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From a rejected article to world-leading Alzheimer’s research. Kaj Blennow has made it possible to detect Alzheimer’s disease up to 20 years before symptoms appear – an achievement that has not only transformed research but also laid the foundation for new therapies. He has now been awarded the Eric K. Fernström Nordic Prize for his groundbreaking research. Professor Kaj Blennow also enjoys gettin

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/lund-world-stage-meet-fernstrom-prize-winner-kaj-blennow - 2025-10-19

A research team at Lund University in Sweden has discovered a mechanism that helps acute myeloid leukemia cells to evade the body’s immune system. By developing an antibody that blocks the mechanism, the researchers could restore the immune system’s ability to kill the cancer cells in laboratory trials and in mice. The discovery is published in Nature Cancer. In brief:Facts about the study: peer-r

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-mechanism-revealed-how-leukemia-cells-trick-immune-system - 2025-10-19

Congratulations to Hanna Thorsson, whose thesis has been awarded the title of Best Hematology Thesis of 2025 by the Swedish Society of Hematology. In May 2025, Hanna Thorsson defended her doctoral thesis, “Single-cell Sequencing of Acute Leukemia” at Lund University. In October, she was awarded “Best Hematology Thesis of the Year” (Årets bästa avhandling i hematologi) by Svensk förening för hemato

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/best-hematology-thesis-year - 2025-10-19

During the Covid-19 pandemic, there was an unexpected increase in the number of cases of type 1 diabetes in Sweden, particularly among children under five and young adult men. The infection accelerated the onset of diabetes among children between the ages of five and nine. The researchers looked at data from a 17-year period on the incidence of type 1 diabetes among all people under the age of 30

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/type-1-diabetes-increased-among-young-people-during-pandemic - 2025-10-19

The most common form of childhood cancer is acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). Researchers at Lund University in Sweden, in cooperation with Karolinska Institutet, SciLifeLab and the University of Cambridge, have now carried out the most extensive analysis to date of ALL at the protein level, by studying the activity in over 8 000 genes and proteins. The results show aberrant folding in the DNA

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/first-major-study-proteins-patients-acute-lymphoblastic-leukaemia - 2025-10-19

Feng Zhang, professor at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard visited Lund University at the beginning of March to deliver the annual honorary lecture organised by the Royal Physiographic and Mendelian Societies in Lund. First published: 2019-05-26Listen to the interview and hear more about why Feng Zhang wants to introduce a moratorium on genetically-modified babies and where Malin Parmar hopes

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/honorary-lecturer-feng-zhang-crispr-research-treasure-hunt-nature - 2025-10-19

First published: 2019-05-03Indian women are younger and leaner than Swedish women when they develop gestational diabetes, a new study from Lund University shows. The researchers also found a gene that increases the risk of gestational diabetes in Swedish women, but which, on the contrary, turned out to have a protective effect in Indian women.Gestational diabetes is characterized by impaired insul

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/gestational-diabetes-india-and-sweden - 2025-10-19

After a series of studies, researchers at Lund University in Sweden, together with colleagues in Italy, have shown that not only one part, but most parts of the brain can be involved in processing the signals that arise from touch. The results open the way for a new approach to how the brain’s network of neurons processes information, and thereby the mechanisms by which the brain works First publi

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-view-mechanisms-how-brain-works - 2025-10-19

The number of cases of disease caused by Leishmania, a parasite that is spread via bites by sand flies which are mainly found in tropical and subtropical areas and in countries around the Mediterranean, has increased in Sweden. The most serious form of the disease usually leads to death if untreated. First published: 2019-05-06“This disease is still very rare in Sweden but the number of cases has

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/study-shows-increase-parasite-disease-sweden - 2025-10-19

The most common form of childhood cancer is acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). Together with Karolinska Institutet, SciLifeLab and the University of Cambridge, researchers at Lund University have conducted the largest ever analysis of ALL at protein level by studying activity in more than 8,000 genes and proteins. The results of the study show a deviant folding of the DNA strand which in turn af

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/first-large-scale-study-proteins-patients-all - 2025-10-19

Being able to take care of one’s hygiene, cook food and cope independently in the home are examples of feeling in control of one’s life. But how easy is it for an elderly person with a spinal cord injury to feel actively in control of their life in the home? Lizette Norin, occupational therapist and researcher, has written a thesis on the importance of accessibility in the home. First published: 2

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/accessibility-home-key-person-spinal-cord-injury - 2025-10-19

Applications for the nomination of academic innovation projects and medium-cost equipment to the Mats Paulsson Foundation for Research, Innovation and Community Development First published: 2019-05-06In the text below, the Mats Paulsson Foundation for Research, Innovation and Community Development describes the purpose of the announcement and how applications are to be structured.The Foundation ha

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/nominate-projects-mats-paulsson-foundation - 2025-10-19

In recent years, it has become increasingly clear to researchers that the protein galectin-3 is involved in inflammatory diseases in the brain. A study led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden now shows the de facto key role played by the protein in Alzheimer’s disease. When the researchers shut off the gene that produces this protein in mice, the amount of Alzheimer’s plaque and the inflam

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/researchers-block-protein-plays-key-role-alzheimers-disease - 2025-10-19

A European consortium, led from Lund University, is to receive SEK 50 million from the EU for research which is to develop our understanding of the functional mechanisms of the brain. The research project, called INTUITIVE, is one of the Innovative Training Networks within the framework of Horizon 2020. The aim of the project is to develop user interfaces based on touch that feel more intuitive th

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/additional-sek-50-million-research-brains-mechanisms - 2025-10-19

Researcher Louise Brunkwall at Lund University explains how three risk factors are involved in obesity. Louise Brunkwall recently defended her PhD thesis Obesity; with a focus on diet quality and gut microbiota. In this clip, she discusses how the three known risk factors for obesity interplay to determine your risk:  

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/watch-three-risk-factors-behind-obesity - 2025-10-19

For over 20 years, a team of researchers at Lund University has worked on developing a drug against preeclampsia – a serious disorder which annually affects around 9 million pregnant women worldwide and is one of the main causes of death in both mothers and unborn babies. Now the researchers have published a study in the journal Scientific Reports that opens up opportunities for further research t

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/clinical-trials-beginning-possible-preeclampsia-treatment - 2025-10-19

Researchers from Lund University, together with the Roche pharmaceutical company, have used a method to develop a new blood marker capable of detecting whether or not a person has Alzheimer’s disease. If the method is approved for clinical use, the researchers hope eventually to see it used as a diagnostic tool in primary healthcare. This autumn, they will start a trial in primary healthcare to te

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-blood-test-detecting-alzheimers-disease - 2025-10-19

The repeated sniffing by presidential candidate Donald Trump in the first presidential debate on 25th September 2016, lead to a Twitter-storm and intensive media interest regarding his health. Lisa Flower, PhD candidate in sociology at the Department of Sociology at Lund University, however provides an alternative explanation:- My research shows that sniffing can be a way of marking a switch by th

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/what-donald-trump-really-revealing-trumpsniffles - 2025-10-19

Three of our projects got funding from FORTE of almost 10,5 million Swedish kronor (SEK). Henriette Esholdt, with a project as junior researcher on “The appeal of violence-promoting Islamic extremism. An investigation of masculinity and femininity”Shai Mulinari, with a project on “What can be learnt from the new pharmaceutical industry payment disclosures? A network and policy analysis of ties bet

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/almost-105-million-sek-funding - 2025-10-19

Lisa Flower’s article ”The (Un)emotional Law Student” which discusses the ”emotional sniff” received media attention in Sweden following Donald Trump’s sniffing in the first presidential candidate debate and has now been used by Forbes Magazine to analyse the second debate. Forbes Magazine concludes that Trump’s sniffing was noticeable when he threatened presidential candidate Hillary Clinton with

https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/flower-usa-media - 2025-10-19