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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have investigated the link between osteoarthritis and mortality in an epidemiological study. It was shown that the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease was higher for people with osteoarthritis than for the rest of the population. Read full length article on the Lund Unive

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/osteoarthritis-linked-higher-risk-dying-cardiovascular-disease - 2026-05-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. More than half of our genome consists of transposons, DNA sequences that are reminiscent of ancient, extinct viruses. Transposons are normally silenced by a process known as DNA methylation, but their activation can lead to serious diseases. Very little is known about transposons but researchers in an international co

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/study-sheds-light-darker-parts-our-genetic-heritage - 2026-05-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. An extensive study has confirmed that the risk of developing coeliac disease is connected to the amount of gluten children consume. The new study is observational and therefore does not prove causation; however, it is the most comprehensive of its kind to date. The results are presented in the prestigious journal JAMA

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/association-between-coeliac-disease-risk-and-gluten-intake-confirmed - 2026-05-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A total of 100,000 newborn babies have now been screened for type 1 diabetes within the framework of GPPAD (The Global Platform for the Prevention of Autoimmune Diabetes), a major European initiative to find children with a high hereditary risk of developing the disease. Number 100,000 was Arthur from Dresden in Germa

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/100000-babies-screened-high-risk-type-1-diabetes - 2026-05-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The first evidence was recently presented demonstrating how the immune system can be controlled by directly reprogramming connective tissue cells into immune cells. The discovery provides the opportunity to develop an entirely new strategy for targeted immunotherapy against cancer. One characteristic of cancer is its

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/research-project-develop-innovative-strategy-cancer-therapy - 2026-05-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 N

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/reversing-muscle-dystrophy - 2026-05-29

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.medicine.lu.se/article/lunds-fernstrom-prize-research-interaction-proteins - 2026-05-29

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 - 2026-05-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are the latest topics within health and care services. With its capacity to process large volumes of data, self-learning software can detect complex correlations between patients, find disease markers at an early stage and make more correct diagnoses. However, this new

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/researchers-study-how-self-learning-software-can-provide-improvements-healthcare - 2026-05-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Triple negative breast cancer is an aggressive type of cancer representing approximately nine percent of all breast cancer cases in Sweden. It is more common among younger women, has a high heredity factor and causes more frequent relapses earlier in the course of the disease than other breast cancers. Researchers hav

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/patient-specific-diagnostics-breast-cancers-are-difficult-cure - 2026-05-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. For people with mental health problems, it can take time and be difficult to achieve a successful working life. A new thesis from Lund University describes what is required to facilitate working life for persons with mental health problems: Hope and belief in the person's ability to work. To focus on the person and in

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/belief-peoples-ability-work - 2026-05-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. He was selling carpets on Mårtenstorget in Lund, applying for all kinds of jobs and answered an advert from the Department of Clinical Immunology, Lund University, for a lab technician job. He didn´t get the job. Instead he was asked if he wanted to start a Ph.D. A few weeks ago immunology professor William Agace was

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/carpets-market-academy-professor - 2026-05-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ullrika Sahlin, Researcher at the Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, CEC, has been awarded Richard J. Burk Outstanding Service Award for her work in the field of risk analyses. Ullrika Sahlin, Researcher at the Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, CEC, has been awarded Richard J. Burk Outstanding

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/researcher-awarded-price-society-risk-analysis - 2026-05-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The purpose of Dr. Pejchar's visit is to advance science at the intersection of biodiversity, ecosystem services and agriculture in collaboration with BECC researchers. Dr. Liba Pejchar brings expertise in several emerging topics in BECC at the intersection of biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-being. Her

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/welcome-becc-guest-researcher-liba-pejchar-associate-professor-department-fish-wildlife-and - 2026-05-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. • Do you get your Friday emails from Research professional with the latest funding opportunities? • Is your profile in LUCRIS, ORCID-ID and PRISMA in order? • What happens with your articles once they are published? How do you get them in all these databases? Warmly welcome to a workshop on tools for researchers at LU

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/workshop-tools-researchers-lu - 2026-05-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In January 2017, Lund University signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Stockholm Environmental Institute, SEI. The relationship between Lund University and SEI has a long history, covering areas such as climate adaptation and low carbon transitions in Sweden, agriculture and food security, and, most recently, with

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/lund-university-and-sei-sign-mou - 2026-05-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Johanna Alkan Olsson from CEC, Lund University was awarded 5,000 Euros for her project on algorithmic potato farming at Climate-KIC Nordic Ideation Day 27 January. The project will create a method for farmers to better handle outbreaks of late blight on crops, a disease expected to become more problematic in a changin

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/potato-project-awarded-grant - 2026-05-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Four different research teams have shared the assignment of evaluating the the Swedish rural programme 2007–2013. One of the groups have been responsible for the second partial report, with the assignment of evaluating the programmes effect when it comes to measures for improving the environment. This research group h

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/final-evaluation-report-swedish-rural-programme-2007-2013 - 2026-05-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Anna Persson, researcher at the CEC is one of the authors of a new publication from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency: "Arguments for more ecosystem services". From the report; Ecosystem services are the foundation of human welfare, yet the services are often invisible in many of society’s decision-making pr

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/arguments-more-ecosystem-services - 2026-05-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The research project Valuation of ecosystem services in agriculture – a path towards effective decision making (VESA) led by Katarina Hedlund will present their results at the Environmental Protection Agency's final conference March 21 in Stockholm. One of the results of VESA is C-bank, which is a web-based tool that

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/final-conference-value-ecosystem-services - 2026-05-29