24 January marks International Circular Electronics Day, #CircularElectronicsDay. This day is dedicated to raising awareness about sustainability issues associated with e-waste. It emphasizes the need for both consumers and businesses to use electronics more sustainably. The IIIEE is a participating organisation in the Circular Electronics Initiative. Millions of electronic devices face disposal e

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Researchers at Lund University and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) in Copenhagen have discovered a new method that takes us one step closer to universal blood. Image: iStock/MusMuculus. Researchers at Lund University and DTU in Copenhagen have discovered enzymes in the colon that, when mixed with red blood cells, can cut away parts of the carbohydrates that separate our ABO blood groups

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/enzymes-intestinal-bacteria-opens-universal-blood - 2025-08-25

90 MSEK goes to Lund when research initiative WISE invests half a billion SEK in material science for increased sustainability – the largest investment in material science in Sweden. Photo: Kennet Ruona WISE, the Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability, is the largest-ever investment in materials science in Sweden and is financed by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. WISE

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Obesity is a common cause of diabetes, heart disease and early death, but risk differs greatly from one person to the next. Photo: iStock/Suriyawut Suriya Obesity is a common cause of diabetes, heart disease and early death, but risk differs greatly from one person to the next. In work led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden as part of the Innovative Medicine Initiative project SOPHIA, a p

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Simon Boas, who wrote a candid account of living with cancer, passed away on July 15 at the age of 47. In a recent BBC interview, the former aid worker told the reporter: “My pain is under control and I’m terribly happy – it sounds weird to say, but I’m as happy as I’ve ever been in my life.”It may seem odd that a person could be happy as the end draws near, but in my experience as a clinical psyc

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Photo: LINC. This year, the Swedish University Pitch Competition was held for the first time for students engaged in finance associations at Swedish universities. The Lund University Finance Society, LINC, both hosted the competition and won first prize with one of their participating teams. Hello Ture Eknor, President of LINC! Can you tell us about the Swedish University Pitch Competition?“It all

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90 MSEK goes to Lund when research initiative WISE invests half a billion SEK in material science for increased sustainability – the largest investment in material science in Sweden. Photo: Kennet Ruona WISE, the Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability, is the largest-ever investment in materials science in Sweden and is financed by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. WISE

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The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Sciences goes in this fifteenth edition to Anne L’Huillier and her companions in the pioneering field of “attophysics”, Paul Corkum and Ferenc Krausz. Photo: Kennet Ruona For her pioneering work in attosecond physics, Anne L’Huillier is one of the three new laureates of the Frontiers of Knowledge Award in basic science, a prize from the BBV

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Inger Kristensson Hallström and Hanne Tønnesen, head of the WHO Collaboratoring Centre at Lund University. Photo: Jon Ulvsgärd. One in three patients is asked about their lifestyle habits when they visit the outpatient healthcare clinics. This figure really ought to be higher, according to Professors Hanne Tønnesen and Inger Kristensson Hallström, who are in charge of the WHO Collaborating Centre

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Jan de Boer is a full professor at the department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology. He is skilled in Stem Cells, Biomaterial Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. Jan de Boer is a biologist at the department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology in The Netherlands. His research interest is in the molecular complexity of cells and how molecular

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Photo from stem cell transplantation at Skåne University Hospital. Source: Skåne University Hospital. Higher dose cohort initiated after positive early safety evaluation in Parkinson's therapy. After a positive initial safety evaluation, the pioneering STEM-PD clinical trial has advanced to higher dose testing. STEM-PD is a first-in-human clinical trial testing a new investigational therapy for Pa

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Johan Flygare, Coordinator of the National Swedish ATMP Research School. Photo: Agata Garpenlind. Johan Flygare, Coordinator of the Swedish National ATMP Research School talks about ATMP, about the school and explains why you should apply. Deadline: 15 February. –  ATMP is personally very important to me. Since I started as Deputy Coordinator of the Stem Cell Center, a specific task I have focused

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From left: Professor Caroline Slomp, Professor Margaret-Anne Storey, entrepreneur Semmy Rülf and Professor Sabeth Verpoorte. On 22 May, the day before the university's annual doctoral ceremony, around 70 people gathered at IKDC for a joint honorary doctorate seminar organised by the Faculty of Science and LTH. Despite the downpour outside, the hall was filled with curious participants who were off

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The United Nations declared 2025 as the International Year of Glaciers' Preservation, accompanied by the proclamation of the 21st March of each year as the World Day for Glaciers starting in 2025. Around the world, glaciers are retreating at unprecedented rates due to climate change. On January 21, the United Nations General Assembly declared 2025 the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation (

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90 MSEK goes to Lund when research initiative WISE invests half a billion SEK in material science for increased sustainability – the largest investment in material science in Sweden. Photo: Kennet Ruona WISE, the Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability, is the largest-ever investment in materials science in Sweden and is financed by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. WISE

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Filipe Pereira (R) coordinates the research project which is allocated 33 million from the EIC. Together with Fábio Fiúza Rosa (L), he is also one of the founders of the company Asgard Therapeutics, partner in the EIC project. Photo: Asgard Therapeutics An international research project led from Lund University is now awarded 33 million SEK by the European Innovation Council, EIC Pathfinder. The i

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Photo from stem cell transplantation at Skåne University Hospital. Source: Skåne University Hospital. Higher dose cohort initiated after positive early safety evaluation in Parkinson's therapy. After a positive initial safety evaluation, the pioneering STEM-PD clinical trial has advanced to higher dose testing. STEM-PD is a first-in-human clinical trial testing a new investigational therapy for Pa

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