
Uncategorized - July 17, 2020
Swedish research paves way for new Alzheimer’s therapies
Neuroscientists and stem cell researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a research model that allows studying human hippocampal neurons, the brain cells primarily affected by Alzheimer’s disease pathology. The study has been published in Stem Cell Reports. 3-D hippocampal tissue-like structures In Alzheimer’s disease the hippocampus, a brain structure that regulates motivation, emotion, learning, […]

Uncategorized - February 28, 2020
Swedish researchers show that gut hormone can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease
A new epidemiological study from Lund University and Skåne University Hospital in Sweden shows that there is a connection between high levels of the gastrointestinal hormone GIP in the blood, and an elevated risk of cardiovascular disease. The intestinal hormones GIP and GLP-1 are important for insulin production in the pancreas, they form in the […]

Collaboration - December 19, 2018
A new German-Scandinavian life science network project
A new EU project in the program area Öresund-Kattegatt-Skagerak (ÖKS) has been approved. Hanseatic League of Science (HALOS) will build a collaboration between Hamburg and South-West Scandinavia, bring together the four research facilities MAX IV, ESS, DESY and European XFEL, and create a centre for integrated, world-leading Life Science innovation and research. 3.6 million EUR […]

Collaboration - June 8, 2017
Doctrin and Capio Proximity Care to develop AI with KTH and Lund University
Along with KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Lund University Doctrin and Capio are developing AI decision support tools helping healthcare professionals to prioritize, diagnose and treat patients. Doctrin develops digital tools to support healthcare providers, and the company has already developed a system that allows for the patient to summarise his or her own […]

Uncategorized - November 9, 2016
Fetal blood stem cells need surprise helper: bile
A discovery by Lund University scientists could advance transplants. Why do fetuses have bile? This compound usually goes from the gall bladder to the intestines to help digest fats. “It seems strange,” says Assistant Professor Kenichi Miharada at Lund University Division of Molecular Medicine and Gene Therapy, “because fetuses don’t eat food, so they don’t […]

Uncategorized - May 30, 2015
Vitamin A Slows Fetal Blood Cell Growth
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered that too much vitamin A negatively effects the formation of blood cells during human embryonic development, suggesting that pregnant women should avoid foods high in the vitamin. The signal molecule, retinoic acid, is a product of vitamin A, which helps to instruct how different types of tissue […]