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LUMC, Leiden University and Philips intensify collaboration for faster MRI with the aid of artificial intelligence 08 October 2021
Together, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Leiden University and Philips are one of the 17 AI labs within the ROBUST consortium that will rece...
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Rubicon grant for four Leiden researchers 04 October 2021
Four promising young researchers from Leiden University have received a Rubicon grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This grant will enable th...
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A ‘lock’ to make genetic modification safer 23 September 2021
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) could be useful allies in the fight against critical environmental problems. Could because the use of GMOs is st...
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A summer abroad, but then virtually 13 September 2021
For many students, a summer school abroad is a fun and useful way to spend the summer. This year, because of the travel restrictions, many summer scho...
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Vaccination policy should respond to the motivations of vaccine refusers 13 September 2021
Research by Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), The Hague University of Applied Sciences and Erasmus University Rotterdam shows that about 15 per...
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Thorbald van Hall delivers inaugural lecture on training the immune system to counterattack escaping tumours 10 September 2021
On 10 September 2021, Professor Thorbald van Hall from the Department of Medical Oncology in the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) delivered his...
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LUMC professor Maria Yazdanbakhsh receives Spinoza Prize 03 September 2021
Leiden professor of Cellular Immunology of Parasitic Infections Maria Yazdanbakhsh receives the prestigious NWO Spinoza Prize this year. This, in many...
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Ten lecturers receive Senior Teaching Qualification 28 June 2021
On 28 June, ten dedicated lecturers received their Senior Teaching Qualification (SKO). Rector Hester Bijl congratulated them in an online meeting. We...
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‘Mysterious Meniere’s disease is the poor relation in medicine’ 18 June 2021
Meniere’s disease, a disorder of the inner ear, was first described back in 1861, but there’s still no good test or treatment for it. Tjasse Bruintjes...
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Nerve stimulation effective in patients with untreatable cluster headaches 17 June 2021
Extremely painful chronic cluster headaches – sometimes referred to as ‘suicide headaches’ – can be prevented by stimulating the occipital nerve in th...
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Five times more Covid vaccines from a vial with skin injection 17 June 2021
Not ten but fifty Covid vaccines from one vial. This is possible if the vaccination is delivered into the skin rather than the muscle, research by int...
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Psychology lab embraces open science 14 June 2021
‘If you want to implement open science, you at least need someone at each faculty who can help researchers to solve practical problems.’ Dorien Huijse...
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Fiffy the chimpanzee can see again thanks to unique operation at the LUMC 31 May 2021
Fiffy the chimpanzee had rapidly developed cataracts in both eyes that made her as good as blind. Eye doctors at the Leiden University Medical Center ...
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Animation: Why Leiden is the birthplace of the Janssen vaccine 25 May 2021
If you'll soon be getting a COVID-19 vaccine, you might just get the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) one. This vaccine was developed for the most part in ...
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‘How can we translate the language of cells into cancer therapies?’ 23 April 2021
On 23 April 2021, Professor Alfred Vertegaal from the Department of Cell and Chemical Biology at the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) delivered...