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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...
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19 May 2023
Best PhD thesis award in cancer 2022 at Lund University
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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...
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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.
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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. ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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).
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11 May 2022
Smoking worsens prognosis for men with prostate cancer
Smokers have a lower risk of developing prostate cancer, but a higher risk of dying from the disease, according to a large population study led by Lund University in Sweden. The re...
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13 Apr 2022
New precision technology for immunotherapy
In recent years, great advances have been made in the development of new successful immunotherapies to treat cancer. CAR T-cell therapy and antibody treatments are two types of tar...
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12 Apr 2022
Metabolism found to regulate production of killer cells
In a recent study from Lund University in Sweden, researchers discovered that metabolic changes affect how blood cells are formed during embryonic development. They found a previou...
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18 Mar 2022
Euroupean Research Council Consolidator grant to Alexander Pietras
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7 Mar 2022
Göran Jönsson receives the Göran Gustafsson's prize in medicine for groundbreaking research in immunotherapy in cancer
Congratulations to Göran Jönsson who receives this year's Göran Gustafsson Prize in medicine. The prize is awarded by the Royal Academy of Sciences and is awarded to younger resea...
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17 Dec 2021
Organised prostate cancer testing is to provide more equal care
With 10,000 new cases a year, prostate cancer is the most common cancer type in Sweden. To create equal, accessible and high-quality prostate cancer care, Region Skåne has introduc...
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20 Oct 2021
International admission for Advanced Cancer Biology course open
International admission for Advanced Cancer Biology VMFN29 (30 ECTS) at Lund University is now open!
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30 Sep 2021
Anna Blom receives the 2021 Berzelius Medal for advances in medical chemistry
Congratulations Anna Blom, Professor of Medical Protein Chemistry at Lund University and the recipient of the Swedish Society of Medicine’s Berzelius Medal in Gold 2021 for innovat...
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28 Jun 2021
Accreditation process to improve cancer care at Skåne University Hospital
Skåne University Hospital is in a process to establish a Comprehensive Cancer Centre.
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24 May 2021
Elected Senior Fellow and Distinguished Service Award to Lund
Pia Sundgren has been elected as Senior Fellow of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) and Titti Owman recieved Distinguished Service Award from the ...