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Ett samarbete mellan lundaforskarna Johan Jakobsson och Malin Parmar har lett till en ny metod för att studera åldersrelaterade hjärnsjukdomar. Forskarna har tagit avstamp i den neurodegenerativa sjukdomen Huntingtons. Studien är publicerad i den vetenskapliga tidskriften Brain. Inte sällan står medicinsk grundforskning inför utmaningen att utveckla sjukdomsmodeller som  svarar väl mot specifika s

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/ny-forskningsmodell-ska-ge-svar-om-huntingtons-sjukdom - 2025-12-02

I november 2021 bildades en privat stiftelse som syftar till att främja vetenskaplig forskning avseende pankreascancer, gastroenterologi, och smärtlindring vid Lunds universitet. Stiftelsen förvaltas av Lunds universitet och totalt sett kommer 40 miljoner att tillföras. Tidigare i vår delades de första anslagen ut - drygt tre miljoner kronor ska stötta fem forskares ansträngningar inom de ovan ang

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/mangmiljondonation-till-medicinska-fakulteten-vid-lunds-universitet - 2025-12-02

Miljön som bröstcancer uppstår i – både patientens kroppsform, tumörens storlek och cancerspecifika proteiner – samverkar och har betydelse för prognosen. Det visar en studie som nu publiceras i augustinumret av Translational Oncology. Kunskapen kan ytterligare stärka den precisionsbaserade vården vid bröstcancer. Stora framsteg inom diagnostik och behandling har förbättrat överlevnad hos bröstcan

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/tumorens-miljo-kan-paverka-prognos-vid-brostcancer - 2025-12-02

Barn är särskilt känsliga för luftföroreningar. En ny studie visar att förskolebarn i trafiktäta storstadsområden är ute betydligt kortare tid av sin dag på förskolan men riskerar samtidigt att andas in en dubbelt så hög dos av luftföroreningar (partiklar*/minut) jämfört med barn i medelstora och mindre orter. Resultaten av studien som genomförts på tio förskolor i Skåne, såväl storstad som mindre

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/ny-rapport-stadsluftens-halsobelastning-pa-barn - 2025-12-02

I mitten av juli meddelade forskarteamet bakom COVID Symptom Study Sverige att de avslutar datainsamlingen. De riktade ett stort tack till alla som bidragit med viktiga data, data som bidragit till forskningsrapporter och möjligheten att följa smittspridningen. Sedan studien lanserades i april 2020 har drygt 208 000 personer i Sverige skickat in fler än 20 miljoner dagsrapporter via appen COVID Sy

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/over-20-miljoner-dagsrapporter-till-covid-symptom-study-sverige - 2025-12-02

En stor andel av de lungor som doneras varje år kan inte användas för transplantation. Forskare vid Skånes universitetssjukhus och Lunds universitet har i en studie på djur nått resultat som ger hopp om att fler donerade lungor ska kunna rädda liv i framtiden. En pilotstudie har nu inletts för att se om behandlingen har samma positiva resultat hos människor. Varje år blir cirka 190 avlidna persone

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/ny-behandling-kan-ge-tillgang-till-fler-donerade-lungor-och-farre-komplikationer-efter - 2025-12-02

Att upptäcka tidiga tecken på spelproblem för att kunna identifiera dem som löper risk att utveckla ett beroende och utveckling av preventiva insatser för dem i riskgruppen – det är två exempel på den forskning som under snart ett decennium letts av professor Anders Håkansson. Forskningen har möjliggjorts genom initiativ finansierat av Svenska Spel som de kommande fem åren satsar ytterligare 12,5

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/stor-satsning-pa-forskning-om-spelberoende - 2025-12-02

New CMES Newsletter about recent research activities and publications The CMES Newsletter provides an up-to-date overview of Middle Eastern research, activities and events at Lund University and beyond. The Newsletter includes a message from the director, latest research news, upcoming events and recent publications by CMES scholars. The latest issue of the Newsletter Sign up for the Newsletter

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-23 - 2025-12-02

In 2023, CMES will be hosting the Olof Palme Visiting Professor Raphael Cohen-Almagor The 2023 Olof Palme visiting professorship has been awarded to Raphael Cohen-Almagor, professor in political studies at University of Hull, UK, by the Swedish Research Council. The Olof Palme professorship is awarded to an internationally prominent researcher focused on topics important to the pursuit of peace in

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/cmes-hosting-2023-olof-palme-visiting-professorship-awarded-raphael-cohen-almagor - 2025-12-02

CMES researchers Pinar Dinc and Lina Eklund will be coordinating an Advanced Study Group on "Wildfires in the Anthropocene" at the Pufendorf Institute, Lund University in 2022. The world is burning. Wildfires have in the past few years ravaged large areas in Australia, the Americas, and Europe, as well as in other parts of the world. While climate change is one reason for the increased fire risk,

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-pufendorf-advanced-study-group-wildfires-anthropocene - 2025-12-02

This event has been cancelled. This event has been cancelled due to the current pandemic situation. The increased spread of infection and great uncertainty about the development of the pandemic in the near future, means that we cannot carry out the event in a safe way. Based on the new recommendations from the Public Health Authority the event has therefore been cancelled. Warmly welcome to mingle

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/open-house-cancelled - 2025-12-02

CMES affiliated researcher Mohammed Almahfali has authored the chapter "Transformation of Dominant Political Themes from the Founder to the Current Leader of the Huthi Movement". Mohammed's chapter is part of the edited volume The Huthi Movement in Yemen: Ideology, Ambition and Security in the Arab Gulf (2022, editor Abdullah Hamidaddin). The book brings together the leading experts on Yemen from

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/political-themes-huthi-movement-leaders-yemen - 2025-12-02

CMES director Karin Aggestam has contributed to a report by the Norwegian Refugee Council on third-party mechanisms in conflict resolution and lessons learned from the Temporary International Presence in the Hebron (TIPH) Karin Aggestam's contribution focuses on third-party intervention and international monitoring in the city of Hebron and is part of the newly published report by the Norwegian Re

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/third-party-intervention-and-international-monitoring-city-hebron - 2025-12-02

CMES Deputy Director Ronny Berndtsson has co-authored the article "Efficiency of Different Moringa oleifera (Lam.) Varieties as Natural Coagulants for Urban Wastewater Treatment", available in the journal Sustainability. There is a great need to find cheaper but still efficient treatment methods for wastewater. This study aimed to test the purifying performance of three different Moringa oleifera 

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/coagulants-urban-wastewater-treatment-tunisia - 2025-12-02

The war against terror is coming to an end. Has China become the victor? The Middle East seems to be moving towards more authoritarian regimes. A large influx of migrants and refugees and increasing population growth are likely to affect the region over the coming decades. And what about climate change? Is the Middle East becoming wetter, drier, or both? Watch five Middle East scholars trendspotti

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/trendspotting-future-challenges-middle-east - 2025-12-02

New CMES Newsletter about recent research activities and publications The CMES Newsletter provides an up-to-date overview of Middle Eastern research, activities and events at Lund University and beyond. The Newsletter includes a message from the director, latest research news, upcoming events and recent publications by CMES scholars. Read the latest issues of the Newsletter Sign up for the Newslet

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/read-latest-cmes-newsletter-24 - 2025-12-02

CMES scholars Maria Frederika Malmström and Mark LeVine have authored "Touching Sound: Passion and Global Politics Workshop Report", published in the Abdou Filali-Ansary Occasional Paper Series. Among other things, the report is based on findings from a 2019 workshop. Participation was enabled through funding from CMES as well as Aga Khan University. How does sound shape and/or constrain the actio

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/touching-sound-passion-and-global-politics-workshop-report - 2025-12-02

To find out why so many people have left their farms in north-eastern Syria, physical geographer Lina Eklund uses both satellite data and interviews. ‟It is important to understand what can be linked to climate change and what are societal factors, so that we can better equip ourselves for the future.” Lina Eklund has specialised in remote sensing, which enables her to determine what happens over

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/knowledge-about-climate-stress-could-counteract-conflicts - 2025-12-02

CMES researcher Pınar Dinç has authored the chapter "Dersim 1937–38: Shifts and continuities in the state discourse and reasoning under Kemalism and Erdoğanism". Pınar's chapter is part of the edited volume The Kurds in Erdogan's "New" Turkey: Domestic and International Implications (2022, editor Nikos Christofis). The book focuses on the AKP government since 2002, during which time the state’s ap

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/turkish-state-discourse-dersim-1937-38 - 2025-12-02

Together with Ahmad Fakheri Fard (University of Tabriz), CMES researchers Hasan Hosseini, Hossein Hashemi and Ronny Berndtsson have co-authored the paper "Areal Precipitation Coverage Ratio for Enhanced AI Modelling of Monthly Runoff: A New Satellite Data-Driven Scheme for Semi-Arid Mountainous Climate", available online in the journal Remote Sensing. Satellite remote sensing provides useful gridd

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/areal-precipitation-coverage-and-monthly-runoff-iran - 2025-12-02