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Patients born with heart defects experience their first acute heart attack at a significantly earlier age than others. This is shown by a new national study from Lund University in Sweden. However, despite this earlier onset of illness, there is no difference in survival rates or the risk of further heart attacks between those with congenital heart defects and others. The study includes 214 patien
After 15 years, hundreds of meetings, conferences, opinion pieces, interviews and trips to Stockholm, it happened – the Government adopted the Housing First model as a national strategy for tackling homelessness. “We are very proud. We have just finished an information guide that the National Board of Health and Welfare will distribute to Sweden’s social workers,” Marcus Knutagård tells LUM when w
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/finally-housing-first-model-adopted-national-strategy - 2026-10-06
The biology researchers from Lund, Milda Pucetaite and Colin Olito, have been awarded starting grants from the European Research Council, ERC. The research projects aim to advance methods in microbiological ecology and map the development of sex chromosomes. Milda Pucetaite, researcher in microbiological ecology, on the project “Tracing single-cell scale chemical signaling between interacting soil
https://www.biology.lu.se/article/two-biology-researchers-receive-generous-starting-grants-european-research-council - 2026-10-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Tropical rainforests have long been considered the Earth’s lungs, sequestering large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and thereby slowing down the increasing greenhouse effect and associated human-made climate change. Scientists in a global research project now show that the vast extensions of semi-arid l
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/savannahs-slow-climate-change - 2026-10-05
Two researchers at the Department of Biology, Milda Pucetaite and Colin Olito, have been awarded starting grants from the European Research Council, ERC. The research projects aim to advance methods in microbiological ecology and map the development of sex chromosomes. Milda Pucetaite Researcher in microbiological ecology. Project: “Tracing single-cell scale chemical signaling between interacting
https://www.science.lu.se/article/two-biology-researchers-receive-generous-starting-grants-european-research-council - 2026-10-05
Tropical rainforests have long been considered the Earth’s lungs, sequestering large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and thereby slowing down the increasing greenhouse effect and associated human-made climate change. Scientists in a global research project now show that the vast extensions of semi-arid landscapes occupying the transition zone between rainforest and desert dominate th
https://www.merge.lu.se/article/new-article-science-shows-savannahs-slows-climate-change - 2026-10-05
While Primula is down, it is important that everyone manually documents the cases that they normally register in Primula themselves, so that the information can be registered correctly afterwards, when we regain access to the system. To ensure this works the Faculty management has come to the conclusion that we at the Faculty of Medicine should follow this routine as long as the shutdown lasts. La
https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/how-handle-cases-while-primula-down - 2026-10-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new study from Lund University in Sweden increases knowledge of how boundaries and barriers are maintained between different species in the animal world. According to theory, crosses between two species, known as hybrids, may not survive encounters with natural predators to the same degree as their parents. Now, res
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/predators-preserve-existing-animal-species - 2026-10-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. All diabetics who developed the disease before the age of six months should be tested for a certain genetic mutation. Some of them might not need insulin injections but could manage their disease just as well, or better, with a simple tablet. “Neonatal diabetes is an uncommon form of diabetes caused by a genetic mutat
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/many-diabetics-could-manage-without-insulin-injections - 2026-10-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. During regulation of blood glucose levels, various hormones interact and counteract with each other in a complex manner. Together, these hormones maintain stable glucose levels. The recent mapping of hormonal interactions, carried out by scientists at Lund University Diabetes Centre (LUDC), aimed to explain why an imb
https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/stable-glucose-levels-are-result-complex-hormonal-balancing-act - 2026-10-05
Compared with other migratory birds, the common swift follows a very unusual pattern when it migrates from the breeding areas in Europe to its wintering locations south of the Sahara. This is what researchers have observed in a major eleven-year international study of the birds. “Our study is very significant for understanding how organisms, in this case the common swift, can migrate from one part
https://www.biology.lu.se/article/rare-pattern-observed-migrating-common-swifts - 2026-10-05
Underground fungi play a central role in the fragile ecosystems of atoll islands. The unique symbiotic relationship between these fungi and rainforest trees is vital for the restoration of nature and ultimately for the survival of coral reefs. New research shows how fungi help nutrients to move between the forest and the sea. Palmyra Atoll is a remote and uninhabited cluster of small islands halfw
https://www.biology.lu.se/article/fungi-crucial-recovery-tropical-islands - 2026-10-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Lund University Iran expert Rouzbeh Parsi on the importance of a nuclear deal with Iran: WATCH INTERVIEWQ: Why is this the right time for a deal?A: The Obama administration understands, especially after the election of President Rouhani in June 2013, that there is a negotiation partner who is credible and sincere in t
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/time-us-iran-deal-now-says-iran-scholar - 2026-10-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new tuberculosis diagnostic method tailored for low-income countries could save lives, detecting nearly 50% more TB cases among HIV-infected people, according to a new study from Lund University. Tuberculosis (TB) is the most common cause of death among HIV positive individuals, even if antiretroviral treatment (AR
When staff members at the Faculty of Social Sciences move into Allhelgonaskolan, many will need to get used to new ways of working and adopt a more activity-based approach. The building will also be opened up so that everyone working within the faculty can use one of the floors for various activities, such as meetings. An activity-based office is based on a simple idea: different tasks require dif
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/activity-based-workplace-allhelgonaskolan-what-does-mean-practice - 2026-10-05
Lund University is establishing a university-wide development center for advanced therapies, LU-ATMP. It is an effort to move medical research with the potential for new groundbreaking therapies to reach patient groups where traditional medicines are not enough. "We want to contribute to the vision of Sweden becoming a world leader in the development and availability of advanced therapies," says E
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/new-atmp-center-lund-university - 2026-10-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Extensive power outages and satellite blackouts that affect air travel and the internet are some of the potential consequences of massive solar storms. These storms are believed to be caused by the release of enormous amounts of stored magnetic energy due to changes in the magnetic field of the sun’s outer atmosphere
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/breakthrough-method-predicting-solar-storms - 2026-10-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In a large hall on Margaretavägen in Lund, next to LDC, the air is full of the hum of computers. The supercomputers Alarik, Erik and Platon – the most powerful in southern Sweden – are busy computing complex problems that Lund University researchers are not able to solve on their own. At the moment, a simulation of a
https://www.staff.lu.se/article/lunarc-universitys-powerhouse - 2026-10-05
First, they discovered how DNA can move in wavelike patterns on the millimeter scale in microfluidics devices – now they also have found a way of controlling the behaviour. Four researchers connected to NanoLund have presented results that may be useful in several ways: to enhance or suppress the mixing of microfluidics, relevant for medicine and food industry as well as water treatment. In the jo
https://www.nano.lu.se/article/effect-symmetry-dna-waves - 2026-10-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Astronomers have discovered what appears to be the remnants of a planet orbiting a dead star in a disc of debris formed from destroyed planets. The planetary fragment could offer clues into the fate of our own Solar System in the far-off future. According to a new study published in Science, researchers have found a s
https://www.science.lu.se/article/remains-planet-found-orbiting-dead-star - 2026-10-05
