Clinical Studies Sweden is a collaboration between Sweden's sixth health regions, supported by the Swedish Research Council. Clinical Studies Sweden works to facilitate implementation of clinical studies in health care and provides support…

https://www.lucc.lu.se/innovation-collaboration/collaboration/clinical-studies-sweden- 2022-11-28

Published 13 February 2023 Johan Flygare and Aurélie Baudet, stem cell researchers at Lund University. Photo: Johan Persson. Stem cells programmed to produce insulin in people with type 1 diabetes or to repair the heart muscle after a…

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/advanced-treatments-future-are-soon-here- 2023-02-13

Research Facilitation: Stimulating cutting-edge cancer research

https://www.lucc.lu.se/research- 2021-03-23

LUCC was set up as the coordinating organisation for the cancer area at Lund University by the Board of the Faculty of Medicine on October 24th 2018 and started on January 1st 2019. MissionLUCC will support Lund University and Skåne…

https://www.lucc.lu.se/about-lucc/information- 2021-03-20

Education Nurture: Training both current and future cancer researcher

https://www.lucc.lu.se/education- 2021-03-23

Promotes and supports innovation. LUCC work on the commercialization of cancer research in collaboration with LU Innovation. We identify and evaluate commercially viable projects together with researchers, as well as facilitate and support…

https://www.lucc.lu.se/innovation-collaboration/innovation- 2021-03-09

Published 12 October 2020 A new study from Lund University and Region Skåne in Sweden indicates that potency-enhancing PDE5 inhibitor drugs have an anti-cancer potential with the ability to improve the prognosis in patients with colorectal…

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/potency-enhancing-drugs-linked-decreased-risks-men-colorectal-cancer- 2021-03-09

Published 12 October 2020 Emma Hammarlund was one of six researchers from Lund University in Sweden that was granted five-year starting grants from the European Research Council. Emma Hammarlund Emma Hammarlund, geobiologist and researcher…

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/lucc-researcher-receive-erc-starting-grant- 2021-03-09

Published 13 November 2020 Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a computational model which is effective in detecting and identifying genetic mutations in breast tumours. The study, the largest of its kind in the world,…

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/new-analytical-model-detects-mutations-breast-cancer- 2021-03-09

Published 13 November 2020 A drug has shown great promise in the treatment of neuroblastoma, an aggressive form of childhood cancer. The study was led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden, and is published in the journal Science…

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/promising-treatment-aggressive-childhood-cancer- 2021-03-09

Published 24 May 2021 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 Society for MR Radiographers &…

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/elected-senior-fellow-and-distinguished-service-award-lund- 2021-05-24

Published 28 June 2021 Skåne University Hospital is in a process to establish a Comprehensive Cancer Centre. A digital site visit by the Organisation of European Cancer Institutes (OECI) took place 22-24 June, 2021 as part of the…

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/accreditation-process-improve-cancer-care-skane-university-hospital- 2021-06-28

Published 30 September 2021 Photo: Tove Smeds 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 innovative research…

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/anna-blom-receives-2021-berzelius-medal-advances-medical-chemistry- 2021-09-30

Published 20 October 2021 Information about the Advanced Cancer Biology course VMFN29 (30 ECTS) can be found here The application period is from October 18th 2021 to January 17rd 2023 and you apply in the international admission portal The…

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/international-admission-advanced-cancer-biology-course-open- 2021-10-20

Published 17 December 2021 After a major development work where researchers and experts in urology, communication and IT have collaborated, Region Skåne landed Organized prostate cancer testing, OPT, 2020. Photo: iStockphoto With 10,000…

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/organised-prostate-cancer-testing-provide-more-equal-care- 2021-12-17

Skåne University Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Centre (SUHCCC) is a collaboration between Skåne University Hospital, Lund University Faculty of Medicine, Regional Cancer Center South, Medical Service and Pallitative Care & Primary Care …

https://www.lucc.lu.se/innovation-collaboration/collaboration/skane-university-hospital-comprehensive-cancer-centre- 2022-08-31

Published 7 March 2022 Göran Jönsson, Professor in molecular oncology at Lund University. Photo: Tove Smeds Congratulations to Göran Jönsson who receives this year's Göran Gustafsson Prize in medicine. The prize is awarded by the Royal…

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/goran-jonsson-receives-goran-gustafssons-prize-medicine-groundbreaking-research-immunotherapy-cancer- 2022-03-07

Published 18 March 2022 Alexander Pietras, Associate Professor at Lund University, have been awarded an European Research Council Consolidator Grant (ERC-CoG) for the project - RESISTANCEPROGRAMS. The research group will explore and…

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/euroupean-research-council-consolidator-grant-alexander-pietras- 2022-03-18

Published 12 April 2022 istock/selvanegra 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 previously unknown…

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/metabolism-found-regulate-production-killer-cells- 2022-04-12

Published 13 April 2022 iStock/Design cells 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 targeted…

https://www.lucc.lu.se/article/new-precision-technology-immunotherapy- 2022-04-13