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21 May 2023

ERC grant for research on early detection of ovarian cancer

Christelle Prinz, Professor of Solid State Physics at Lund University, has been awarded an ERC Proof of Concept Grant for her research into creating cost-effective biosensor diagno...

19 May 2023

Best PhD thesis award in cancer 2022 at Lund University

14 Feb 2023

Toward a personalized approach to the study and treatment of bone cancers

Researchers at Lund University have generated human mini bones in the lab which mirror the composition and function of human bone. The results published in Science Translational Me...

13 Feb 2023

Reprogramming cancer cells into immune defenders

By reprogramming tumour cells to become the body’s defenders, Filipe Pereira and his colleagues hope to improve current cancer treatments.

13 Feb 2023

Advanced treatments of the future are soon here

Stem cells programmed to produce insulin in people with type 1 diabetes or to repair the heart muscle after a heart attack. Gene and cell therapies that improve cancer treatments. ...

15 Nov 2022

Altered cell behaviour behind resistance in neuroblastoma

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have identified one of the reasons why the childhood cancer neuroblastoma becomes resistant to chemotherapy. The findings are significant f...

21 Oct 2022

SEK 31 million to enhance the effect of immunotherapy in the treatment of cancer patients

Göran Jönsson, professor of molecular oncology, receives SEK 31 million from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation to enhance the effect of immunotherapy in the treatment of can...

25 Aug 2022

The tumour environment can affect breast cancer prognosis

The environment in which breast cancer arises –the interplay between the patient’s BMI, tumour size and cancer-specific proteins –is of importance for the prognosis. This is shown ...

15 Jun 2022

Miniature bones as a research model for cancer

By using cells isolated from cancer patients and mixing them with a new technology called “OssiGel”, it is possible to engineer human mini-bones. These miniaturized organs consist ...

15 May 2022

Skåne University Hospital Cancer Centre accredited as Comprehensive Cancer Centre

Skåne University Hospital Cancer Centre (SUHCC) has been accredited as Comprehensive Cancer Centre (CCC) by the Organisation of European Cancer Institutes (OECI).