Published: 18-12-2025 09:49 | Updated: 18-12-2025 09:48

Grant from the Swedish Cancer and Allergy Foundation 2026 to researchers at Labmed

Three portrait photos side by side showing recipients of grants from Cancer- och allergifonden 2026.
Recipients of grants from the the Swedish Cancer and Allergy Foundation 2026. From left: Helen Kaipe, Dhifaf Sarhan, Mikael Björnstedt from the Department of Laboratory Medicine. Photo: N/A

The Swedish Cancer and Allergy Foundation has allocated SEK 3.3 million to support 19 innovative projects in the fields of cancer and allergy research. Among the recipients are three researchers from the Department of Laboratory Medicine, who will receive grants to advance studies focused on some of the most challenging and hard-to-treat cancer types.

Docent Dhifaf Sarhan 

Project Title: Adaptive NK Cells in Solid Tumors: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Potential

Docent Helen Kaipe 

Project Title: Combined T-Cell and CAF-Targeted Immunotherapy in Pancreatic Cancer

Professor Mikael Björnstedt

Project Title: Multimodal Mapping of Hepatopancreatobiliary Cancer and Development of Novel Redox-Modulating Therapies