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A new technology has brought researchers one step closer to a future cure for Congenital Muscular Dystrophy type1A, a devastating muscle disease that affects children. The new findings are based on research by Kinga Gawlik at Lund University, Department of Experimental Medical Science, and were recently published in Nature. Congenital Muscular Dystrophy type1A, MDC1A, a progressive genetic disease

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/reversing-muscle-dystrophy - 2026-10-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University has climbed from #98 to #96 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020, once again securing a place among the top 100 universities in the world. The ranking includes almost 1,400 universities across 92 countries, placing Lund University in the top 0,4% of the universities included.THE

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-world-top-100-ranking - 2026-10-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This year’s Fernström Prize for young, particularly promising and successful researchers at Lund University is awarded to Professor Johan Malmström. He wins the award and prize of SEK 100 000 for his world-leading work on proteomics, a field of large scale protein analysis that charts the function and structure of pro

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lunds-fernstrom-prize-research-interaction-proteins - 2026-10-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. An international study led by researchers from Lund University in Sweden has found that a collision in the asteroid belt 470 million years ago created drastic changes to life on Earth. The breakup of a major asteroid filled the entire inner solar system with enormous amounts of dust leading to a unique ice age and, su

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/gigantic-asteroid-collision-boosted-biodiversity-earth - 2026-10-13

Ever since the blood type was discovered in 1962, no one has been able to explain why some people become Xga positive while others are Xga negative. But now, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have finally solved the mystery, and their study is being published in the scientific journal Blood. In case of a blood transfusion, it is important to know the blood type of both the donor and the pat

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researchers-crack-code-final-blood-group-system - 2026-10-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Arctic climate change research relies on field measurements and samples that are too scarce, and patchy at best, according to a comprehensive review study from Lund University in Sweden. The researchers looked at thousands of scientific studies, and found that around 30% of cited studies were clustered around only two

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/scientists-lack-vital-knowledge-rapid-arctic-climate-change - 2026-10-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Biologists at Lund University in Sweden have in a recent study shown that the great tit, a common European songbird, has a tremendous capacity for self-control. Up to now, such impulse control has been primarily associated with larger cognitively advanced animals with far larger brains than the great tit. According to

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/great-tit-birds-have-much-impulse-control-chimpanzees - 2026-10-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A unique study from Lund University in Sweden has discovered for the first time that there is a genetic sexual conflict in the immune system in animals. In females, the variation in central genes of the immune system is too high, whereas in males, it is too low. The researchers argue that the conflict is linked to dif

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/differences-immune-responses-create-genetic-conflict-between-sexes - 2026-10-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that small birds migrating from Scandinavia to Africa in the autumn occasionally fly as high as 4 000 metres above sea level - probably adjusting their flight to take advantage of favourable winds and different wind layers. This is the first time that researchers have t

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/small-birds-fly-high-altitudes-towards-africa - 2026-10-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Children with allergies have a lower risk of developing complicated appendicitis, according to a new study from Lund University and Skåne University Hospital in Sweden. The findings, now published in JAMA Pediatrics, could pave the way for new diagnostic tools in the future. “In a study of all the children who underwe

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/link-between-appendicitis-and-allergies-discovered - 2026-10-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden, have in collaboration with colleagues in Copenhagen and Singapore, mapped how the body’s own peptides act to reduce infection and inflammation by deactivating the toxic substances formed in the process. The study is published in Nature Communications and the researchers believ

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/medicine-future-against-infection-and-inflammation - 2026-10-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered a cytoskeleton which provides the structure for mitochondria, the cell’s energy producers. The skeleton is necessary for the function of the mitochondria, but the researchers also found that cancer cells utilise the skeleton to maintain their cellular respirator

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/newly-discovered-cytoskeleton-helps-cancer-cells-survive - 2026-10-13

Do you eat a lot of chicken, pasta, cheese and oils? Or do you prefer yogurt and cereal, but stay away from coffee and meat? A unique population study from Lund University in Sweden has identified different food patterns - and found that some are healthier than others. The study did not look at specific foods and their effects, but rather at how different groups of people ate according to a number

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-healthy-your-food-pattern - 2026-10-13

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered a direct link between the protein aggregation in nerve cells that is typical for neurodegenerative diseases, and the regulation of gene expression in Huntington’s disease. The results pave the way for the development of new treatment strategies for diseases that involve impairment of the basic mechanism by which the body’s cells can break do

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/powerful-molecules-provide-new-findings-about-huntingtons-disease - 2026-10-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Today, Lund University handed over the remains of an Aboriginal man to representatives of the Australian government’s Indigenous Repatriation Programme. The event in Lund was attended by Australia’s Ambassador Jonathan Kenna. A solemn ceremony was held in connection with the handover. The remains have been part of Lun

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-returns-remains-australia - 2026-10-13

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a faster method to generate functional brain cells, called astrocytes, from embryonic stem cells. Astrocytes play a significant role in neurodegenerative diseases. The new method reduces the time required to produce the cells from months to two weeks, and the study has been published in Nature Methods. “This means that it is now easier than b

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-method-grows-brain-cells-stem-cells-quickly-and-efficiently - 2026-10-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In many cases it is the colour of the prey that helps predatory birds to detect, pursue and capture them. In a new study, biologists at Lund University in Sweden show that the Harris’s hawk has the best colour vision of all animals investigated to date – and in certain situations, even better than humans. The findings

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/colour-vision-makes-birds-prey-successful-hunters - 2026-10-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Cognitive scientists at Lund University and Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have demonstrated that experimentally induced changes in political attitudes can last over time. Notably, participants’ who verbally motivated these ”false attitudes” exhibited the largest changes. This is the first time a lasting effect of th

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/induced-changes-political-attitude-can-last-over-time - 2026-10-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The way viruses inject their genome in cells affects the course of infection. Researchers at Lund University, Sweden, and the University of Illinois, USA, have shown that viruses that infect bacteria attack either in a synchronised or random fashion when injecting their DNA – something the researchers discovered had a

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/mechanism-determines-course-infection-discovered - 2026-10-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Up to now, researchers have believed that birds stay at home and altruistically help raise younger siblings because this is the only way to pass on genes when you cannot breed yourself. But this idea is only partially true. A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that birds benefit from being helpful because

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/birds-help-each-other-partly-selfish-reasons - 2026-10-13