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New blood tests for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease are making early diagnosis increasingly feasible. However, the fact that the markers being measured change long before any symptoms develop represents a challenge. Research led by Lund University in Sweden shows that a previously unused blood marker, when combined with those markers already in use, can significantly reduce the risk of misleading d

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-blood-marker-reduces-risk-false-diagnosis-alzheimers-disease - 2026-05-13

Two NanoLundians attended the 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting this summer in Bayern, Germany, by the beautiful Bodensee. PhD student Julia Valderas and Postdoctoral fellow Ajeet Kumar share their trip experiences with us. The Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings are internationally renowned conferences, attended annually by about 30–40 Nobel Laureates and some of the most promising young scientists f

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/reports-2025-lindau-nobel-laureate-meeting - 2026-05-13

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed an algorithm that combines data from a simple blood test and brief memory tests, to predict with great accuracy who will develop Alzheimer's disease in the future. The findings are published in Nature Medicine. Approximately 20-30% of patients with Alzheimer's disease are wrongly diagnosed within specialist healthcare, and diagnostic work-up

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/simple-diagnostic-tool-predicts-individual-risk-alzheimers - 2026-05-13

The Swedish Higher Education Authority (UKÄ) has produced statistics for international student mobility at undergraduate and graduate level for all Swedish higher education institutions during the academic year 2022/23. Lund University is high in a national comparison. UKÄ's report states that the pandemic led to a sharp decline in international student mobility in terms of both incoming and outgo

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/increase-both-incoming-and-outgoing-exchange-students - 2026-05-14

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Bo och Kerstin Hjelt donerar 25 miljoner kronor till en stiftelse för forskning om typ 2 diabetes. - Jag har själv diabetes sedan 15 år och jag vet att den håller på att bli så vanlig att den hotar folkhälsan, motiverar Bo Hjelt sin gåva. Donationen går till två internationellt kända diabetesforskare. Den ena av dem

https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/svenskt-par-skanker-25-miljoner-till-diabetesforskning - 2026-05-13

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Livsmedelsforskare i Lund har upptäckt att det är hälsosamt att få i sig små mängder krom och vissa aminosyror före maten. Varför? Jo, denna blandning utspädd i vatten dämpar rejält den blodsockerstegring som uppstår när man äter. Nu hoppas de att drycken – som smakar som vanligt mineralvatten - ska kunna konkurrera

https://www.lu.se/artikel/ny-dryck-haller-blodsockret-i-schack - 2026-05-13

En observationsstudie från Lunds universitet som undersökt sockerkonsumtion, har fått stor nationell och internationell uppmärksamhet. Studien visar att sötade drycker har större negativ inverkan på hälsan än andra sockerkällor. De ökade signifikant risken för ischemisk stroke, hjärtsvikt, förmaksflimmer och bråck på bukens kroppspulsåder. Av de 70 000 svenskar som deltog i hälsostudien, blev 26 0

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/fragor-och-svar-om-sockerstudie-fran-lunds-universitet - 2026-05-13

En observationsstudie från Lunds universitet som undersökt sockerkonsumtion, har fått stor nationell och internationell uppmärksamhet. Studien visar att sötade drycker har större negativ inverkan på hälsan än andra sockerkällor. De ökade signifikant risken för ischemisk stroke, hjärtsvikt, förmaksflimmer och bråck på bukens kroppspulsåder. Av de 70 000 svenskar som deltog i hälsostudien, blev 26 0

https://www.lu.se/artikel/fragor-och-svar-om-sockerstudie-fran-lunds-universitet - 2026-05-14

At the Department of Physics, she is Stina Loo, education administrator for first and second cycle programmes. But she can also call herself a linguist, entrepreneur and television personality. And now, with a dream come true: author. The book ‘Hitta din historia – släktforskning för alla’ (Find your story – genealogy for everyone), which Stina wrote together with Ingeborg Arvastsson, will be rele

https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/article/stina-brings-history-life-new-book - 2026-05-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Engagement with alternative health theories and a scepticism towards authorities, politicians and pharmaceutical companies seem to unite the heterogeneous group of vaccine sceptics. “Many of them are not afraid of becoming infected with infectious diseases because they are convinced it will not happen”, says ethnologi

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/how-vaccine-sceptics-think - 2026-05-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Åsa Burman, like many humanities researchers, struggled alone with her thesis in philosophy. Now she helps other doctoral students to finish on time, and to feel better during the process. “However, I would never have made this idea a reality without my experiences as a consultant in the private sector and my practica

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/helping-doctoral-students-finish-time - 2026-05-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. After your PhD, the clock starts ticking fast. For a young researcher there are no guarantees that you will have a long career in research. Still, you have to give it your all, often while combining it with having small children. There is no time for you to draw up a plan B. In this equation, Pontus Nordenfelt from Fu

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/more-people-should-be-sharing-grants - 2026-05-13

Vad kommer vi att få se för innovationer i framtiden? Under tisdagen presenterades åtta av de mest innovativa idéer och projekt som just nu finns inom Lunds universitet. De fick dela på totalt 400 000 kronor när Lunds universitets och Sparbanken Skånes pris för framtidens innovationer delades ut. I studentkategorin tog Aatu Keränen och Peymon Hashimoto hem det stora priset för sin idé som kan bidr

https://www.innovation.lu.se/artikel/har-finns-framtidens-innovationer - 2026-05-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Meet James Pamment, a Senior Lecturer in Strategic Communication at the Department of Strategic Communication, Lund University, Sweden. His work addresses issues related to strategic communication, diplomacy, and international development. Learn about: * Why strategic communication for places is important; * The impac

https://www.isk.lu.se/en/article/interview-james-pamment-strategic-communication-and-public-diplomacy - 2026-05-13

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Här är en lista över forskare från Lunds universitet som kan svara på många olika slags frågor som kan bli aktuella under de stundande helgerna, från A till Ö. God jul! önskar Lunds universitet AAdvent, jul och trettondag: historia, teologi och praktikStephan Borgehammar, professor i praktisk teologi, kan svara på f

https://www.lu.se/artikel/lunds-universitets-julexperter - 2026-05-14

The date for the annual salary review is 1 October, and the new salary applies from this date. You will receive it retroactively when the University starts paying the new salaries. Discussions are ongoing between Saco-S and the University about the implementation of the new salaries. Lund University and Saco-S are in negotiations regarding the process for this year's salary review. The new salarie

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/years-salary-review-imminent-there-disagreement-between-saco-s-and-employer-about-arrangements-it - 2026-05-14

No 50, 15 December 2025 The NAISS training team wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New YearWelcome to the last edition of the NAISS training newsletters in 2025.  In this newsletter we announce our new NAISS introduction training week.   The introduction week consists out of 7 training modules, which have previously been stand alone courses.  Please select the modules according to your own r

https://www.compile.lu.se/article/naiss-training-newsletter-4 - 2026-05-13

Christopher Douse, Associate Professor at Lund University’s Faculty of Medicine and group leader at the Lund Stem Cell Center, has been awarded a Consolidator Grant from the Swedish Society for Medical Research (SSMF). The five-year, SEK 11 million award will support his team’s research into how repetitive DNA sequences linked to neurological diseases are controlled in the development of the human

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/decoding-repetitive-genome-christopher-douse-awarded-consolidator-grant-ssmf - 2026-05-13

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. As a PhD student he made a significant discovery when he identified ghrelin cells in the pancreatic islands. Four hormone-producing cells were already known to exist in the islands, including the insulin cell. The ghrelin cell became the fifth such cell. “In the scientific world, the discovery of a new type of cell in

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/flying-start-fifth-cell - 2026-05-13

Researchers at Lund University and DTU in Copenhagen have discovered enzymes in the colon that, when mixed with red blood cells, can cut away parts of the carbohydrates that separate our ABO blood groups from each other. The method brings us closer to the dream of a universal blood for everyone. It has long been known that blood from different individuals cannot be mixed randomly without the risk

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/enzymes-intestinal-bacteria-opens-universal-blood - 2026-05-13