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Giant Cell ArthritisA new study is pblished where we present a detailed evaluation of the safety regarding visual function and patient tolerability in healthy subjects, and define the spectral signature in the healthy temporal artery. Photoacoustic imaging did not affect the best corrected visual acuity, colour vision (tested with Sahlgren's Saturation Test or the Ishihara colour vision test) or t
https://www.photoacoustics.lu.se/article/new-publications - 2025-12-21
The most common form of childhood cancer is acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). Together with Karolinska Institutet, SciLifeLab and the University of Cambridge, researchers at Lund University have conducted the largest ever analysis of ALL at protein level by studying activity in more than 8,000 genes and proteins. The results of the study show a deviant folding of the DNA strand which in turn af
https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/first-large-scale-study-proteins-patients-all - 2025-12-21
CCT, Consumer Culture Theory, annually arrange an international conference on consumer culture. This year it was organized on 27-30 June by the School of Economics and Management at Lund University. The conference was attended by 317 participants from 25 different countries. Four researchers from Service Studies contributed to the conference. Dystopia or utopia – how does it affect consumer behavi
https://www.ses.lu.se/en/article/fashion-textile-care-cryptocurrency-and-seaweed-cct-conference - 2025-12-21
Bling is associated with expensive, ostentatious accessories and “bad taste”. This contrasts with the prevailing aesthetic values of the design world. But what happens when bling and design are brought together? A new thesis in industrial design from the Faculty of Engineering (LTH), Lund University in Sweden, shows that provocations – such as breaking convention with the help of the bling subcult
https://www.industrialdesign.lth.se/article/challenging-design-conventions-key-more-vibrant-design - 2025-12-21
This years' WCMM Research Day 2024 with the focus on "Tissue & Bioengineering in Molecular Medicine" served as an ideal platform for WCMM Lund affiliates to dive into the topic of regenerative medicine, a strong focus of the WCMM Lund that has created many projects that resulted in high quality peer-reviewed publications and the opportunity for good education of young researchers. The event has br
https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/wcmm-research-day-2024 - 2025-12-21
On 14-15 April SASNET hosted a workshop on Nationalisms in South Asia. The workshop was generously funded by the Crafoord Foundation. Professor Frank Korom (Boston University), Associate Professor Jan Magnusson (Lund University) and the director of SASNET Andreas Johansson took the lead in organizing the workshop. The core idea of the workshop builds on a generation of scholarship arguing that na
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-hosted-workshop-nationalisms-south-asia - 2025-12-21
Emma Hammarlund was one of six researchers from Lund University in Sweden that was granted five-year starting grants from the European Research Council. Emma Hammarlund, geobiologist and researcher at the Division of Translational Cancer Research, will investigate how life could develop on our planet. The availability of oxygen has long been the prime focus for different hypotheses, however resear
https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/lucc-researcher-receive-erc-starting-grant - 2025-12-21
During 2021 SASNET has conducted a wide range of activities to bolster South Asia research and research related accomplishments at Lund University. SASNET has collaborated with several organizations within Lund University but also with organizations from all over the country through webinars, publications, podcasts, networking, and workshops. During the year SASNET hosted several online events, mo
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-activity-report-2021-published - 2025-12-21
A research study at Lund University shows that there is an association between selenium deficiency and an increased risk of developing heart failure. The risk is twice as high for individuals with low selenium levels. Heart failure is a common condition affecting 250 000 Swedes. In heart failure, the heart cannot pump enough blood into the body, and the disease is associated with a poor prognosis.
https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/link-between-selenium-deficiency-and-heart-failure - 2025-12-21
We are very happy to announce that two new PIs have joined Lund Stem Cell Center! Björn Nilsson is Professor of Clinical Immunology at the Medical Faculty of Lund University, and the Head of the Division of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine at the Department of Laboratory Medicine. He is also a visiting researcher at the Broad Institute (Cambridge, MA) and now a member of Lund Stem Cell Center.T
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/two-new-principal-investigators-lund-stem-cell-center - 2025-12-22
In the Colombian rainforest, cattle ranching is spreading and leading to forest fires and deforestation. This threatens the environment, climate and indigenous people in the Amazon. More efficient use of existing pastures and alternative livelihoods are some of the factors needed to protect the rainforest, according to a new thesis by Jesica López. Colombia's rainforest is part of the Amazon and i
The Swedish Cancer Foundation, Cancerfonden, has announced the researchers it will be supporting in its most recent round of funding and Lund Stem Cell Center was especially successful, with seven scientists awarded a total of almost 30 million SEK. Cristian Bellodi, a research team leader from the Division of Molecular Hematology, was awarded 12 million SEK - the largest grant to any researcher a
https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/cancerfonden-supports-research-role-rna-modification-cancer-development - 2025-12-22
A new thesis explores the effects of loss and damage associated with climate change in small-scale tropical fisheries—a sector at the frontline of climate change impacts and crucial to sustaining livelihoods, way of life, and food security. With Martinique (France) as a case study, the research shows that loss and damage must be understood as a complex and contextual multidimensional issue—one tha
https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/beyond-economics-rethinking-loss-and-damage-tropical-fisheries-new-phd-thesis - 2025-12-21
The feasability study of the building Gamla kirurgen is now initiated. A new, more detailed architectural sketch showing how the need for premises can be met will be produced and sent for consultation to the faculty. The Campus Paradis project includes the renovation of several buildings in the area and the construction of an extension, the Centre for Social Sciences (Cesam). A feasibility study f
https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-step-towards-renovation-gamla-kirurgen - 2025-12-21
Shai Mulinari investigates the current state of pharmaceutical marketing vis-à-vis ethical and legal standards in his new “viewpoint" article ”Unhealthy marketing of pharmaceutical products: An international public health concern” that has just been published in the Journal of Public Health Policy. Abstract:I consider the current state of pharmaceutical marketing vis-à-vis ethical and legal standa
https://www.soc.lu.se/en/article/mulinari-unhealthy-marketing-pharmaceutical-products - 2025-12-21
Interest groups and political parties are the primary organizational carriers of citizens’ preferences into executive and legislative political institutions. Their combined effect for citizen representation has only recently come into focus. We address this gap via an original cross-national survey of interest groups, which includes the self-placement of groups on the Left-Right and Gal-Tan dimens
A Call for papers has been announced for a panel on ”Economic Transformation and Urbanisation: The future of pluriactive small farmers and rural workers in South Asia?” to be held at the International Sociological Association (ISA) Third Forum of Sociology in Vienna, Austria, 10 – 14 July 2016. The panel will be chaired by Prof. Staffan Lindberg, Lund University, and Prof. Surinder Jodhka, Jawaha
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/call-papers-economic-transformation-and-urbanisation-india - 2025-12-21
