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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, Lund University has uni
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 fastest growing class
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-method-facilitates-development-antibody-based-drugs - 2025-08-27
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 great honour, as it is
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/migraine-pioneer-awarded-prestigious-brain-prize - 2025-08-27
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 species things are differ
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/bird-parents-receive-help-live-longer - 2025-08-27
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 The Lancet. ”We have been
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-clinical-method-could-lower-risk-recurring-heart-attacks - 2025-08-27
The fight against COVID-19 continues. In Lund, researchers are working to identify a compound that could be used to prevent viral infection, and thus save lives. “This model that has been developed with our collaborators will fill an important gap for current and future drug screening efforts for the upper or lower airways using human airway cells”, says Sinem Tas, associate researcher. The most r
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-model-human-airways-speeds-battle-against-covid-19 - 2025-08-27
Within the next few years, Lund Nano Lab will move into new premises in Science Village that are twice the current size. The new investment will provide unique opportunities for research and collaboration with the goal of improving conditions for human life and the climate through nanotechnology. “Now it’s really happening. We are using nanotechnology solutions in everyday life throughout society,
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/more-nanotechnology-everyone-nanolund-makes-new-investment - 2025-08-27
Photo: Mostphotos Researchers at Lund University have designed a new bioink which allows small human-sized airways to be 3D-bioprinted with the help of patient cells for the first time. The 3D-printed constructs are biocompatible and support new blood vessel growth into the transplanted material. This is an important first step towards 3D-printing organs. The new study has been published in Advanc
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-bioink-brings-3d-printing-human-organs-closer-reality - 2025-08-27
Roman Pasechnik (Photo: Gunnar Ingelman) For 50 years, the research community has been hunting unsuccessfully for the so-called Odderon particle. Now, a Swedish-Hungarian research group has discovered the mythical particle with the help of extensive analysis of experimental data from the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland. In 1973, two French particle physicists found that, according to
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-find-evidence-elusive-odderon-particle - 2025-08-27
Professor Jan Sundquist Professor Jan Sundquist at Lund University has been awarded a $3 million grant by the National Institutes of Health, NIH, USA. His group will do research on heredity and environmental factors in relation to the ongoing opioid epidemic and other drug abuse Together with Professor Kenneth Kendler at Virginia Commonwealth University, the research group will, among other things
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/large-grant-research-opioid-epidemic - 2025-08-27
Cancer in the colon and rectum is the third most common form of cancer after prostate and breast cancer. This screening will help healthcare providers to detect colorectal cancer at an early stage. In May, screening for colorectal cancer will be offered in Skåne to all those born in 1961. Subsequently, Swedes aged 60 to 74 will be tested for blood in their faeces, to detect cancer at an early stag
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/screening-colorectal-cancer-starts-spring - 2025-08-27
Fruit fly (Photo: Qinyang Li) Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have investigated how the X and Y chromosomes evolve and adapt to each other within a population. The results show that breaking up coevolved sets of sex chromosomes could lead to lower survival rates among the offspring – something that could be of importance in species conservation, for example. The study is published in the
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-study-sheds-light-how-x-and-y-chromosomes-interact - 2025-08-27
Pathological uptake of tau, to the left. A healthy brain, to the right. (Photo: Ruben Smith) Alzheimer’s disease seems to progress faster in women than in men. The protein tau accumulates at a higher rate in women, according to research from Lund University in Sweden. The study was recently published in Brain. Over 30 million people suffer from Alzheimer’s disease worldwide, making it the most com
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/women-accumulate-alzheimers-related-protein-faster - 2025-08-27
3D-mammography, to the right, gives a more detailed image 3D-mammography reduces the number of breast cancer cases diagnosed in the period between routine screenings, when compared with traditional mammography, according to a large study from Lund University in Sweden. The results are published in the journal Radiology. “Our results indicate that 3D-mammography, or digital breast tomosynthesis, po
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/fewer-breast-cancer-cases-between-screening-rounds-3d-mammography - 2025-08-27
The bundle had been squeezed under the mattress in the coffin (Photo: Gunnar Menander) Bishop Peder Winstrup died in 1679, and is one of the most well-preserved human bodies from the 1600s. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden may now have solved the mystery of why a foetus was hidden in his coffin in Lund Cathedral. DNA from the bishop and the foetus, along with kinship analyses, has shown th
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/foetus-bishops-coffin-was-probably-his-grandson - 2025-08-27
Coal tit (Photo: Andreas Nord) Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered that bird blood produces more heat in winter, when it is colder, than in autumn. The study is published in The FASEB Journal. The secret lies in the energy factories of cells, the mitochondria. Mammals have no mitochondria in their red blood cells, but birds do, and according to the research team from Lund and
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/birds-blood-functions-heating-system-winter - 2025-08-27
Imagine a fresh, crunchy salad that has been… frozen and defrosted? A unique method of freezing vegetables and fruit that keeps cells alive has been developed, and patented, at Lund University in Sweden. The researchers say that within a year, fresh, locally grown fruits and vegetables could be available in the middle of winter. Spinach is frozen, defrosted – and remains fresh “When we keep the ce
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/veggies-fruits-stay-fresh-new-freezing-method - 2025-08-27
Paying for a coffee or lunch by simply scanning your palm still sounds like science fiction to most of us. However, an engineering student at Lund University in Sweden has made it happen - making his the first known company in the world to install the vein scanning technique in stores and coffee shops. WATCH VIDEOFredrik Leifland got the idea for his start-up two years ago when he was standing in
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/buy-lunch-pay-your-hand - 2025-08-27
A group of engineering students at Lund University in Sweden noticed there was a rather lacklustre range of veggie burgers available in supermarkets, despite a growing demand for green products. And sure enough - too many additives, no flavour, and no texture, were common complaints they came across when they asked consumers. The food technology students didn’t stop at vegetarian, however; they se
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-create-ultimate-veggie-burger - 2025-08-27
Sergii Gladchuk, Anthony George, Malin Dahlgren, Christian Brueffer, Lao Saal and Yilun Chen. (Photo: Olle Dahlbäck) A small proportion of women who receive anti-estrogen treatment after breast cancer surgery have worse outcomes. This is associated with mutations in the estrogen receptor gene, according to a study from Lund University now published in JNCI Cancer Spectrum. “If our results are conf
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/mutations-can-reduce-effect-hormonal-treatment-early-breast-cancer - 2025-08-27
