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Cryo-EM generated image of an antibiotic resistance factor (pink) protecting the protein factory, the ribosome, (white/grey). he reistance factor pushes its "arm" into the ribosome to remove the drug. Image credit: Hauryliuk-Atkinson lab

5 Jul 2021 | News

Nobel Prize winning microscopy technique uncovers mechanisms of bacterial antibiotics resistance

To counter the effects of antibiotics, bacteria constantly evolve resistance mechanisms. In order to develop new antibiotics that could overcome the resistance, it´s essential to understand its workings. Using so-called cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) researchers at Lund and Hamburg universi...

searchers at Lund University Diabetes Centre are studying whether different subgroups of diabetes need different treatment.

5 Jul 2021 | News

Precision medicine is an emerging approach for complex diseases

Newborn babies are already being screened for mutations and genetic tests help families with hereditary breast cancer. Genomic-driven precision medicine (GDPM) is an emerging approach for disease treatment. Around 30 Swedish researchers suggest a direction forward in a review article in Journal of I...

16 Jun 2021 | News

Five Lund researchers received grants to deepen knowledge about the effects of COVID-19

Cardiovascular and lung disease increase the risk of complications in COVID-19. Therefore, the Heart-Lung Foundation has granted SEK 3.1 million for five research projects at Lund University that will contribute to more knowledge about the effects of COVID-19. One of the researchers, Jonas Erjefält,...

Computer method to help predict outcomes and tailor treatments for patients with inherited heart diseases.

14 Jun 2021 | News

Computer method to help predict outcomes and tailor treatments for heart patients

An international group of clinicians and scientists, including MIT and Lund University , have analysed how individual genetic changes affect the heart muscle. The researchers have created a new computer tool to integrate genomic and clinical data to enhance medical and surgical decisions to support ...

Helena Elding Larsson and Robin Kahn

9 Jun 2021 | News

New research at Skåne University Hospital to shed light on MIS-C

Children rarely get seriously ill in COVID-19. However, they can suffer from troublesome secondary diseases, the most serious being MIS-C, a hyper-inflammatory condition that often requires intensive care. In Skåne, around 30 children have been affected by MIS-C. Skåne University Hospital is leading...