By Agata [dot] Garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 3 March 2021 Mikael Dolsten, the celebrated head of research at Pfizer and visiting professor of Pharmacology at the Faculty of Medicine, tells the story of how his company developed a COVID-19 vaccine in just nine months. Photo: Agata Garpenlind. It’s Friday night in Lund and soon Mikael Dolsten, acclaimed head of

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/our-visiting-professor-tells-astonishing-story-vaccine-can-save-world-pandemic - 2025-07-05

By olle [dot] dahlback [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Olle Dahlbäck) - published 15 March 2021 Lars Edvinsson. Foto: Tove Smeds In the early 1970s, Lars Edvinsson stepped through the doors of Lund University for the first time. More than 50 years later, he is awarded the world's most prominent prize in brain research, "The Brain Prize", which is awarded annually by the Lundbeck Foundation. He receive

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/migraine-pioneer-awarded-prestigious-brain-prize - 2025-07-05

By asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - published 15 March 2021 The structure of an antibody. In recent years, therapeutic antibodies have transformed the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases. Now, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a new, efficient method based on the genetic scissors CRISPR-Cas9, that facilitates antibody development. The

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-method-facilitates-development-antibody-based-drugs - 2025-07-05

Published 27 March 2021 Jan Sundquist, Professor at the Center for Primary Health Care Research, a collaboration between Lund University and Region Skåne, has been awarded a $3 million grant by the National Institutes of Health, NIH, USA. The grant is awarded for research of heredity and the importance of the environment regarding the opioid epidemic and other drug abuse. Together with Professor K

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/opioid-epidemic-and-other-drug-abuse - 2025-07-05

Published 27 March 2021 Photo: Mostphotos Researchers at Lund University have designed a new bioink which allows small human-sized airways to be 3D-bioprinted with the help of patient cells for the first time. The 3D-printed constructs are biocompatible and support new blood vessel growth into the transplanted material. This is an important first step towards 3D-printing organs. The new study has

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-bioink-brings-3d-printing-human-organs-closer-reality - 2025-07-05

By anna [dot] hellgren [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Hellgren) - published 29 March 2021 Photo: André de Loisted Professor Sophia Zackrisson has been appointed as the new LUCC coordinator for a 3-year period. She replaces Kristian Pietras as coordinator from March 1st 2021. Sophia Zackrisson is part of the LUCC steering group and currently one of the heads in the LUCC strategic network with foc

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-coordinator-lund-univeristy-cancer-centre - 2025-07-05

By Sara [dot] liedholm [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Liedholm) - published 31 March 2021 The Christmas and New Year holidays did not turn out the way Caroline Nilsson intended. Instead of taking time off from her job as a research nurse in the POInT study, she had to step in and help out in a COVID-19 ward at Skåne University Hospital in Malmö. For six weeks, Caroline Nilsson and two other coll

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/research-nurse-caroline-her-time-covid-19-ward - 2025-07-05

By erika [dot] svantesson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Erika Svantesson) - published 13 April 2021 Illustration by Elina Metso Many patients seeking treatment for chronic hip and groin pain are referred to an orthopaedic surgeon. Physiotherapist Anders Pålsson’s doctoral thesis from Lund University shows that these patients perceive a low quality of life and have low physical functioning. If their

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/earlier-diagnosis-shortens-queues-orthopaedics - 2025-07-05

By tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - published 27 April 2021 Cecilia Lindgren, new director of the Big Data Institute, works a lot on willpower: “You can’t control everything, but if you have the will, you can find solutions.” …a Lund University alumna who has taken a new position as director of the Big Data Institute in Oxford! “Thank you! I am very excited about this”, s

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/congratulations-cecilia-lindgren - 2025-07-05

By Agata [dot] Garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 28 April 2021 Source: Mostphotos. Collaboration between the worlds of industry and academia promotes the dissemination of knowledge and technology in society. This is why the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) is investing SEK 30 million in industrial doctoral students. The grant covers the study perio

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/industrial-doctoral-student-research-initiative-collaboration-between-industry-and-academia - 2025-07-05

By tove [dot] gilvad [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - published 28 April 2021 Over the past year, the health service has witnessed an increasing number of patients with long-term effects of Covid-19, including chronic symptoms that suggest POTS. POTS is a condition that causes the pulse to race when you stand up. Until now, too little has been known about POTS as a complication following

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/case-study-sheds-light-pots-connection-long-covid - 2025-07-05

By Agata [dot] Garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - published 28 April 2021 Photo: Agata Garpenlind. Scientists have long suspected that changes in the body’s metabolism affect the development of the incurable and fatal neurological disease ALS. Now, for the very first time, a group of researchers in Lund and Australia have identified changes in the disease in ALS patients in

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/metabolism-and-sleep-keys-mystery-als - 2025-07-05

By tove [dot] gilvad [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - published 10 May 2021 Carl Antonson, a PhD and specialist in general medicine at Lund University receives 1 066 000 SEK from AFA Insurance to investigate why construction workers decline medical examinations of injuries caused from working with vibrating tools. Working with vibrating tools can cause nerve and vascular damage to the ha

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/afa-insurance-awards-grant-investigate-examination-vibration-injuries-construction-industry - 2025-07-05

By tove [dot] gilvad [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - published 10 May 2021 Congratulations, Aleksander Giwercman, Professor of Reproductive Medicine at Lund University and Senior Physician at Skåne University Hospital Malmö. You have recently been asked to take over as the new co-editor of the journal Andrology. How does it feel? — I’m really looking forward to this exciting job. It’s f

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/aleksander-giwercman-new-co-editor-andrology - 2025-07-05

By tove [dot] gilvad [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - published 10 May 2021 Lina Ejlertsson, a doctoral student in Public Health at Lund University, believes that there is a classic approach to working with and measuring health in workplaces through sick leave rates, productivity and efficiency. – Most often, rehabilitative measures or preventative work are only undertaken after employee

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/integrated-recovery-during-work-day-does-it-make-difference - 2025-07-05

Published 20 May 2021 In type 1 diabetes, the patient’s own immune system destroys the body’s insulin-producing cells. Researchers at Region Skåne and Lund University are leading a new drug study aimed at halting the immune system’s attack and preserving residual cells in newly diagnosed adults. The new study, dubbed IMPACT, will last a year and be It is aimed at people between the ages of 18 and

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-skane-study-slow-down-type-1-diabetes - 2025-07-05

By sara [dot] liedholm [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Liedholm) - published 20 May 2021 Photo source: MostPhotos. Can a reduced intake of gluten during childhood affect the development of coeliac disease (gluten intolerance)? Researchers at Lund University will investigate this question in the new study GRAIN (Gluten Reduction After INfancy and the risk of celiac disease). – We’ve seen in previo

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-study-can-gluten-reduced-diet-first-years-life-prevent-celiac-disease - 2025-07-05

By sara [dot] liedholm [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Liedholm) - published 20 May 2021 Photo source: Mostphotos. Hello there, Pål Stenmark, Professor of Structural Biochemistry at the Department of Experimental Medical Science. You’ve just been honoured with the 2021 Lindblomska Award from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for you discovery of a new botox poison that wards off malaria mosqu

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/botox-ward-mosquitoes - 2025-07-05

By tove [dot] gilvad [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - published 20 May 2021 Charlotte Ling. Photo: Sara Liedholm. Charlotte Ling, Professor of Epigenetics at Lund University, is receiving DKK 10 million from the Novo Nordisk Foundation for a research project relating to epigenetics and type 2 diabetes. She is one of a total of 38 research group leaders who are receiving funding through t

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/charlotte-ling-receives-million-dollar-grant-novo-nordisk-foundation - 2025-07-05

By erika [dot] svantesson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Erika Svantesson) - published 20 May 2021 A new app will make it easier for people on sick leave due to anxiety and depression to get back to work. In the project mWorks, Professor Ulrika Bejerholm and her research colleagues focus on what strengths, abilities and new strategies can help people on sick leave successfully transition back to work

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-app-help-people-return-work-following-sick-leave-due-mental-illness - 2025-07-05