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En blodmarkör som ännu inte används i hjärtstoppsvården kan ge en tydligare bild av hur stora hjärnskadorna är efter ett hjärtstopp. Det visar en stor internationell multicenterstudie ledd av forskare vid Lunds universitet som publiceras i The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. I Sverige drabbas årligen ungefär 6 000 personer av hjärtstopp utanför sjukhusvården. – Det här kommer ändra vården av dessa pa

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/blodprov-avslojar-prognos-efter-hjartstopp - 2026-01-18

Forskaren och läraren inom global hälsa, Jesper Sundewall, lämnar Lunds universitetet för nytt uppdrag som forskningschef på Sida från och med 1 januari. Från forskarvärlden tar han framför allt med sig praktisk erfarenhet av internationella samarbeten – Som forskare har jag arbetat mycket i nära partnerskap med universitet i låg- och medelinkomstländer och känner till de faktiska förutsättningarn

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/fran-sida-till-akademin-och-tillbaka - 2026-01-18

Barncancerfonden beviljar drygt 24 miljoner kronor till tio forskare vid Medicinska fakulteten för forskningsprojekt som syftar till att utveckla nya och mer skonsamma behandlingar för olika former av barncancer. Därutöver tilldelas ett medicintekniskt projekt 2 miljoner kronor för utveckling av medicinsk teknik med potential att öka överlevnaden hos barn med cancer. I pressmeddelande skriver Barn

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/26-miljoner-kronor-till-barncancerforskning-vid-lunds-universitet - 2026-01-18

Att äta ost och grädde med hög fetthalt kan ha ett samband med en lägre risk för att utveckla demens. Det visar en ny stor studie vid Lunds universitet. Forskarna analyserade kostvanor hos drygt 27 000 personer och kopplade dessa till förekomsten av demens under en uppföljningstid på upp till 25 år. Debatten om fettsnåla dieter har länge format våra hälsoråd och påverkat hur vi ser på mat och häls

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/fet-ost-kopplas-till-lagre-risk-demens - 2026-01-18

Stiftelsen Promobilia satsar 25 miljoner kronor på ett nytt, storskaligt forskningsprojekt mot Parkinsons sjukdom. Donationen gör det möjligt för fyra forskargrupper, varav en vid Lunds universitet och tre vid Karolinska Institutet, att kraftsamla kring utvecklingen av nya behandlingsstrategier som angriper sjukdomens grundorsaker. Med hjälp av innovativa metoder, såsom avancerade genterapier och

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/stiftelsen-promobilia-satsar-25-mkr-mot-parkinsons-sjukdom - 2026-01-18

Mer än hälften av vårt genom består av transposoner, DNA-sekvenser som påminner om gamla, utdöda virus. Transposonerna är normalt sett nedtystade av en process som kallas DNA-metylering, men om de aktiveras kan det leda till allvarliga sjukdomar. Mycket lite är känt om transposonerna, men nu har forskare i ett internationellt samarbetsprojekt för första gången lyckats studera vad som sker när den

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/studie-kastar-ljus-over-de-morka-delarna-av-vart-arvsanlag - 2026-01-18

A new instrument on the four-metre VISTA telescope at the European Southern Observatory in Chile has recently captured its first starlight. This marks the beginning of a new era in astronomy, as researchers prepare to map the sky in unprecedented detail. The instrument does not take ordinary images of the night sky. Instead, 4MOST – the Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope – collects spectra, that

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-eye-universe-opens-chile - 2026-01-18

Environmental pioneer Henrik Smith has won a major international ecology prize. He is also keen to emphasise the importance of research activity’s interaction with society – gone are the days when writing an extensive study and then leaving it to gather dust was enough. Henrik Smith, professor of animal ecology at Lund University, has been awarded the internationally renowned Marsh Awards for Ecol

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/award-environmental-pioneer-has-message-academia - 2026-01-18

A unique long-term study, in which biological samples were collected from the same population of blue tits over a 30-year period, shows that rising spring temperatures have doubled the incidence of avian malaria in southern Sweden. Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have collected samples every year from hundreds of blue tits in a single population at a local breeding area outside Lund. Th

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/warmer-nordic-springs-double-incidence-avian-malaria - 2026-01-18

Pregnancies do not weaken a woman’s skeleton. Breastfeeding, however, can reduce bone density considerably. These are findings from a research report produced at Lund University in Sweden. But breastfeeding women need not worry. “There is a dip, but the body is absolutely fantastic at making up the loss,” says Kristina Åkesson, professor of orthopedics. Breastfeeding and pregnancy both require lar

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-findings-how-breastfeeding-affects-skeleton-could-boost-development-drugs-against-osteoporosis - 2026-01-18

Feeling unmotivated to carve another jack-o’-lantern out of a slimy pumpkin? As luck would have it, at least you don’t have to struggle with a rock-hard turnip. The pumpkin’s status as the main symbol of Halloween is actually somewhat of an historical coincidence. Ethnologist Katarzyna Herd explains why. Two-hundred tonnes. According to SVT Nyheter, this is how much pumpkin was transported from Le

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/root-vegetable-could-have-replaced-halloween-pumpkins - 2026-01-18

Ten years have passed since the countries of the world signed the Paris Agreement. Political scientist Fariborz Zelli sums up the surprises – both positive and negative – in climate policy over the past ten years and also looks ahead. What has been the biggest success of the Paris Agreement so far?I would say the biggest success is that the UN has succeeded in keeping its central role in global cl

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/decade-paris-agreement-brings-progress-and-setbacks - 2026-01-18

Current knowledge of food safety is based on traditional foods that include animal products. Corresponding knowledge of plant-based foods lags behind. “There is a naive belief that plant-based food is safer than animal-based food. Unfortunately, this is not the case,” says Jenny Schelin, a researcher on food safety at Lund University in Sweden. “Plant-based foods are just as vulnerable to the same

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/researcher-challenges-myth-plant-based-food-safer - 2026-01-18

Archaeologist Peter Jordan has together with colleagues from the UK and the US received the prestigious ERC Synergy Grant. The research aims to shed new light on the demography of hunter-gatherer societies, potentially shifting our understanding of human history over the past 10,000 years entirely. The project FORAGER will examine why certain hunter-gatherer societies experienced both population g

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-archaeologist-awarded-erc-synergy-grant - 2026-01-18

Alfa Laval and Lund University have formalized a new strategic partnership to strengthen collaboration, drive innovation, and address complex global challenges. At the same time, ground breaks for Alfa Lavals upcoming innovation center – a center that will drive the energy transition through, among other things, the development of heat transfer technology and fuel cells. Building on decades of suc

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/alfa-laval-and-lund-university-strengthen-strategic-partnership - 2026-01-18

The term of office for Lund University’s Vice-Chancellor expires at the end of 2026, and a recruitment process is already underway. This is because the process takes a little over a year. A total of 162 people. That is the number to have held the prestigious position as Vice-Chancellor of Lund University. The next term of office begins on 1 January 2027, and to say the recruitment process has begu

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/recruitment-vice-chancellor-underway - 2026-01-18

An international team of researchers has investigated whether oral insulin can prevent early signs of type 1 diabetes and clinical diagnosis in children with an increased risk of developing the disease. Although treatment with oral insulin could not prevent development of diabetes-related autoantibodies, oral insulin delayed the rate of disease progression in children who developed such autoantibo

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/oral-insulin-delayed-onset-type-1-diabetes-some-children-increased-risk-disease - 2026-01-18

Lund University has climbed to first place in the world in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2026. The ranking includes around 2,000 higher education institutions from about 100 countries and measures how universities contribute to a sustainable future – through research, education, and the way they operate as organisations. “Humble, proud, and inspired to continue moving forward –

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lund-university-ranked-best-world-sustainability - 2026-01-18

We tend to attribute today's zoological menagerie of dog breeds to Victorian gentlemen with a penchant for selective breeding. The truth, however, goes back much further. An international study shows that the rich morphological variety among dogs began to take off 11,000 years ago – long before nineteenth century kennel clubs. Look at the dogs of today: the dainty Chihuahua, which most resembles a

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/dog-diversity-thousands-years-older-we-thought - 2026-01-18

A new study shows that an AI assistant can conduct assessment conversations with patients with higher accuracy than the rating scales used in healthcare today. In the study, 303 participants were interviewed by the AI assistant Alba, who then suggested possible psychiatric diagnoses. In addition to being interviewed by an AI assistant, the participants also had to fill out standardized rating scal

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/ai-assisted-interviews-increase-accuracy-diagnosing-mental-illness - 2026-01-18