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12 Oct 2020
Novel biomarker technology for cancer diagnostics
A new way of identifying cancer biomarkers has been developed by researchers at Lund University in Sweden. The new technology allows very sensitive, quick and cost-effective identi...
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29 Jun 2020
Starved cancer cells became more sensitive to chemotherapy
By preventing sugar uptake, researchers succeeded in increasing the cancer cells’ sensitivity to chemotherapeutic treatment. The studies, led by researchers at Lund University in S...
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20 Apr 2020
RNA drugs one step closer to be being used in cancer treatment
In recent years, RNA molecules, with the ability to affect or turn off pathogenic genes, have become promising drug candidates in several areas. However, it has been a challenge to...
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3 Feb 2020
Researchers believe that sugar and obesity can make cancer cells more difficult to kill
In their quest to find new and better methods to make cancer cells more susceptible to treatment, Karin Lindkvist and her research group at Lund University in Sweden are looking in...
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3 Feb 2020
Major study gives most comprehensive map of breast cancer risk
In a major study of hereditary breast cancer, a global network of researchers (including some from Lund University) has identified over 350 faults in DNA that increase an individua...
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3 Feb 2020
B cells linked to effective cancer immunotherapy
Cancer patients responded better to immunotherapy and had a better prognosis if their melanoma tumours contained specific clusters of B cells, according to new research from Lund U...
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7 Jan 2020
Prestigious ERC grant for innovative immunotherapy research
The European Research Council today announced the winners of its latest Consolidator Grant competition: 301 top scientists and scholars across Europe. Funding for these researchers...
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12 Dec 2019
Tailored Therapy for Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia
Chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) is a slowly progressing form of blood cancer that attacks the blood-forming cells in the bone marrow. The condition requires lifelong treatment that...
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12 Dec 2019
Patient-specific diagnostics for breast cancers that are difficult to cure
Triple negative breast cancer is an aggressive type of cancer representing approximately nine percent of all breast cancer cases in Sweden. It is more common among younger women, h...
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11 Oct 2019
Researchers from Lund receive prize for publication of the year
Lund researchers Anna Sundlöv and Katarina Sjögreen-Gleisner have developed a method to personalise treatment using a newly approved radioactive cancer drug – by taking images of t...
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26 Sep 2019
Link between assisted reproduction and risk for prostate cancer
In a new national register study from Lund University in Sweden, researchers have studied the link between prostate cancer and infertility. The study, published in the British Medi...
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24 Sep 2019
Fewer lymph node operations for breast cancer patients with new prediction models
In recently published studies, researchers at Lund University and Skåne University Hospital in Sweden have produced new prediction models for improved personalised treatment of lym...
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23 Aug 2019
Research project to develop an innovative strategy for cancer therapy
The first evidence was recently presented demonstrating how the immune system can be controlled by directly reprogramming connective tissue cells into immune cells. The discovery p...
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4 Jul 2019
Protein linked to aggressive skin cancer
Almost 300,000 people worldwide develop malignant melanoma each year. The disease is the most serious form of skin cancer and the number of cases reported annually is increasing, m...