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LU Innovation: Researchers at Medfak awarded

Thoas Fioretos and Yvonne Lundberg Giwercman. Photo.
Thoas Fioretos and Yvonne Lundberg Giwercman, professors at the Faculty of Medicine. Photo: Tove Smeds and Ingemar Hultquist.

Thoas Fioretos and Yvonne Lundberg Giwercman, professors at Medfak, have been awarded the LU Innovation Awards, established by Lund University and Sparbanken Skåne.

Thoas Fioretos is the first recipient of Lunds Innovatörspris (the Lund Innovator Award), a newly established prize that recognises research that has been successfully transformed into innovation with a tangible impact on society and the environment. Fioretos receives the award for his pioneering work in blood cancer research and his ability to translate scientific discoveries into life-enhancing medical innovations.

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Yvonne Lundberg Giwercman, received the Future Innovations Award, that recognised ideas that can “change our world for the better”. Giwercman was awarded for the development of a point-of-care test that can greatly improve the outcome of IVF treatments. The test analyses and identifies tailored hormone therapies for individual patients, something that is not currently possible. 

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