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Professor Lars Björck, of Lund University, has been awarded the 2026 Nordic Fernström Prize. He receives the prize for his pioneering research into how disease-causing bacteria interact with and evade the human immune system. His research has provided fundamental insights into microbial pathogenesis and paved the way for significant biotechnological tools and new therapeutic possibilities. Through

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/fernstrom-nordic-prize-goes-research-has-turned-bacterias-weapons-medical-tools - 2026-10-23

Daniel Lindqvist, associate professor at Lund University and Senior Consultant in Psychiatry at Region Skåne, has been awarded the Eric K. Fernström Prize for young, particularly promising and successful researchers. His research focuses on biological markers and precision psychiatry. Prize citation: “For outstanding research that has contributed to a greater understanding of the biological mechan

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/eric-k-fernstroms-prize-young-researchers-goes-daniel-lindqvist - 2026-10-23

Both normal aging and Alzheimer’s change how different brain regions communicate with each other. But a new study from Lund University reveals that these alterations follow distinct patterns where shifts linked to disease are distinguishable from normal aging. And the alterations seen in Alzheimer’s patients appear early, even before cognitive symptoms emerge. The discoveries are published in Natu

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/alzheimers-disease-and-aging-reshape-brain-communication-different-ways - 2026-10-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The most common form of childhood cancer is acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). Researchers at Lund University in Sweden, in cooperation with Karolinska Institutet, SciLifeLab and the University of Cambridge, have now carried out the most extensive analysis to date of ALL at the protein level, by studying the activit

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/first-major-study-proteins-patients-acute-lymphoblastic-leukaemia - 2026-10-23

We congratulate this year’s Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine – Peter Hegemann, Georg Nagel and Karl Deisseroth – on their groundbreaking discoveries that laid the foundations for optogenetics. Here at Lund University’s Faculty of Medicine, we are particularly delighted: Karl Deisseroth holds an honorary doctorate from our Faculty of Medicine and has long-standing research collaborations w

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/honorary-doctor-awarded-nobel-prize-physiology-or-medicine - 2026-10-23

Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation is awarding SEK 900 million to 30 research projects that, following evaluations by international experts, have been judged innovative and at the forefront of international research. Two of these outstanding researchers are based at the Faculty of Medicine – congratulations! Johan MalmströmWhy do some inflammatory responses resolve while others worsen and cause

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/johan-malmstrom-and-vasili-hauryliuk-have-been-awarded-grants-knut-and-alice-wallenberg-foundation - 2026-10-23

Tissue-friendly electrodes, developed by researchers at Lund University in Sweden, are now undergoing clinical trials at Skåne University Hospital. Using 30 electrodes, each thinner than a strand of hair, the researchers aim to investigate the possibility of more precise stimulation and mapping of the brain prior to deep brain stimulation (DBS). Our movement patterns, among other things, are contr

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/groundbreaking-brain-electrode-implant-developed-lund-be-tested-humans-0 - 2026-10-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Feng Zhang, professor at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard visited Lund University at the beginning of March to deliver the annual honorary lecture organised by the Royal Physiographic and Mendelian Societies in Lund. First published: 2019-05-26Listen to the interview and hear more about why Feng Zhang wants to i

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/honorary-lecturer-feng-zhang-crispr-research-treasure-hunt-nature - 2026-10-23

Medicine treats the body. Poetry can help the person endure. In Lund, poet and arts-in-health pioneer Fiona Sampson will give an open prize lecture on why healthcare needs both. From hospital corridors filled with music to poems shared at a patient’s bedside, Fiona Sampson has worked innovatively to bring  art into medicine. A former concert violinist turned poet and philosopher of language, she a

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/sandblom-prize-soothing-soul-bedside-poetry - 2026-10-23

A new international study, led by Lund University and Nagoya University, Japan, shows that changes associated with Alzheimer’s disease may affect how rapidly ALS progresses. In time, the findings may contribute to more reliable individual prognoses and better-designed clinical trials. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a serious neurodegenerative disease in which the nerve cells that control t

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/alzheimer-related-changes-brain-may-affect-prognosis-als - 2026-10-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. First published: 2019-05-03Indian women are younger and leaner than Swedish women when they develop gestational diabetes, a new study from Lund University shows. The researchers also found a gene that increases the risk of gestational diabetes in Swedish women, but which, on the contrary, turned out to have a protecti

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/gestational-diabetes-india-and-sweden - 2026-10-23

Why do some cases of inflammation heal, while others get worse and become life-threatening? Researchers at Lund University in Sweden are seeking to understand this by mapping a part of the body’s immune system that has so far been relatively unexplored. The aim is to discover new ways of predicting and treating serious inflammatory conditions. The project is now set to receive SEK 30 million over

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/could-anti-inflammatory-drugs-future-be-found-bodys-own-peptides - 2026-10-23

Bacteriophages, or phages, are viruses of bacteria. Phages take the first move, recognising bacterial victims, delivering their genetic material and hijacking the cell’s machinery to produce more phages. However, bacteria are not defenceless, using clever moves to counter an attack via antiphage defence systems. A research project led by Vasili Hauryliuk at Lund University has been supported with

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/phages-and-bacteria-never-ending-game-molecular-chess - 2026-10-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. After a series of studies, researchers at Lund University in Sweden, together with colleagues in Italy, have shown that not only one part, but most parts of the brain can be involved in processing the signals that arise from touch. The results open the way for a new approach to how the brain’s network of neurons proce

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-view-mechanisms-how-brain-works - 2026-10-23

Humans and chimpanzees share almost all their genes. Despite this, our brains have developed in different ways. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have now shown that a viral pandemic dating back several million years is likely to be part of the explanation. Pandemics can arise wherever animal or human populations are sufficiently large, and they are not confined to the modern age. Johan Jak

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/ancient-virus-chimpanzee-dna-switches-gene-active-humans - 2026-10-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The number of cases of disease caused by Leishmania, a parasite that is spread via bites by sand flies which are mainly found in tropical and subtropical areas and in countries around the Mediterranean, has increased in Sweden. The most serious form of the disease usually leads to death if untreated. First published:

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/study-shows-increase-parasite-disease-sweden - 2026-10-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. 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. T

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/first-large-scale-study-proteins-patients-all - 2026-10-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Being able to take care of one’s hygiene, cook food and cope independently in the home are examples of feeling in control of one’s life. But how easy is it for an elderly person with a spinal cord injury to feel actively in control of their life in the home? Lizette Norin, occupational therapist and researcher, has wr

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/accessibility-home-key-person-spinal-cord-injury - 2026-10-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Applications for the nomination of academic innovation projects and medium-cost equipment to the Mats Paulsson Foundation for Research, Innovation and Community Development First published: 2019-05-06In the text below, the Mats Paulsson Foundation for Research, Innovation and Community Development describes the purpos

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/nominate-projects-mats-paulsson-foundation - 2026-10-23

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 - 2026-10-23