntington Center in Lund is hosting an information meeting on Huntington's disease on November 19 at the Biomedical Center in Lund. Åsa Petersén will give a talk on the latest research in HD and Håkan Widner, professor and senior consultant in neurology, will be talking about symptoms and treatment. The

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/information-evening-huntingtons-disease - 2025-04-25

Published 9 November 2018 Petersén gives research talk for young people in HD families on November 10 2018 in Stockholm at a 2-day conference organised by the Swedish Huntington Association “Riksförbundet för Huntingtons sjukdom". Read more about this event on Riksförbundet för Huntingtons sjukdom's webpage (in Swedish)

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-gives-research-talk-young-people-hd-families-stockholm - 2025-04-25

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 7 November 2018 Åsa Petersén has been awarded a four-year project grant from the Swedish Research Council (VR), starting from 2019. The grant is awarded for the project entitled Effects of hypothalamic circuitries in Huntington disease. The total granted sum is 4.8 million for 2019-2022.

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-granted-funds-swedish-research-council - 2025-04-25

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 18 September 2018 Yesterday it was announced that Professor Åsa Petersén will receive the Fernström award at Lund University for younger, successful researchers. The prize is awarded six researches at different Medical Faculties in Sweden, where each and one receives the sum of SEK 100 000. The Lund award ceremony will t

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/professor-petersen-fernstrom-awardee - 2025-04-25

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 8 January 2018 Congratulations to Dr. Rana Soylu-Kucharz who is awarded a 2 year postdoctoral stipend from the Swedish Brain Foundation! Dr. Rana Soylu-Kucharz is awarded a 2 year postdoctoral stipend from the Swedish Brain Foundation to study the role of hypothalamic dysfunction for striatal pathology in HD! Congratulat

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/dr-soylu-kucharz-awarded-postdoctoral-stipend - 2025-04-25

Published 19 December 2017 Hannie Lundgren, Head of Research at Region Skåne, Åsa Petersén and Gunilla Westergren-Thorsson, Dean at the Faculty of Medicine. Today the new Huntington Center headed by Åsa Petersén was inaugurated by the dean of the Medical Faculty at Lund University and the Head of Research at Region Skåne. 

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/huntington-center-now-inaugurated - 2025-04-25

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 14 March 2017 TNU är värd för ett råd- och stödgruppsmöte för Riksförbundet för Huntingtons sjukdom i Skåne torsdagen den 1:e juni kl 18.00 - 20.00.Program:18.00-18.10 Välkomna och introduktion av Susanne Zell, RHS18.10-18.40 Föredrag om den senaste forskningen av Åsa Petersén, Lunds Universitet18.40-19.10 Rundtur på for

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/tnu-berattar-om-den-senaste-forskningen-riksforbundet-huntingtons-sjukdom-den-1e-juni-2017 - 2025-04-25

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 13 November 2008 On July 31st 2008, Åsa Petersén was interviewed on Swedish National Radio, Sveriges Radio P1. 

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/radio-interview-asa-petersen - 2025-04-25

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 14 November 2008 Gåva ger hopp om att stoppa grym sjukdom (in Swedish only)

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/sydvenskan-article-about-huntingtons-disease - 2025-04-25

Published 14 November 2008 article_in_allers_2008.pdf

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/article-allers-magazine-about-huntingtons-disease - 2025-04-25

By Jenny [dot] Mansson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Månsson) - published 19 November 2008 Read about Huntington's disease and Åsa Petersén's research on page 26 (in Swedish).Aktuellt om Vetenskap & Hälsa - November 2008

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/article-huntingtons-disease-aktuellt-om-vetenskap-halsa - 2025-04-25