Published 13 September 2019 One third of the population is more sensitive to melatonin and face a higher risk of getting typ 2-diabetes. Why this is so is a question for Claire Lyons to answer. Learn more about her and her research. Claire Lyons, Lund University Diabetes Centre Our body clock, or circadian rhythm, controls our daily activities over a 24h period but sometimes this rhythm can become

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/easd-melatonin-and-risk-type-2-diabetes - 2025-03-05

Published 19 September 2019 Paul Franks, Leif Groop, Olle Melander and Peter Nilsson, are among the most cited researchers in the world, according to Web of Science. The list recognizes world-class researchers selected for their exceptional research performance, demonstrated by production of multiple highly cited papers that rank in the top one percent by citations for field and year in Web of Sci

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/worlds-most-cited-researchers - 2025-03-05

Published 20 September 2019 Wathik Alsalim presented new findings on persistent whole day meal effects of three DPP-4 inhibitors on incretin- and islet hormones in metformin-treated type 2 diabetes Learn more about the study: Wathik Alsalim Wathik Alsalim work as consultant in the Diabetes and Endocrinology Department at Skåne University Hospital, SUS, in Lund.- Since I was at university, I was in

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/easd-dpp-4-inhibition-effects-glycemia-and-islet-hormones-individuals-type-2-diabetes - 2025-03-05

Published 24 September 2019 Professor Søren Brunak from Copenhagen - member of the LUDC-IRC Scientific Advisory Board - has been awarded the grand Nordic Prize for 2019 by the Eric K. Fernström Foundation. It is one of the largest Scandinavian research prizes in medicine and Søren Brunak receives the award for his work as a pioneer in the borderland between mathematical analysis and biomedical res

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/prestigious-prize-goes-pioneer-bioinformatics - 2025-03-05

Published 8 October 2019 Who will be the winner of the Leif C. Groop award for outstanding diabetes research 2019? Dead-line for nominations is November 8. Nomination form, instructions and information about previous winners.

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/leif-c-groop-award-time-nomination-0 - 2025-03-05

Published 16 October 2019 The Medeon stipend for SEK 50.000 is given by Medeon Science Park in connection to Moll Wendén Advokatbyrå and this time it is associate professor Emma Ahlqvist who is awarded. "Docent Emma Ahlqvist is awarded 2019 years Medeon-stimpen for her pioneering research within genetics and diabetes. Her clinical subgrouping  of diabetes has won world reputation and will paves th

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/medeon-stipend-2019 - 2025-03-05

Published 21 October 2019 Is it possible to conduct research on type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes and hair loss at the same time? Absolutely, says Pontus Dunér who after many years of secrecy can now lift the lid on and talk about his promising results. Pontus Dunér, researcher at Lund University Diabetes Centre. Photo: Sara Liedholm The common denominator is a protein that Pontus Dunér and his col

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/hair-raising-research-could-lead-diabetes-treatment - 2025-03-05

Published 25 October 2019 Researchers at Lund University Diabetes Centre are awarded 46,3 millions SEK from the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet). The awardees are: Eva Degerman, Andreas Edsfeldt, Lena Eliasson, Paul Franks, Isabel Goncalves, Jan Nilsson, Albert Salehi, Karin Stenkula, Simon Timpka and Enming Zhang.The Swedish Research Council awards research of the highest scientific qua

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/46-millions-swedish-reserch-council - 2025-03-05

Published 31 October 2019 Insulin which is released by pancreatic beta-cells is the main regulator of blood sugar. Previous and current studies by a research group at Lund University in Sweden have identified around hundred different receptors on the surface of the beta-cells, with a diverse functional impact on the beta-cells. Now researchers at Lund University in collaboration with researchers a

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/key-mechanism-insulin-release-cholesterol-metabolite-found - 2025-03-05

Published 4 November 2019 An international research collaboration led by researchers from the Universities of Helsinki and Oxford has identified the biological mechanism through which a genetic variant protects against type 2 diabetes. The study, published in the journal Nature Genetics, finds that changes in a gene which makes zinc transporter proteins reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes by enhanc

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/study-decodes-gene-function-protects-against-type-2-diabetes - 2025-03-05

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 8 November 2019 There are delicious smells emanating from the kitchen at the Malmö apartment of nutrition physiologist, Louise Brunkwall. Today, she is making pasta and vegetable sauce for lunch. A clean up before the interview with LUM means she can no longer find anything in the kitchen cupboards: “Usually there is a

https://www.ludc.lu.se/article/help-your-body-outwit-reptile-brain - 2025-03-05

Published 28 February 2020 Obesity represents a tremendous global health problem. Studies over the past decade have suggested that food addiction (FA), that is, physical cravings for certain foods – high in fat/sugar – and addiction-like overeating of these types of food, is a likely contributor to the obesity epidemic. New publication in Acta Neuropsychiatrica

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/food-addiction-denmark-fadk-project-combined-survey-and-register-based-study - 2025-03-05

Published 29 February 2020 Genetic factors are important in determining breast density, and heritable factors account for 60% of the variation. Certain single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are associated with density and risk of breast cancer but the association with prognosis is not clear. New publication in Acta Radiologica

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/association-single-nucleotide-polymorphisms-snps-breast-density-and-breast-cancer-survival-malmo - 2025-03-05

Published 29 February 2020 ncreasing life expectancy for people with an intellectual disability (ID) is resulting in more persons with cancer and a greater need for end-of-life (EoL) care. There is a need for knowledge of health care utilisation over the last year of life to plan for resources that support a high quality of care for cancer patients with ID. Therefore, the aims of the study were to

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/end-life-care-among-older-cancer-patients-intellectual-disability-comparison-general-population - 2025-03-05

Published 1 March 2020 People with intellectual disability (ID) face considerable barriers to accessing psychiatric health care, thus there is a risk for health disparity. The aims of the present study were 1) to compare specialist psychiatric health care utilization among older people with ID to that with their age peers in the general population, taking into account demographic factors and co-mo

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/specialist-psychiatric-health-care-utilization-among-older-people-intellectual-disability-predictors - 2025-03-05

Published 1 March 2020 Preterm birth (gestational age <37 weeks) has previously been associated with cardiometabolic and neuropsychiatric disorders into adulthood, but has seldom been examined in relation to sleep disorders. We conducted the first population-based study of preterm birth in relation to sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) from childhood into mid-adulthood. New publication in Internatio

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/preterm-birth-and-risk-sleep-disordered-breathing-childhood-mid-adulthood - 2025-03-05

Published 28 February 2020 Har Du deltagit i mammografiscreeningen eller undersökts med brösttomosyntes i Malmö mellan 2004 och 2018 eller deltagit i mammografiscreening i Lund, Helsingborg eller Kristianstad mellan 2013 och 2018? Då kan dina uppgifter finnas i en ny studie vid Lunds universitet! Läs mer här.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/modernisering-av-brostcancerscreening - 2025-03-05

Published 2 March 2020 Pain is a common problem for individuals with cerebral palsy (CP). In Sweden, 95% of children and adolescents with CP are followed in a national follow-up programme (CPUP), which includes data on pain. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of pain based on age, sex, gross motor function and source of report (self or proxy). Pain intensity, pain site, an

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/pain-children-and-adolescents-cerebral-palsy-cross-sectional-register-study-3545-individuals - 2025-03-05

Published 2 March 2020 The fragility index (FI) is a metric to evaluate the robustness of statistically significant results. It describes the number of patients who would need to change from a non-event to an event to change a result from significant to non-significant. This systematic survey aimed to evaluate the feasibility of applying the FI to findings related to anterior cruciate ligament (AC

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/strength-numbers-fragility-index-studies-scandinavian-knee-ligament-registries - 2025-03-05

Published 3 March 2020 The British Cardiovascular Intervention Society (BCIS) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) registry is hosted by the National Institute of Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (NICOR) at Bart’s Heart Centre and collects clinical characteristics, indications, procedural details, and outcomes of all patients undergoing PCI in the UK. The data are used for audit and research t

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/british-cardiovascular-intervention-society-registry-framework-quality-improvement-initiative-behalf - 2025-03-05