http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from Lund University Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have mapped the significance of heredity for common forms of atherosclerotic disease. No studies have previously examined whether different forms of the disease share heredity. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-atherosclerotic-disease-heredity-nationwide.html Cardiology Mon, 20 May 2013 11:12:51 EST news288267162 A single antibody could be the key to treating multiple myeloma, or cancer of the blood, currently without cure or long-term treatment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-treatment-blood-cancer.html Cancer Mon, 06 May 2013 08:57:34 EST news287049445 Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a new mouse model that answers the question of what actually happens in the body when type 2 diabetes develops and how the body responds to drug treatment. Long-term studies of the middle-aged mouse model will be better than previous studies at confirming how drugs for type 2 diabetes function in humans. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-mouse-diabetes.html Diabetes Fri, 03 May 2013 07:50:01 EST news286784059 The new feature of the antidepressant drugs of the 1990s was that they had milder side-effects than their predecessors. Combined with aggressive marketing, this meant that annual sales in Sweden increased from just under EUR 18 million to over EUR 100 million in the space of just a few years. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-unethical-advertising-antidepressants.html Health Thu, 02 May 2013 11:31:45 EST news286713099 A Lund University research team has shed new light on why gastric bypass often sends diabetes into remission rapidly, opening the door to developing treatment with the same effect. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-gastric-bypass-diabetes-treatment.html Diabetes Wed, 01 May 2013 08:43:57 EST news286616629 Drinking coffee could decrease the risk of breast cancer recurring in patients taking the widely used drug Tamoxifen, a study at Lund University in Sweden has found. Patients who took the pill, along with two or more cups of coffee daily, reported less than half the rate of cancer recurrence, compared with their Tamoxifen-taking counterparts who drank one cup or less. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-coffee-breast-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 25 Apr 2013 07:40:03 EST news286093348 The central nervous system's mop-up crew, microglia, play an important role in protecting the brain against disease and injury. A research group at Lund University in Sweden has now developed a method that makes it possible to follow the behaviour of these support cells at close quarters. Increased knowledge about the specific role of microglia could open the door to new research avenues on several different neurological conditions, such as Parkinson's disease and stroke. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-brain-guardian-cells.html Medical research Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:39:08 EST news286011539 Exosomes are small, virus-like particles that can transport genetic material and signal substances between cells. Researchers at Lund University, Sweden, have made new findings about exosomes released from aggressive brain tumors, gliomas. These exosomes are shown to have an important function in brain tumor development, and could be utilized as biomarkers to assess tumor aggressiveness through a blood test. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-virus-like-particles-vital-clues-brain.html Medical research Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:18:15 EST news285412653 Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered a new protein that controls the presence of the Vel blood group antigen on our red blood cells. The discovery makes it possible to use simple DNA testing to find blood donors for patients who lack the Vel antigen and need a blood transfusion. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-newly-blood-protein-year-old-riddle.html Genetics Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:08:02 EST news284645275 Using new technology and new approaches, researchers at Lund University in Sweden hope to be able to explain why people suffer vision loss in eye diseases such as retinal detachment and glaucoma. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-view-eye-diseases.html Ophthalmology Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:50:02 EST news284204995 The field of cell therapy, which aims to form new cells in the body in order to cure disease, has taken another important step in the development towards new treatments. A new report from researchers at Lund University in Sweden shows that it is possible to re-programme other cells to become nerve cells, directly in the brain. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-nerve-cellsdirectly-brain.html Neuroscience Tue, 26 Mar 2013 06:53:18 EST news283499582 The blood of young and old people differs. In an article published recently in the scientific journal Blood, a research group at Lund University in Sweden explain how they have succeeded in rejuvenating the blood of mice by reversing, or re-programming, the stem cells that produce blood. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-reversing-blood-freshening.html Medical research Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:13:11 EST news283425183 Type 2 diabetes has strong hereditary tendencies and the genes we are born with cannot be changed. However, new research from Lund University in Sweden shows that we can modify the function of the genes through the epigenetic changes that take place in the course of life. Epigenetic changes are usually described as a link between heredity and environment and come about as a result of factors such as ageing, chemicals, medication, diet, exercise and drugs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-clues-heredity-diabetes.html Genetics Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:58:16 EST news282905889 Electrodes operated into the brain are today used in research and to treat diseases such as Parkinson's. However, their use has been limited by their size. At Lund University in Sweden, researchers have, for the first time, succeeded in implanting an ultrathin nanowire-based electrode and capturing signals from the nerve cells in the brain of a laboratory animal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-brain-nerve-cells-ultrathin-nanowires.html Neuroscience Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:05:25 EST news280577118 In 2010, researchers from Lund University reported that 60 percent of all anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions could be avoided in favor of rehabilitation. The results made waves around the world, and were met with concerns that the results would not hold up in the long term. A follow-up study that confirms the results have now been published. The risk of osteoarthritis and meniscal surgery is no higher for those treated with physiotherapy alone. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-five-year-follow-up-acl-reconstructions.html Arthritis & Rheumatism Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:42:51 EST news278764943