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Inexhaustible source of human heart muscle cells allows strong reduction of animal testing 07 January 2022
Researchers at the Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC) have managed to culture human heart muscle cells on a massive scale. This is an exceptional...
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Medical Delta professor Andrew Webb: ‘In The Netherlands, people are much more open to cooperation’ 21 December 2021
Commercial MRI systems cost millions of euros to purchase and require highly trained technicians to operate. Prof. Andrew Webb works on accessible MRI...
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Positive Health: what is it and how do you measure it? 17 December 2021
Health policy in the Netherlands is increasingly based on Positive Health. This approach sees health as much more than simply not being ill. There are...
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300 million euros for new international stem cell consortium 17 December 2021
The Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), the Danstem Institute from the University of Copenhagen and the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in ...
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Veni grant for ten Leiden researchers 14 December 2021
Ten Leiden researchers have been awarded a Veni grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The grant, of up to 280,000 euros, will enable them to elab...
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Tazuko van Berkel and Noel de Miranda join Young Academy 09 December 2021
Leiden researchers Tazuko van Berkel (Greek and Latin Language and Culture) and Noel de Miranda (Tumour Immunology, LUMC) will join the KNAW’s Young A...
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User-friendly test brings global elimination of leprosy closer 26 November 2021
Researchers from the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) are working on the first diagnostic test for leprosy that can be used outside a laborator...
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Healthcare and population health: AI research in Leiden, Delft and Rotterdam 25 November 2021
‘Our health is the area that stands to gain most from artificial intelligence.’ The three universities in Zuid-Holland are helping make these gains. T...
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Medical Delta professor Marcel Reinders: ‘You need collaboration to make a real impact’ 25 November 2021
Prof. Marcel Reinders is a data science specialist at Delft University of technology. Using smart algorithms, he searches for links in complex data. F...
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‘Integrated palliative care matters to everyone’ 12 November 2021
On Friday 12 November Professor of Palliative Medicine Yvette van der Linden will give her inaugural lecture entitled: ‘Timeless’. How do we spend our...
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Healthy ageing? Shift the focus from the individual to the population 11 November 2021
David van Bodegom, Professor of Vitality in an Ageing Population, will give his inaugural lecture on 11 November, also titled Vitality in an Ageing Po...
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Medical Delta professor Jaap Harlaar: ‘This form of collaboration is in my blood’ 11 November 2021
Hundreds of thousands of Dutch people suffer from pain caused by knee osteoarthritis and the number is rising fast. Prof. Jaap Harlaar specialises in ...
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Michiel van de Sande delivers inaugural lecture on advancing sarcoma care 05 November 2021
On 5 November 2021, Professor Michiel van de Sande of the Department of Orthopedics in the Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC) delivered his inaug...
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Young transgender people are able to decide about puberty blockers 05 November 2021
Young transgender people are able to decide together with their parents on a reversible intervention with puberty blockers. These are the results of a...
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Five Leiden professors installed as Medical Delta professors 03 November 2021
On 2 November, nine professors were simultaneously inaugurated as ‘Medical Delta Professor’ at Leiden University, LUMC, Delft University of Technology...