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For the first time, researchers have identified a previously unrecognized metabolic defence mechanism in aggressive brain tumours: a sugar-rich shield that surrounds tumour cells and protects them against a particularly destructive form of cell death. Aggressive brain tumours grow in an extreme environment characterised by oxygen and nutrient deficiencies, low pH and chronic cellular stress. Insid
Each year approximately four thousand people in Sweden are diagnosed with lung cancer and nearly as many die each year from the disease. It is the fifth most common form of cancer in Sweden and the one which claims the most victims. At Lund University researchers are working on finding new methods to diagnose and treat the disease. Despite the fact that lung cancer is such a large-scale problem th
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lung-cancer-early-diagnosis-leads-better-targeted-treatment - 2026-10-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 15 per cent of the population – almost one in seven Swedes – suffer from digestive problems in the form of bloating, abdominal pain, constipation and diarrhoea. But since these problems are not life-threatening, and the status of the digestive tract is low, medical researchers and funders have shown only moderate inte
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/research-gives-hope-gastric-patients - 2026-10-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On 4 November there is an opportunity for researchers at Lund University to participate free of charge in the annual meeting of the Medicon Valley Alliance. Petter Hartman, CEO, talks about the benefits for both society and individual researchers when life science networks are strengthened and cooperation flourishes a
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/power-networking-within-life-science - 2026-10-09
For the first time, researchers have identified a previously unrecognized metabolic defence mechanism in aggressive brain tumours: a sugar-rich shield that surrounds tumour cells and protects them against a particularly destructive form of cell death. Aggressive brain tumours grow in an extreme environment characterised by oxygen and nutrient deficiencies, low pH and chronic cellular stress. Insid
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/aggressive-brain-tumours-build-protective-sugar-shield-survive-extreme-stress - 2026-10-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Knowledge that the gastrointestinal flora affects both healthy physiological processes and various disease mechanisms has increased in recent years. A study conducted at Lund University in Sweden is now published in one of the leading haematology journals, Blood Advances, and reveals a previously unknown link between
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/gastrointestinal-flora-culprit-severe-lung-damage-after-blood-transfusion - 2026-10-09
Taha Sen’s PhD thesis focus on the life span of red blood cells and elucidates the important role of mitochondria. He is defending his thesis on the 17th of November and in this interview he gives us an overview of his results as well as what it’s been like being a doctoral student during a pandemic. Can you tell us about the research during your PhD? I’ve been focusing my thesis work on the life
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/phd-defence-interview-taha-sen - 2026-10-09
This CMES Regional Outlook (2025:2) by Lisa Strömbom focuses on the global responses to the escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza. In February 2025, a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas came into force, briefly easing the intense humanitarian crisis in Gaza after months of devastating conflict. The truce was structured in three phases. The first stage was implemented and included the ex
https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-regional-outlook-global-responses-escalating-humanitarian-crisis-gaza - 2026-10-09
Using global satellite data, a research team has mapped the tree cover of the world’s protected areas. The study shows that regions with abundant large herbivores in many settings have a more variable tree cover, which is expected to benefit biodiversity overall. Maintaining species-rich and resilient ecosystems is key to preserving biodiversity and mitigating climate change. Here, megafauna – the
https://www.science.lu.se/article/large-herbivores-such-elephants-bison-and-moose-contribute-tree-diversity - 2026-10-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Over the past 50 years, the water in lakes and watercourses has turned increasingly brown. The so-called browning has a negative impact on both drinking water production and ecosystems. If nothing is done, the water is likely to turn even browner – however, there is hope. Supported by a new study, researchers from Lun
https://www.science.lu.se/article/how-changes-land-use-could-reduce-browning-lakes - 2026-10-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This week around 40 Swedish researchers are visiting Korea to meet Korean colleagues in a series of interdisciplinary round table discussions within the framework of the two-day Korea–Sweden Excellence seminar, to reinforce existing contacts and to develop new ones. Issues regarding creativity and innovation, environm
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/sweden-reinforce-its-research-contacts-south-korea - 2026-10-09
Three researchers at Lund University in Sweden have received long-term funding from the Swedish Research Council to develop research in the fields of artificial intelligence, quantum physics and mathematics. “I am very grateful for this fantastic opportunity and would like to thank the Centre for Mathematical Sciences for supporting my application. This grant will attract more talented researchers
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/three-early-career-researchers-receive-sek-45-million - 2026-10-09
The EU has awarded Rustamjon Urinboyev €4.73 million to lead a new doctoral network on law, religion, and governance in post-imperial Muslim-majority societies. Eleven European universities will recruit 15 PhD students for the programme. Four of these will be based at the Sociology of Law Department. The grant will fund the new doctoral network MINARET. The researchers will study how constitutiona
https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/major-eu-grant-lund-led-phd-programme-islamic-legal-cultures - 2026-10-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Susanna Johansson, Senior lecturer at the School of Social Work, is one of the editors of a new book offering an interdisciplinary approach to the understanding of the Barnahus model. This edited collection explores the background and implementation of the Nordic Barnahus (or 'Children's House') model – recognised as
https://www.soch.lu.se/en/article/new-book-nordic-barnahus-model - 2026-10-09
The University management’s view of the government’s proposed model for the profile areas is that it has both advantages and disadvantages. However, it is important to be prepared and to use this opportunity to reinforce the University’s research regardless. The first information meeting about the profile areas at Lund University was held on 12 November. It was well-attended and many questions cam
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/first-meeting-about-profile-areas-raised-many-questions - 2026-10-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. For the first time, researchers have measured what is known as the ground effect of flying animals - and it turns out that they save a lot more energy by flying close to the ground than previously believed. The study from Lund University in Sweden supports one of the theories on how birds began to fly. “Our measuremen
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-study-may-provide-clues-how-birds-began-fly - 2026-10-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lars J Nilsson is Professor of Environmental and Energy Systems Studies at LTH and a member of the Seoul International Energy Advisory Council, an advisory body working on energy-efficiency enhancement and sustainable development in South Korea’s capital. Lars J Nilsson. What have you learned from your work on sustain
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lund-researcher-gives-seouls-mayor-advice-energy-efficiency - 2026-10-09
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. How creative are research studies? What can be done to make them more creative? LUM has met Samuel West, who is not only a doctoral student, but who actually does research on creativity. Samuel West had worked as a psychologist for many years when he decided four years ago to do a PhD. Now he is looking back on his re
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/he-searching-creativity-outside-academy - 2026-10-09
For the first time in the University’s history, a Vice-Chancellor’s decision exists concerning how we are to work on educational qualifications throughout the entire University, as reported in the previous LU News. Half of the University’s faculties have offered the opportunity to apply for recognition as an excellent teaching practitioner or similar for several years. A framework is now being int
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/we-are-now-forefront-work-educational-qualifications-higher-education - 2026-10-10
The research group leader Malin Parmar is granted 50 million SEK over 10 years within the Distinguished professor program by the Swedish Research Council. The purpose of the Distinguished Professor Program is to create conditions for the most prominent researchers to conduct long-term, innovative research with great potential to achieve scientific breakthroughs. Malin Parmar is Professor of cellul
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/distinguished-professorship-malin-parmar - 2026-10-09
