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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed an algorithm that combines data from a simple blood test and brief memory tests, to predict with great accuracy who will develop Alzheimer's disease in the future. The findings are published in Nature Medicine. Approximately 20-30% of patients with Alzheimer's di

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/simple-diagnostic-tool-predicts-individual-risk-alzheimers - 2026-07-19

How will the VAT reduction affect consumers, according to Professor Emeritus Lars Jonung? The government and Sverigedemokraterna want to halve food VAT, cutting it from twelve to six percent in April next year. In a recent segment on Swedish Radio, Lars Jonung, Professor Emeritus of Economics at LUSEM (the Lund University School of Economics and Management), was interviewed about his reaction to t

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/lower-vat-food-will-prices-really-drop - 2026-07-20

Since February 2024, Strategic Communication alumnus Tom Samuelsson has served as Press Secretary to Sweden’s Prime Minister, Ulf Kristersson, with a focus on foreign and security policy. You often see him in the background on Swedish news. He is not the one speaking on camera, but he plays a key role in ensuring the message is communicated clearly and effectively. One of Tom Samuelsson’s most mem

https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/alumni-focus-tom-samuelsson - 2026-07-19

Emil Johansson will defend his thesis: Virus-host interactions in HIV-1 and HIV-2 infections. Date: 2023-05-17 Time: 13:00 Place: Agardh lecture hall, CRC, Jan Waldenströms gata 35, Malmö or you can join by Zoom, https://lu-se.zoom.us/j/64703958604 Opponent: docent Ujjwal Neogi, Stockholm   Virus-host interactions in HIV-1 and HIV-2 infections.   Summary: Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1

https://www.virology.lu.se/article/175-thesis-defense-emil-johansson - 2026-07-19

Some fungi are wasteful, while others recycle – and this can determine how much carbon is stored in a forest. Researchers at Lund University have now revealed how fungi manage their mycelium, the network that builds the structure of fungus. The results could provide new insights into the carbon cycle and climate. Researchers have investigated how fungi recycle their mycelium when they grow. Using

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/recycling-strategies-fungi-can-affect-how-forests-store-carbon - 2026-07-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. An exciting position as center coordinator at NanoLund is open for application. Are you a master of coordinating and managing? Do you have a strong interest in science, technological development and how it can be used in future society? Apply for the position as coordinator and get the chance to work at Sweden’s large

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/wanted-center-coordinator-nanolund - 2026-07-19

Most patients with mycosis fungoides, a rare form of lymphoma, live for years with a relatively mild disease. But in some cases it develops into a more serious condition. Angelica Johansson has identified biological changes that may help explain why the disease progresses in about a quarter of patients. Her work also shows that patients report unexpectedly high quality despite living with a chroni

https://www.agenda2030graduateschool.lu.se/article/new-clues-which-lymphoma-patients-are-risk-their-condition-worsening - 2026-07-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In recent years, it has become increasingly clear to researchers that the protein galectin-3 is involved in inflammatory diseases in the brain. A study led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden now shows the de facto key role played by the protein in Alzheimer’s disease. When the researchers shut off the gene th

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/researchers-block-protein-plays-key-role-alzheimers-disease - 2026-07-19

Ouyang Yuan defends her Ph.D. thesis on 14 October 2022. As a medical student with a longstanding interest in blood malignancies, her research has focused on better understanding the development of a specific type of blood cancer, acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The hope is that these findings will help lead to a better understanding of AML and future treatments that can one day prevent, delay, or c

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/placing-acute-myeloid-leukemia-under-microscope-phd-interview-ouyang-yuan - 2026-07-19

Two CASE researchers, Wenqian Xu and Oskar Jonsson, have each received a "seed money grant" in the profile area Proactive Ageing's first internal call. Researcher Oskar Jonsson leads the one project, which was granted SEK 250,000 in the call: "Inclusive Living Environments to Attract the Joy of Movement and Promote Physical Activity for Proactive Ageing: Theory and Method Development and Full-scal

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/ai-and-movement-focus-profile-areas-seed-money-grant - 2026-07-19

The Mrs Berta Kamprad Foundation is donating SEK 420 million to cancer research at Lund University. This is the largest donation to the university since its foundation in 1666. The donation is dedicated to translational cancer research, meaning applied cancer research in antibody and cell therapies with the aim of improving prognosis and quality of life for today's cancer patients.The administrati

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/sek-420-million-cancer-research-lund-university - 2026-07-19

On May 29th, the Helsingborg Innovation District, a collaboration platform and catalyst for innovation, research, and development, will be inaugurated. The innovation district is initiated by the City of Helsingborg, Lund University, Region Skåne, and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Southern Sweden in collaboration with the business community. The district stretches from Helsingborg Centra

https://www.ch.lu.se/en/article/new-innovation-district-increase-regions-innovative-capacity - 2026-07-19

It will be a big change in many ways for David Fenyö as he now gets the possibility to return to Sweden after 34 years in the US. Thanks to a grant of SEK 50 million from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, he can now move his research in precision medicine to Lund University. And he is familiar with Sweden from childhood. “We came from Hungary to Sweden when I was five years old and spoke H

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/1st-avenue-new-york-solvegatan-lund - 2026-07-19

What would it take for people living 100 000 years from now to be able to understand a message from people living today? Language historian and exegete Ola Wikander has, on behalf of the Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company (SKB), outlined some of the linguistic challenges. The question of how to warn people in the future was raised in connection with the decision made in January this

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/search-language-eternity - 2026-07-19

September 19–20, 2024HAIDI participated in the Socio-gerontechnology Network Meeting in ViennaThe Finnish team member Hanna Varjakoski participated in the annual meeting of the Socio-gerontechnology Network, which was held in Vienna, Austria. The two-day meeting titled as "Shifting Relations: Ageing in a Datafied World" brought together various scholars from social sciences and humanities who are

https://www.iko.lu.se/en/article/haidi-research-activities-2024 - 2026-07-19

Life in the city is tough – if you are a baby bird you are markedly affected by a certain type of air pollution and by which trees are close to the nest, new research shows. Underlying the study is a new more detailed way of investigating what factors in an urban environment impact birds and animals. Cities are generally a harsh environment for birds and other animals to live in, but researchers d

https://www.becc.lu.se/article/nestling-birds-city-clearly-affected-air-pollution-and-which-trees-surround-them - 2026-07-19

Life in the city is tough – if you are a baby bird you are markedly affected by a certain type of air pollution and by which trees are close to the nest, new research from Lund, Sweden shows. Underlying the study is a new more detailed way of investigating what factors in an urban environment impact birds and animals. Cities are generally a harsh environment for birds and other animals to live in,

https://www.cec.lu.se/article/nestling-birds-city-clearly-affected-air-pollution-and-which-trees-surround-them - 2026-07-19

Lead, pesticides, brominated flame retardants, plastic additives, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and heavy metals. This is what researchers at Lund University in Sweden found when they collected dead hedgehogs to investigate the environmental pollutants found in urban environments. Previous research has investigated the presence of heavy metals in hedgehogs from other urban areas in Europe and

https://www.science.lu.se/article/surprising-number-environmental-pollutants-hedgehogs - 2026-07-19

Eating cheese and cream with a high fat content may be linked to a lower risk of developing dementia. This is shown by a new large-scale study from Lund University. The researchers analysed the dietary habits of more than 27,000 people and linked these to the occurrence of dementia over a follow-up period of up to 25 years. The debate about low-fat diets has long shaped our health advice and influ

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/full-fat-cheese-linked-lower-risk-dementia - 2026-07-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In May, screening for colorectal cancer will be offered in Skåne to all those born in 1961. Subsequently, Swedes aged 60 to 74 will be tested for blood in their faeces, to detect cancer at an early stage. Once all regions in Sweden have introduced the screening, at least 300 lives are expected to be saved per year. Sw

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/screening-colorectal-cancer-starts-spring - 2026-07-19