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29 Sep 2022 | News

Sandblom Prize: Expanding creativity in clinical worlds through narrative medicine

Narrative medicine provides tools for clinicians to read patients better. 2022 Sandblom Prize Lecture will be given by pioneering Professor Rita Charon of Columbia University on the discipline that uses the arts to improve understanding.

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27 Sep 2022 | News

Malin Parmar elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has elected two new members of the Academy’s class for medical sciences. One of them is Malin Parmar, Professor of Cellular Neuroscience at Lund University.

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31 Aug 2022 | News

SEK 40 million donation to the Faculty of Medicine

In November 2021, a private foundation was established to promote scientific research in pancreatic cancer, gastroenterology, and pain management at Lund University. The foundation will be endowed with a total of SEK 40 million and will be managed by Lund University. Earlier this spring, the first g...

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26 Aug 2022 | News

New treatment can result in access to more donor lungs and fewer complications after transplantations

A large amount of lungs donated yearly cannot be used for transplantation. Researchers at Skåne University Hospital and Lund University have conducted an animal study with results that give hope that more donor lungs could be used to save lives in the future. The researchers have started a pilot stu...

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25 Aug 2022 | News

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 in a study from Lund University in Sweden. The knowledge could further enhance precision medicine in breast cancer.