Av tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - publicerad 27 oktober 2021 Matteo Bruschettini forskare vid Lunds universitet, överläkare på SUS och ansvarig för Cochrane Sweden. Foto: Tove Smeds. De har gått igenom närmare 14 000 vetenskapliga artiklar: vad säger forskningen om hur restriktioner på arbetsplatserna minskat smittspridningen under Covid-19? Arbetet med den systematiska

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/soker-svar-i-14-000-artiklar-hur-har-insatser-pa-arbetsplatserna-paverkat-smittspridning-under-covid - 2025-02-27

Av bjorn [dot] martinsson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Katrin Ståhl och Björn Martinsson) - publicerad 29 oktober 2021 Den medicinska forskningen vid Lunds universitet beviljades cirka 170 miljoner kronor när Vetenskapsrådet (VR) presenterade anslagsbeslut den 28 oktober 2021. Inom området ”Medicin och hälsa” fördelade VR drygt 1,1 miljard till svenska lärosäten för åren 2021-2026. Vid Lunds univer

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/ett-40-tal-forskare-delar-pa-mangmiljonanslag - 2025-02-27

Av agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - publicerad 1 november 2021 Mikael Dolsten, läkemedelsföretaget Pfizers globala forskningschef, gästprofessor vid Medicinska fakulteten, besökte Medicinska fakulteten för en heldag med samtal om forskning och läkemedelsutveckling. Foto: Agata Garpenlind. Han är lundaforskaren med snudd på rockstjärnestatus som vill ge tillbak

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/dolsten-ger-tillbaka-till-lund-med-forskningsinspiration - 2025-02-27

Av asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - publicerad 1 november 2021 Forskare vid Lunds universitet har utvecklat ett verktyg för Virtual reality (VR) som ska hjälpa medicinska forskare att visualisera data som genereras från de avancerade sekvenseringsteknikerna. Bild: Shamit Soneji. I ett samarbete mellan Medicinska fakulteten och LTH, har ett verktyg för Virtual real

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/vr-i-kampen-mot-sjukdom - 2025-02-27

Av katrin [dot] stahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Katrin Ståhl) - publicerad 2 november 2021 Entrén till forskningsstationen i staden Adama i Etiopien där Per Björkman och Patrik Medstrand har sin bas sedan 2010. Forskningsstationen är uppbyggd tillsammans med etiopiska forskare och sjukvårdsorganisationer. 2017 mottog Medicinska fakulteten en privat donation riktad till ett team av forskare som s

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/ytterligare-6-miljoner-till-forskning-om-hiv-och-tuberkulos-i-etiopien - 2025-02-27

Av asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - publicerad 9 november 2021 Maria Jassinskaja vid Institutionen för laboratoriemedicin, vars avhandling blev utsedd till årets avhandling i hematologi 2021. Hon har studerat blodutvecklingen och hur den påverkar vårt immunförsvar. Foto: Maria Samuelsson. ”Vi hyser inga tvivel om att Maria Jassinskajas avhandling skulle rankas bla

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/proteiner-styr-blodutvecklingen-arets-basta-avhandling-i-hematologi - 2025-02-27

Published 5 February 2021 Mats Urde is Outstanding Case Teacher 2021. Photo: Kennet Ruona. Mats Urde, brand researcher at Lund University School of Economics and Management, has been named Outstanding Case Teacher 2021. He has been a committed advocate of the case methodology throughout his professional life. Now, he is rewarded for his efforts. On “World Case Teaching Day” 5 February, he is named

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/mats-urde-wins-prestigious-teaching-excellence-award - 2025-02-27

Published 8 February 2021 It is a cold, grey November day in 2018 when we meet the researchers from Lund University at MAX IV, a research facility with the world's brightest and most focused X-rays. Researchers from all over the world travel here to investigate things at the atomic level and see how molecules bind to one other; knowledge that is valuable when developing new drugs, for example. Mon

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-who-look-tiniest-part-cell - 2025-02-27

Published 10 February 2021 The Newfoundland coast (Photo: Creative Commons) Overfishing, hunting and intensive agriculture and forestry can sometimes contribute to plants and animals becoming endangered. New research from Lund University in Sweden and University of Toronto can now show why this leads to entire populations becoming smaller in size, as well as reproducing earlier. The study is publi

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/why-overfishing-leads-smaller-cod - 2025-02-27

Published 11 February 2021 Photo: Mostphotos A study led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden showed a connection between lifestyle intervention in pregnant women with obesity and epigenetic alterations in the baby. The study is published in the journal Diabetes. An international collaboration between researchers in Sweden, Denmark and Spain investigated whether children’s genes were progra

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lifestyle-changes-pregnant-women-affected-babies-genes - 2025-02-27

Published 16 February 2021 A spruce bark beetle (Photo: Erling Jirle) For the first time, a research team led by Lund University in Sweden has mapped out exactly what happens when spruce bark beetles use their sense of smell to find trees and partners to reproduce with. The hope is that the results will lead to better pest control and protection of the forest in the future. The Eurasian spruce bar

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/breakthrough-fight-against-spruce-bark-beetles - 2025-02-27

Published 16 February 2021 Photo: Mostphotos Psychotherapy for panic disorder produces good results, and the effects are lasting. That is the result from a large long-term study from Lund University in Sweden. Two years after treatment were 70 per cent of the patients clearly improved and 45 per cent were remitted. Panic disorder is one of the most common causes of mental illness in Sweden and wor

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/psychotherapy-panic-disorder-shows-positive-long-term-effects - 2025-02-27

Published 1 March 2021 Edvin Ruuth A lot of us recycle our old textiles, but few of us know that they are very difficult to re-use, and often end up in landfills anyway. Now, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a method that converts cotton into sugar, that in turn can be turned into spandex, nylon or ethanol. WATCH: New method transforms old cotton into glucose Every year, an

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-recycled-cotton-becomes-new-fabric - 2025-02-27

Published 3 March 2021 Through its third accreditation, LUSEM achieves "Triple Crown" status and can be counted among the business schools in the world that maintain absolute top quality. Lund University School of Economics and Management has received its third accreditation through the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), and thereby joins the ranks of top business schoo

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-joins-top-global-business-schools-awarded-triple-crown - 2025-02-27

Published 3 March 2021 As odd as it sounds, many scientists have attempted to place extremely small diamonds inside living cells. Why? Because nanodiamonds are consistently bright and can give us unique knowledge about the inner life of cells over a long time. Now physics researchers at Lund University in Sweden have succeeded in injecting a large number of nanodiamonds directly to the cell interi

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/fluorescent-nanodiamonds-successfully-injected-living-cells - 2025-02-27

Published 4 March 2021 Photo: Annie Spratt/Unsplash Lund University is investing SEK 100 million in an interdisciplinary research programme focusing on Agenda 2030 and sustainable development. The programme is to attract international research expertise and to bring about the establishment of more internationally leading research environments in sustainability. “With its breadth and cutting edge,

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-announces-major-international-research-programme-sustainable-development - 2025-02-27

Published 5 March 2021 The structure of an antibody In recent years, therapeutic antibodies have transformed the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases. Now, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a new, efficient method based on the genetic scissors CRISPR-Cas9, that facilitates antibody development. The discovery is published in Nature Communications. Antibody drugs are the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-method-facilitates-development-antibody-based-drugs - 2025-02-27

Published 5 March 2021 Lars Edvinsson (Photo: Kennet Ruona) In the early 1970s, Lars Edvinsson stepped through the doors of Lund University for the first time. More than 50 years later, he is awarded the world's most prominent prize in brain research, "The Brain Prize", which is awarded annually by the Lundbeck Foundation. He receives the award for his pioneering research on migraines. "This is a

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/migraine-pioneer-awarded-prestigious-brain-prize - 2025-02-27

Published 9 March 2021 Photo: Wikimedia Long life is common among bird parents that get help with childcare. This finding comes from researchers at the universities of Lund and Oxford who reviewed data from more than 9,000 studies. Being a parent can be tough. In general, animals that care for many offspring die young, at least in species where parents are not helped by others. However, in some sp

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/bird-parents-receive-help-live-longer - 2025-02-27

Published 12 March 2021 Photo: Mostphotos Researchers at Lund University in Sweden can now show that a new examination method identifies high-risk plaques in the blood vessels surrounding the heart, that cannot be seen solely with traditional angiograms. This type of plaque, rich in fat, could potentially cause recurring heart attacks in patients with heart disease. The study is published in the T

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-clinical-method-could-lower-risk-recurring-heart-attacks - 2025-02-27