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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. We have an innate mechanism that ensures that our blood vessels do not become blocked. The protein A1M, alpha-1-microglobulin, is naturally present in the body and prevents oxidation of blood fats – a major cause of atherosclerosis. The discovery is the work of a research group led by Professor Bo Åkerström from Lund

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-cleaner-protein-protects-against-atherosclerosis - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Food waste is completely bananas, according to a group of Master’s students in Food Technology at Lund University in Sweden. In fact, a significant amount of the 100 million tonnes of bananas produced annually worldwide is discarded before it even reach consumers. WATCH: Students make gluten-free banana flourThe Lund

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-students-create-gluten-free-banana-flour - 2026-05-17

Nearly two out of three countries in the world now participate in a new kind of “virtual land trade”, where not only the goods produced but land ownership itself is traded internationally, according to a study from Lund University in Sweden.   WATCH: Two thirds of world’s countries now part of global land trade This phenomenon of large-scale global land acquisitions is receiving increasing interna

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/china-uk-and-us-centre-global-land-grabbing-trade - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In a recent study from Lund University in Sweden, researchers have used new technology to study extremely fast processes in solar cells. The research results form a concrete step towards more efficient solar cells. The upper limit for the efficiency of normal solar cells is around 33 per cent. However, researchers now

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/quantum-world-without-queues-could-lead-better-solar-cells - 2026-05-17

We should not be afraid to joke about one another’s ethnic background. Used with sensitivity, such jokes can instead help to challenge the stereotypical image of immigrants, according to Lund University sociologist Henriette Frees Esholdt, who has studied humour at a multi-ethnic workplace in Denmark. Henriette Frees Esholdt’s study was carried out in a large organisation in the hospitality sector

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/role-humour-multicultural-workplaces - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Extremely premature babies that reach the age of two and a half demonstrate significantly poorer cognition, language and motor skills than children born at full term. The new study from Lund University in Sweden is one of few to study children born prematurely at such a young age. The results could be used to provide

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-study-assesses-premature-babies-25-years-old - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The new Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at Lund University, which will focus on regenerative medicine, is part of a national plan to re-establish Sweden’s leading position in medical research. The centre is being funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, in collaboration with Lund University and Reg

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-molecular-medicine-centre-lund-university - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A production facility for start-ups in the field of nanotechnology may be built in the Science Village in Lund, a world-class research and innovation village that is also home to ESS, the European Spallation Source. “With this new facility, we want to create the conditions to enable new companies to develop from the R

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/nanotechnology-facility-planned-lund - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new report from Lund University in Sweden shows how the pharmaceutical industry time and again violates regulations on the marketing of drugs. The study has been published in the journal PLOS Medicine. In order to avoid unethical marketing, the pharmaceutical industry has a well-established system of self-regulation

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/pharmaceutical-companies-violate-own-regulations - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers have long sought treatments that can slow the progression of Parkinson's disease. Current treatments have for decades been only symptomatic in nature, supplying the neurotransmitter dopamine, which the dying nerve cells can no longer produce. Results from a recent clinical study offer hope that future ther

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-growth-factor-indicates-possible-regenerative-effects-parkinsons-disease - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. DPP-4 inhibitors are a group of drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes that lower high blood sugar levels by stimulating insulin production in the body. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now discovered that DPP-4 inhibitors are also effective against low blood sugar levels. The study, which was carried out on

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/diabetes-drug-could-protect-against-low-blood-sugar - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A group of Lund University students are behind a ’universal remote control’ called Unified Remote, an app that enables you to control your computer with your smart phone. After millions of downloads, they’re now looking at breaking into the the gaming world - by turning your phone into a joystick. WATCH VIDEO STORYTwo

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-students-behind-successful-remote-control-app-eye-gaming - 2026-05-17

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have identified a previously unknown effect of vitamin A in human embryonic development. Their findings show that vitamin A affects the formation of blood cells. The signal molecule, retinoic acid, is a product of vitamin A which helps to instruct how different types of tissue are to be formed in the growing embryo. For the first time, Professor Niels-Bjarn

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/previously-unknown-effect-vitamin-identified - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new research study has shed light on the underground interaction between tree roots and fungi. In order to understand how this important symbiosis came about, an international team of researchers have sequenced the genomes of different fungi that live underground. The study shows that in the course of evolution, the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/lost-genes-make-fungi-dependent-trees - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. New research shows that it is possible to predict the development of type 1 diabetes. By measuring the presence of autoantibodies in the blood, it is possible to detect whether the immune system has begun to break down the body’s own insulin cells. “In the TEDDY study we have found that autoantibodies often appear dur

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/early-signs-young-children-predict-type-1-diabetes - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers from institutions including Lund University have taken a step closer to producing solar fuel using artificial photosynthesis. In a new study, they have successfully tracked the electrons’ rapid transit through a light-converting molecule. The ultimate aim of the present study is to find a way to make fuel

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/supersonic-electrons-could-produce-future-solar-fuel - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Christelle Prinz, professor of solid state physics, and Edouard Berrocal, researcher in combustion physics, will each receive EUR 150 000 to further develop research results deemed by the European Research Council funding body to have great innovative potential. Traces viruses in the body in a new way For several year

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/prestigious-erc-grants-new-covid-test-and-spectrometer - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden, in collaboration with colleagues in Dresden, Germany, have developed a way of combining a bone substitute and drugs to regenerate bone and heal severe fractures in the thigh or shin bone. The study, published in the research journal Science Advances, was conducted on rats, but

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-method-heals-skeletal-injuries-synthetic-bone - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Half of all young people treated for severe obesity have neuropsychiatric problems, according to a new study by researchers from Lund University and Gothenburg, Sweden, among others. Two thirds of the teens suffered from some type of mental health problem, as reported by themselves or their parents. Both obesity and m

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-study-shows-correlation-between-teen-obesity-and-mental-health-issues - 2026-05-17

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The fluttery flight of butterflies has so far been somewhat of a mystery to researchers, given their unusually large and broad wings relative to their body size. Now researchers at Lund University in Sweden have studied the aerodynamics of butterflies in a wind tunnel. The results suggest that butterflies use a highly

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/butterfly-wing-clap-explains-mystery-flight - 2026-05-17