Faculty of Medicine

Lund University

Innovations - research put into practice in healthcare and industry

Lund University is behind a large number of significant medical discoveries that have led to improved treatments methods, new drugs and better diagnostics.

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Research to contribute to a better life and better health

After over 300 years of medical research in Lund, the Faculty of Medicine is now one of the most research-intensive university environments in Europe.

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A Faculty of Medicine that works to understand, explain and improve our world and human health

Education and research of the highest quality in cooperation with wider society

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Course in Diabetology on iTunesU

A course in Diabetology held in April 2013, is now available on iTunesU.

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Possible treatment for serious blood cancer

A single antibody could be the key to treating multiple myeloma, or cancer of the blood, currently without cure or long-term treatment.

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New mouse model confirms how type 2 diabetes develops

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.

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2013-04-30 Early partial answer to why obesity operations cause remission of diabetes
2013-04-25 COFFEE MAY HELP PREVENT BREAST CANCER RETURNING, STUDY FINDS
2013-04-25 NEW RESEARCH FINDINGS ON THE BRAIN’S GUARDIAN CELLS
2013-04-11 Newly discovered blood protein solves 60-year-old riddle
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About us

For over 300 years, Lund University's Faculty of Medicine has been engaged in teaching and research. Today, the Faculty of Medicine is a knowledge-intensive meeting place for students, lecturers and researchers from all over the world.

The faculty's researchers make new discoveries and develop innovations to improve people's health and quality of life.

Our study programmes equip today's students with knowledge and insights for professional lives within medicine, nursing and healthcare.

The urge to investigate the mechanisms of life, and the desire to improve people's health is what drives our staff and students.

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