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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 - 2026-09-29

Almost half of all dementia cases may be associated with modifiable factors such as smoking and high blood pressure. At the same time, some risk factors are built into our biology, such as age, sex, and genetics. But dementia is not a single disease, rather symptom of multiple underlying disorders. Therefore, risk factor profiles for various dementia subtypes are likely to vary. A new study highli

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/how-lifestyle-and-biology-shape-brain-changes-linked-dementia - 2026-09-29

Turning scientific knowledge into solutions that improve people’s lives is the ultimate goal of research. But the path from novel scientific data to an innovation that may impact health care is long; many promising ideas never get a fair chance. For 16 years, MultiPark Innovation has supported researchers in their first efforts in transforming discoveries into inventions that may benefit patients

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/multipark-innovation-grants-have-generated-inventions-2011 - 2026-09-29

Modern technology is helping our researchers to get a sneak peek into the brain – and now the winning image has been chosen in MultiPark’s photo competition #Neurovision. All entries will be on display for the public at MultiPark Café’s exhibition – come and explore the secrets of the brain with us on 3 March! MultiPark is a strategic research area at Lund University, where interdisciplinary resea

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/multiparks-vernissage-neurovision-celebrating-winners-our-photo-competitions - 2026-09-29

New blood tests for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease are making early diagnosis increasingly feasible. However, the fact that the markers being measured change long before any symptoms develop represents a challenge. Research led by Lund University in Sweden shows that a previously unused blood marker, when combined with those markers already in use, can significantly reduce the risk of misleading d

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/new-blood-marker-reduces-risk-false-diagnosis-alzheimers-disease - 2026-09-29

The symptom profiles of different neurodegenerative diseases often overlap, and diagnosing age-related cognitive symptoms is complex. A patient may have multiple overlapping disease processes in the brain at the same time. Now, researchers at Lund University have developed an AI model showing that it is possible to detect several neurodegenerative diseases from a single blood sample. The study is

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/new-ai-model-can-detect-multiple-cognitive-brain-diseases-single-blood-sample - 2026-09-29

Simpler diagnosis using a smell test, mapping brain circuits behind symptoms linked to Parkinson’s, and significant funding for advanced gene therapies. And a recently completed clinical trial with promising results for stem cell-based transplantation in Parkinson’s patients. These are five examples from the strategic research area MultiPark over the past year. MultiPark conducts multidisciplinary

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/world-parkinsons-day-five-multipark-projects-could-improve-diagnosis-understanding-and-future - 2026-09-29

The 2026 Jeffrey L. Morby Prize has been awarded to researchers from Lund University and Washington University for a study published in Nature Medicine. The paper describes a blood test capable of detecting changes in the brain associated with Alzheimer’s disease. Oskar Hansson, Professor of Neurology, and Gemma Salvadó, Research Associate – both at Lund University – are co-authors of the article:

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/drop-blood-can-detect-alzheimers-international-award - 2026-09-29

A team of international researchers led by senior lecturer Åsa Mackenzie at Lund University has received a $9 million USD grant from the Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) initiative, in partnership with The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF), to advance understanding of Parkinson’s disease treatment, with a particular focus on depression, anxiety, and other psychiatr

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/exceptional-success-multipark-researchers-highly-competitive-international-call-parkinsons-research - 2026-09-29

This spring, MultiPark has the pleasure of welcoming a new research group leader. The Neural Circuits of Emotion team focuses on how neural circuits and neuroimmune interactions regulate emotional and cognitive functions in health and neurodegenerative diseases. Say hello to Kaizhen Li! Thanks to the inclusion of Kaizhen Li as a new research leader, MultiPark increases its collective expertise in

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/multipark-grows-new-research-group-focusing-neural-circuits-emotion - 2026-09-29

The risk of neurodegenerative diseases increases markedly after a traumatic brain injury – particularly following repeated concussions. Professors Niklas Marklund and Tadeusz Wieloch have now received SEK 3.4 million from The ALBORADA Trust for their research into preventing dementia after brain injury. Brain injury is a major but often underestimated public health problem that particularly affect

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/millions-brain-research-dementia - 2026-09-29

A landmark study led from Lund, Sweden, has shown that transplanting stem-cell derived dopamine progenitor cells into the brain is feasible. Eight patients were transplanted in the first clinical trial, and no serious side effects linked to the transplanted cells were seen during the first year of follow up. The results are published in Nature Medicine. In Parkinson’s disease, patients lose nerve

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/stem-pd-announces-first-human-clinical-trial-results-parkinsons-disease-cell-therapy - 2026-09-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Tuesday November 27 the first Nordic Huntington Disease Research Meeting took place at the Biomedical Center in Lund.  50 participants from Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway took part of interesting data blitz presentations about clinical research, mechanisms of disease and future therapies. The pauses during the

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/nordic-huntington-disease-research-meeting - 2026-09-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Huntington Center in Lund is hosting an information meeting on Huntington's disease on November 19 at the Biomedical Center in Lund. Åsa Petersén will give a talk on the latest research in HD and Håkan Widner, professor and senior consultant in neurology, will be talking about symptoms and treatment. The Huntington te

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/information-evening-huntingtons-disease - 2026-09-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Petersén gives research talk for young people in HD families on November 10 2018 in Stockholm at a 2-day conference organised by the Swedish Huntington Association “Riksförbundet för Huntingtons sjukdom". Read more about this event on Riksförbundet för Huntingtons sjukdom's webpage (in Swedish)

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-gives-research-talk-young-people-hd-families-stockholm - 2026-09-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Åsa Petersén has been awarded a four-year project grant from the Swedish Research Council (VR), starting from 2019. The grant is awarded for the project entitled Effects of hypothalamic circuitries in Huntington disease. The total granted sum is 4.8 million for 2019-2022.

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/petersen-granted-funds-swedish-research-council - 2026-09-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Yesterday it was announced that Professor Åsa Petersén will receive the Fernström award at Lund University for younger, successful researchers. The prize is awarded six researches at different Medical Faculties in Sweden, where each and one receives the sum of SEK 100 000. The Lund award ceremony will take place on No

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/professor-petersen-fernstrom-awardee - 2026-09-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Congratulations to Dr. Rana Soylu-Kucharz who is awarded a 2 year postdoctoral stipend from the Swedish Brain Foundation! Dr. Rana Soylu-Kucharz is awarded a 2 year postdoctoral stipend from the Swedish Brain Foundation to study the role of hypothalamic dysfunction for striatal pathology in HD! Congratulations Rana!

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/dr-soylu-kucharz-awarded-postdoctoral-stipend - 2026-09-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Today the new Huntington Center headed by Åsa Petersén was inaugurated by the dean of the Medical Faculty at Lund University and the Head of Research at Region Skåne. 

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/huntington-center-now-inaugurated - 2026-09-29

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. TNU är värd för ett råd- och stödgruppsmöte för Riksförbundet för Huntingtons sjukdom i Skåne torsdagen den 1:e juni kl 18.00 - 20.00.Program:18.00-18.10 Välkomna och introduktion av Susanne Zell, RHS18.10-18.40 Föredrag om den senaste forskningen av Åsa Petersén, Lunds Universitet18.40-19.10 Rundtur på forskningslabo

https://www.huntington-research.lu.se/article/tnu-berattar-om-den-senaste-forskningen-riksforbundet-huntingtons-sjukdom-den-1e-juni-2017 - 2026-09-29