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Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Under de senaste åren har såväl forskare vid Lunds universitet som flera andra internationella forskargrupper framgångsrikt publicerat nya rön kring tidig och korrekt diagnostik av demenssjukdomar. Men fortsatt tar diagnostiken lång tid och kräver dyr och avancerad teknik. Nu har lundaforskarna utvecklat en prognost
Psykiska och kognitiva symtom kommer tidigt vid Huntingtons sjukdom och är ofta de svåraste symtomen i sjukdomen, vittnar berörda. Ändå har forskningen, i sin jakt på behandling, främst fokuserat på sjukdomens rörelsestörningar, ett senare symtom. Ny forskning visar att känslohjärnan påverkas tidigare i sjukdomsförloppet och därför bör ges mer fokus vid utvecklingen av nya behandlingar. Artikeln p
https://www.multipark.lu.se/sv/artikel/kanslohjarnan-en-nyckel-i-kampen-mot-huntingtons-sjukdom - 2026-06-23
Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. En ny undersökning med över 2 000 personer med typ 2-diabetes i Sverige visar att hela 52 procent av de som haft diabetes i mindre än tre år aldrig har fått utbildning om sin sjukdom. I jämförelse med en tidigare genomförd undersökning 2010 pekar resultaten på en oroväckande trend; färre får utbildning, en allt stör
https://www.diabetesportalen.lu.se/artikel/mer-varannan-ny-med-typ-2-diabetes-far-ingen-utbildning - 2026-06-23
The John Molson MBA International Case Competition is a prestigious business case competition with teams from around the world, the world’s largest of its kind. During six days in January, 30 teams of highly skilled MBA students, gather in Montreal, Canada. The competition follows a round-robin format (where each team meets every other team), featuring seven engaging business cases. Open to elite
https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/how-proud-we-are-great-achievement-our-students-international-case-competition - 2026-06-21
Mikael Akke, Göran Jönsson, Sara Linse and Mathieu Gisselbrecht of Lund University in Sweden have been awarded considerable grants from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. Over a five-year period, they will conduct major projects on allosteric signalling, more effective immunotherapy, secretive helper proteins and quantum entanglement. Mikael Akke, professor of biophysical chemistry, receive
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/four-lund-researchers-receive-sek-120-million-wallenberg-foundation - 2026-06-21
Physical geographer Lina Eklund is tracking the destruction of Gaza week by week using satellite images. Her analyses could be significant if, once the fighting between Israel and Hamas is over, questions of possible war crimes are raised at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Lina Eklund, associate senior lecturer at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science and rese
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/destruction-gaza-monitored-space - 2026-06-21
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In Parkinson’s disease (PD), dopamine-producing nerve cells that control our movements waste away. Current treatments for PD therefore aim at restoring dopamine contents in the brain. In a new study from Lund University, researchers are attacking the problem from a different angle, through early activation of a protei
Exposure to common infections may shape basal immunity and potentially HIV-1 acquisition amongst a high-risk population in Coastal KenyaLynn Fwambah 1 2, Cheryl Andisi 2, Claire Streatfield 3, Rachel Bromell 3, Jonathan Hare 3 4, Joakim Esbjörnsson 5 6, Thumbi Ndung'u 7 8 9 10, Eduard J Sanders 1 6 11, Amin S Hassan # 1 5, Eunice Nduati # 1 2Affiliations1Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)/We
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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 b
https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/fewer-breast-cancer-cases-between-screening-rounds-3d-mammography - 2026-06-23
Numerous studies have suggested that eating a healthy diet may reduce a person’s risk of dementia. A new study from one of MultiPark's research groups, published in Neurology, sheds new light on the impact of having a Mediterranean diet. The Mediterranean diet includes a high intake of vegetables, legumes, fruits, fish and healthy fats such as olive oil, and a low intake of dairy products, meats a
https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/does-mediterranean-diet-really-decrease-your-risk-dementia - 2026-06-23
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lina Ejlertsson, a doctoral student in Public Health at Lund University, believes that there is a classic approach to working with and measuring health in workplaces through sick leave rates, productivity and efficiency. – Most often, rehabilitative measures or preventative work are only undertaken after employees bec
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/integrated-recovery-during-work-day-does-it-make-difference - 2026-06-23
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, possibly detects cancers that would otherwise have been diag
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/fewer-breast-cancer-cases-between-screening-rounds-3d-mammography - 2026-06-23
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. LUCSUS researcher Emma Johansson is currently in Cambodia to study linkages between land, water and food. The field trip marks the start of a new post doctoral research project aiming to investigate changes in water use and food production linked to land grabbing. The post doctoral studies are funded by the Crafoord F
Around 100 select astronomy books dating from 1545 to 1799 have been relocated from the Astronomy Library to the University Library. LUM was there as the books were packed away, and again, several months later, after they had been quarantined and it was time to catalogue, encapsulate and put them in storage. Next year, the rarest volumes will be digitalised and perhaps even be displayed. Outside A
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/star-studded-tomes-astronomy-library-move-new-home - 2026-06-22
At LU Innovation, anyone who wants to utilise and translate their research into a product or service can get help with things like funding, advice, development and marketing completely free of charge. Niclas Nilsson, head of office at LU Innovation, hopes that more researchers will discover the service. Ultrasound diagnosis, the first respirator, oat milk, Bluetooth and gene therapy in cancer trea
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/helping-researchers-who-want-start-companies-and-develop-innovations - 2026-06-22
How do you build a strong publishing profile in an increasingly competitive academic landscape? What does it take to ensure that your research actually reaches the people who need it? And how do you become visible in the research community – even if you don’t have the most outgoing personality? LTH senior lecturer Enrico Ronchi shares his best tips. Don’t be afraid to throw yourself into internati
https://www.lthin.lth.se/en/article/2026/how-increase-your-academic-publishing - 2026-06-23
Last week, you read the first part of our interview with Elin Östlind and Thérése Jönsson, specialist physiotherapists with extensive experience in osteoarthritis education/school (swedish: artrosskola). If you haven't read the first part yet you'll find it here (link opens in a new tab).When the osteoarthritis education program was initially established, there was a common framework that was more
https://www.arthritisportal.lu.se/article/how-does-oa-school-work-treatment-osteoarthritis - 2026-06-23
In collaboration with the Pufendorf IAS, the LMK Foundation invites to an annual Idea Forum for young researchers. Last autumn, Maya Kylén and Magnus Dustler Medfak participated, and this is what it was like for them. Deadline to nominate for participation this year is April 15. Maya Kylén: "It was exciting and rewarding! The moderators (Göran Bexell, Sven Strömqvist and Susanne Åkesson) did a fan
SOCIOLOGIDAGARNA 2018: The Swedish Sociological Association's bi-annual conference titled "Sociology in a Polarized World" took place in Lund last week and was hosted by the Department of Sociology. This year's conference, March 7-9, was among the largest in the history of the association, with a peak of 268 delegates attending on International Women’s Day, March 8th. It was also among the first o
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/hundreds-sociologists-came-lund-discuss-divided-world - 2026-06-23
