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SEK 190 million for research and development of a new diagnostic test for Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s researcher Sebastian Palmqvist has been awarded USD 19.4 million from the US NIH/NIA.

Honorary doctorate awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
We congratulate this year’s Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine – Peter Hegemann, Georg Nagel and Karl Deisseroth – on their groundbreaking discoveries that laid the foundati...

Alzheimer’s disease and aging reshape brain communication in different ways
Both normal aging and Alzheimer’s change how different brain regions communicate with each other. But a new study from Lund University reveals that these alterations follow distinc...

Eric K. Fernström’s Prize for Young Researchers goes to Daniel Lindqvist
Daniel Lindqvist, associate professor at Lund University and Senior Consultant in Psychiatry at Region Skåne, has been awarded the Eric K. Fernström Prize for young, particularly p...

Fernström Nordic Prize goes to research that has turned bacteria’s weapons into medical tools
Professor Lars Björck, of Lund University, has been awarded the 2026 Nordic Fernström Prize.
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