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New findings reveal why some Chronic Myeloid Leukemia patients respond better to treatment
The Eric K. Fernström award for young successful researchers goes to Joan Yuan
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20 Nov 2024
All energies on fighting pediatric cancer
Outside the different examining rooms at paediatric oncology unit 64 hang laminated name signs with rainbows, unicorns and tractors that the young patients have made themselves. Ea...
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19 Nov 2024
From Science to Start Up: Developing a Gene Therapy for a Rare Blood Disorder
After 20 years of research on gene therapy and the rare blood disease, Diamond–Blackfan Anemia, DBA, researcher Johan Flygare had reached a point where he and his colleagues had do...
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14 Nov 2024
Jenny Hansson awarded 11 million SEK by the Swedish Society for Medical Research
Jenny Hansson, associate professor at Lund University, has been awarded an 11 million SEK grant from the Swedish Society for Medical Research (SSMF). This five-year SSMF Consolidat...
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12 Nov 2024
Lund Stem Cell Center relaunches Professional Development Program for PhD success
The Lund Stem Cell Center at Lund University has relaunched its Professional Development Program (PDP), which provides PhD students support beyond research, equipping them with the...
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25 Oct 2024
Lund Stem Cell Center researchers secure grants for innovative stem cell projects
On October 18, 2024, two researchers from Lund Stem Cell Center were awarded funding from the Mats Paulsson Foundation for Research, Innovation, and Societal Development. A total o...
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23 Oct 2024
New research gives insights into the human genome’s defence mechanisms
Researchers at Lund University’s Lund Stem Cell Center have made a new discovery about how the human genome protects itself from disruption during critical stages of life. Their st...
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18 Oct 2024
Yuan and Pereira receive grants from the Wallenberg Foundation
Two researchers at Lund Stem Cell Center receive grants, 61 million, for research into immunological long-term memory and reprogramming of tumor cells. The research should lead to ...
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17 Oct 2024
Lund Stem Cell Center's 2024 Article of the Year Goes to Olga Zimmermannova
Olga Zimmermannova from the Pereira Research Group has been awarded the 2024 Article of the Year Award. She received the award for her research on reprogramming cancer cells into d...
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3 Oct 2024
Research on the reprogramming of cancer cells won the presentation competition Research Grand Prix
By describing his research as a battle between good and evil and likening himself to a hacker who attacks cancer cells to make them kind, PhD student Luís Oliveira took home the wi...
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6 Sep 2024
Researchers reprogram tumor cells into cancer-fighting immune cells in living beings
Researchers at Lund University are developing a new type of gene therapy that reprograms cancer cells within tumors into immune cells that can help the immune system fight cancer. ...
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26 Aug 2024
What fuels a lifetime of scientific discovery? Olle Lindvall reflects on his journey in neuroscience
Dr. Olle Lindvall, recently awarded a jubilee doctorate from Lund University, has spent more than fifty years studying the brain and how to repair it. His work has turned ideas tha...
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6 Aug 2024
The gene that controls the prognosis in neuroblastoma
Neuroblastoma is a tumor disease that primarily affects young children. The survival rate is the lowest of all childhood cancers. Now, a research team at Lund University has discov...
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11 Jul 2024
Professor Filipe Pereira awarded ERC Proof of Concept Grant
Filipe Pereira and his research team have discovered a recipe on how to reprogram cancer cells into antigen-presenting dendritic cells, essential for initiating and enhancing anti-...
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11 Jul 2024
Where Science Meets Art: Inside Lund Stem Cell Center's 2024 Image Competition
There comes a point in every researcher's work when the data goes beyond numbers and charts, transforming into something visually captivating. The annual Image Competition held by ...
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25 Jun 2024
How Hidden Genetic Elements Trigger a Rare Neurodegenerative Disorder
Researchers at Lund University have discovered how a hidden piece of DNA, known as a transposable element, disrupts normal gene function in a disease called X-Linked Dystonia-Parki...
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4 Jun 2024
A New Era of Flow Cytometry Arrives at the FACS Core Facility
At Lund University’s Biomedical Centre, the FACS Core Facility hums with activity, hosting a range of machines ready to support scientific research. Now, the facility welcomes its ...
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30 May 2024
Enzymes from intestinal bacteria opens up for universal blood
Researchers at Lund University and DTU in Copenhagen have discovered enzymes in the colon that, when mixed with red blood cells, can cut away parts of the carbohydrates that separa...
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7 May 2024
Update on STEM-PD clinical trial – stem cell-based transplant for Parkinson’s disease
Higher dose cohort initiated after positive early safety evaluation in Parkinson's therapy.
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29 Apr 2024
Drawing the molecular roadmap of Human Natural Killer Cell development
At any given time, more than 2 billion natural killer cells patrol the adult bloodstream as frontline defenders, protecting against infections and cancer. In a recent study publish...
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23 Apr 2024
Wellbeing and Belonging Promote Success in Academia
Isolation is a major problem for many in Academia. To counteract this among researchers and doctoral students alike, the working group for diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) w...