21 Dec 2020

Study on Covid-19 among healthcare professionals

Our latest study on COVID-19 transmission risk among healthcare professionals, a collaboration between Prof Magnus Rasmussen (Dep. of Infection Medicine) and Associate Professor Ya...

9 Oct 2020

New study on personalized type 2 diabetes treatment launched

Should patients with separate variants of type 2 diabetes be treated with different types of drugs? Researchers at Lund University in Sweden and Skåne University Hospital will atte...

30 Sep 2020

Metformin for type 2 diabetes patients or not? Researchers now have the answer

Metformin is the first-line drug that can lower blood sugar levels in type 2 diabetes patients. One third of patients do not respond to metformin treatment and 5 per cent experienc...

25 Sep 2020

Karl Bacos is this year´s recipient of the Medeon stipend

Karl Bacos, assistant researcher at LUDC is the recipient of 2020 years Medeon stipend of 50 000 sek for his innovative work within epigenetics in diabetes.

29 Aug 2020

Senior Vice president of Patient Care in the Novo Nordisk Foundation

Last week it was announced that our longtime colleague and LUDC researcher/SUS clinician Martin Ridderstråle has been appointed Senior Vice President of Patient Care in the Novo No...

13 Aug 2020

New rapid and robust COVID-19 antibody test developed

A new COVID-19 antibody test developed by scientists at Lund University in Sweden has shown robust performance upon clinical validation and application. The test detects antibodies...

13 Aug 2020

Strict diet explains metabolic effect of gastric by-pass surgery

In many studies, bariatric surgery has been highlighted as an almost magical method for weight loss and reversing type 2 diabetes. One question that has remained largely unanswered...

24 Jun 2020

Hjelt Foundations grant holders 2020

Karin Stenkula, Emily Sonestedt and Sebastian Kalamajski have received grants from the The Bo and Kerstin Hjelt Diabetes Foundation. Read about their research projects here.

23 Jun 2020

New blog about nutriton

The research group Nutritional Epidemiology has started a blog, www.nutrition.blogg.lu.se! Esther González-Padilla tells us more about it.

22 Jun 2020

Roadmap for precision medicine in diabetes care

A new joint report from the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) presents the largest venture ever on precision medicin...

3 Jun 2020

SOPHIA aims to improve obesity treatment and change the narrative around obesity

Lund University Diabetes Centre (LUDC) will join a new IMI project - SOPHIA - which will contribute to a more patient-centric and equitable narrative around obesity and its multipl...

29 May 2020

At the intersection of healthcare and academia

The POInT clinic at the Clinical Research Centre (CRC) in Malmö welcomes parents with their young children. One of the research nurses who sees them is Annika Björne Fors, who coor...

28 May 2020

Hindrik Mulder is the incoming editor-in-chief of Diabetologia

Research published in the research journal Diabetologia needs to meet a high standard of quality. Most of the manuscripts submitted are rejected. At the start of 2021, Hindrik Muld...

20 May 2020

Screening reveals early nerve damage

A method that will quickly and easily detect diabetic neuropathy, nerve damage caused by high blood sugar, is under development. The aim is to identify individuals in the risk zone...

8 May 2020

Malin Fex winner of the 2020 Minerva leadership award

Future Faculty is pleased to announce the 2020 Minerva Leadership Award winner: associate professor Malin Fex. A webinar with the winner is booked for the 25th of May, 14.30 - 15....

29 Apr 2020

COVID Symptom Tracker app launched in Sweden

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have launched a free app to help map the spread of infection in Sweden and increase knowledge of the coronavirus. “Data from the app will g...

16 Apr 2020

VIDEO: App will predict risk and outbreak of the coronavirus in Sweden

A new app to fight covid-19 in Sweden by tracking symtoms is on its way. Watch professor Paul Franks when he explains the idea behind it.

5 Apr 2020

Doctoral defense "Corona Style"

The outbreak of covid19 has made us go more virtual than ever. During Oktawia Nilssons doctoral defense her opponent was connected by Zoom, and so was her relatives who could follo...

31 Mar 2020

Olle Melander awarded ERC Advanced Grants

Olle Melander, professor of Internal Medicine and consultant at Skåne University Hospital, has received the prestigious European Research Council’s (ERC) Advanced Grant of approxim...

27 Mar 2020

Apolipoprotein A-I – a good player with a dark side

Oktawia Nilsson's doctoral thesis describes Apolipoprotein A-I (shortly named ApoA-I), the main protein of HDL also known as “the good” cholesterol. Based on the experiments perfor...