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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A new study from Lund University and Region Skåne in Sweden indicates that potency-enhancing PDE5 inhibitor drugs have an anti-cancer potential with the ability to improve the prognosis in patients with colorectal cancer. PDE5 inhibitors include a few approved drugs in which sildenafil (Viagra) is the most well-known.

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/potency-enhancing-drugs-linked-decreased-risks-men-colorectal-cancer - 2026-04-23

Tau PET is a new and promising imaging method for Alzheimer’s disease. A case study from Lund University in Sweden now confirms that tau PET images correspond to a higher degree to actual changes in the brain. According to the researchers behind the study, this increases opportunities for developing effective drugs. There are several different methods of producing images showing the changes in the

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-imaging-technique-alzheimers-disease-opens-possibilities-new-drug-development - 2026-04-23

The Promobilia Foundation is investing SEK 25 million in a new large-scale research project targeting Parkinson’s disease. The donation enables four research groups—one at Lund University and three at Karolinska Institutet—to join forces in developing new treatment strategies that address the root causes of the disease. Using innovative approaches, including advanced gene therapies and targeted ve

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/promobilia-foundation-invests-sek-25-million-new-large-scale-research-project-targeting-parkinsons - 2026-04-23

The Promobilia Foundation is investing SEK 25 million in a new large-scale research project targeting Parkinson’s disease. The donation enables four research groups—one at Lund University and three at Karolinska Institutet—to join forces in developing new treatment strategies that address the root causes of the disease. Using innovative approaches, including advanced gene therapies and targeted ve

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/promobilia-foundation-invests-sek-25-million-new-large-scale-research-project-targeting-parkinsons - 2026-04-23

Diagnosing Alzheimer's disease is often difficult, as several other conditions can cause similar symptoms. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now discovered a blood marker that can accurately diagnose Alzheimer’s in the early stages of the disease. ‟This is a major breakthrough. I believe this blood test can be used clinically in only a few years”, says Oskar Hansson, professor of neuro

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/blood-test-enables-early-diagnosis-alzheimers-disease - 2026-04-23

Diagnosing Alzheimer's disease is often difficult, as several other conditions can cause similar symptoms. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now discovered a blood marker that can accurately diagnose Alzheimer’s in the early stages of the disease. ‟This is a major breakthrough. I believe this blood test can be used clinically in only a few years”, says Oskar Hansson, professor of neuro

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/blood-test-enables-early-diagnosis-alzheimers-disease-0 - 2026-04-23

Directly after birth, the immune system completes production of a subtype of antibody-producing immune cells, B-1, that are to last for a lifetime. No more B1-cells are formed after that point. However, these cells are self-reactive – they produce not only antibodies against foreign substances, but also against the body’s own substances, and it is unclear why the immune system allows for the devel

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-self-reactive-immune-cells-are-allowed-develop - 2026-04-23

Over the summer, three articles from Lund University garnered record numbers of readers. An article by Inês Bramão and Mikael Johansson at the Department of Psychology is the most-read article from Lund University in years. The article, "The people we like can influence the connections our memory makes," was republished in a Greek journal, and it is these republications that help articles reach a

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/record-breaking-numbers-ines-and-mikaels-article-conversation - 2026-04-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Directly after birth, the immune system completes production of a subtype of antibody-producing immune cells, B-1, that are to last for a lifetime. No more B1-cells are formed after that point. However, these cells are self-reactive – they produce not only antibodies against foreign substances, but also against the bo

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/how-self-reactive-immune-cells-are-allowed-develop - 2026-04-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Johan Richter's research has resulted in the successful development of gene therapy for the hereditary disease malignant infantile osteopetrosis. For the past few years, the research group has established a collaboration with an American biotech company and all the permits needed to start a clinical trial have now bee

https://www.stemcellcenter.lu.se/article/successful-biotech-collaboration-brings-gene-therapy-project-clinic - 2026-04-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. It was 17 December 1944. The American B-24 bomber aircraft, better known as the Tulsamerican, was circling the island of Vis off the coast of Croatia. The plane was damaged following an attack by the Germans and finally crashed into the sea. Seven of the ten crew members survived but three died, among them the pilot,

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/deep-diving-history - 2026-04-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. What if you could take a substance that allows a nasty bacterium to resist the human immune system and develop it into a drug to help people with completely different diseases? It sounds like a fairy tale for medical researchers. Yet this is precisely what is about to happen in Lund. Lars Björck hopes that the enzyme

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/enzyme-killer-bacteria-could-save-seriously-ill-kidney-patients - 2026-04-23

Digitalisation and AI affect us all – whether we work in research, teaching, administration or management. In order to face the future with the right tools and knowledge, we have formed an Ad hoc group to support our employees in developing their expertise in digitalisation and AI. We are launching an AI course for all staff as the semester gets underway. It is a basic course, aimed at those who a

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/new-ad-hoc-ai-group-bolster-staff-expertise-digitalisation-and-ai - 2026-04-24

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Growing Up Googie, Udstillingsstedet Sydhavn Station 3. april 2020 - 19. april 2020 Due to the recommendations of the Danish health authorities the Exhibition Space Sydhavn Station will temporarily be closed, but the Growing Up Googie exhibition will launch online on Friday 3rd April on GrowingUpGoogie.dk Nanna Abell

https://www.khm.lu.se/en/article/alumni-growing-googie - 2026-04-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Each year, the analysis company Clarivate Analytics identifies the world’s most influential researchers ─ the select few who have been most frequently cited by their peers over the last decade. The list includes three names from Lund University, and Sara Linse, principal investigator at NanoLund, is one of them. The H

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/sara-linse-among-worlds-most-cited-researchers - 2026-04-23

During the year 2022, SASNET organizes a digital lecture series on Indian religions in collaboration with the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies (CTR) at Lund University and the Nordic Centre in India (NCI) in Delhi. The digital lecture series is one of the projects funded by External Relations at Lund University as a part of the university’s strategic Asia Action Plan which aims to support

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/lund-lectures-indian-religions - 2026-04-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Actic expeditions - very expensive as well as time consuming and sometimes dangerous. Researchers Hakim Abdi and Daniel Metcalfe about unevenly distributed research. The Arctic is a remote and hard to reach area, which affects where research expeditions go and where climate scientists set up their field experiments. "

https://www.nateko.lu.se/article/what-we-do-not-know-about-arctic - 2026-04-23

At the end of September, Karl Dahlstrand visited Iceland to present at the international conference "Recognising Sexual Violence: Developing Pathways to Survivor-Centred Justice", organised by the University of Iceland. Karl Dahlstrand has studied crime victim compensation for over a decade. At the conference organised by the Institute for Gender, Equality and Difference (RIKK) at the University o

https://www.soclaw.lu.se/en/article/karl-dahlstrand-presented-icelandic-conference-recognising-sexual-violence - 2026-04-23

MERGE is one of the partners in CLIMB-FOREST - a new Horizon Europe project that will investigate how the climate is affected by different ways of managing the forest. There is a lot of expertise in each individual country, but there is no coordinated overview of Europe’s forests and forest health. A major new EU project, CLIMB-FOREST, will create an overview of European forests and forestry over

https://www.merge.lu.se/article/how-climate-affected-forest-management-new-project-help-guide-european-forestry - 2026-04-23

Do you have a question regarding scientific publishing, authorship, and research collaborations? Then you can turn to Per Odin, the Faculty of Medicine's scientific ombudsman, for advice and support. "What has quantitatively dominated during my time are various questions regarding authorship - who has the right and who does not have the right to be a co-author, the order of authors, and much more

https://www.intramed.lu.se/en/article/get-research-ethics-advice-our-scientific-ombudsman - 2026-04-23