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What rights do donors have? 30 September 2022
Collaboration is worthwhile. A joint LUMC and Leiden Law School project has received €142,500 from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This grant will a...
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Important developments in lung cancer surgery 23 September 2022
Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, in particular pulmonary surgery, Jerry Braun will give his inaugural lecture on Friday 23 September entitled ‘Out...
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How do we maintain a healthy biological clock? 22 September 2022
During Seeing Stars Leiden all the lights around Leiden Observatory will be switched off for an hour. The more lights that go out, the more stars we’l...
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The surgeon who wants to make her operations unnecessary 15 September 2022
Lotje Zuur sometimes has to perform disfiguring operations. As a head and neck surgeon, she removes parts of the mouth, throat or face of people with ...
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Inaugural lecture: 'Connecting disciplines advances science and care’ 08 September 2022
On Friday 9 September, Jeanin van Hooft, Professor of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases, will deliver her inaugural lecture titled: 'The scope of co...
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Video lecture: What is cancer? 26 August 2022
Cancer is still one of the most common diseases in the world. What exactly is cancer and will we one day be able to cure everyone? In a video from the...
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Researchers discover how malaria parasite survives in mosquitoes 23 August 2022
Researchers from Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) have discovered how malaria parasites escape the immune system of mosquitoes. The so-called Q...
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T-cells more important in the fight against the COVID-19 virus than initially thought 01 August 2022
A COVID-19 vaccine that specifically instructs the immune system to produce T-cells rather than antibodies is shown to provide good protection in a mo...
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Growth differences during twin pregnancy have effect later in life 29 July 2022
A child who receives fewer nutrients in the womb than their identical twin brother or sister is more likely to have developmental problems later in li...
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Treatment before patients develop rheumatism provides lasting relief 22 July 2022
Early treatment benefits patients who have not fully developed rheumatoid arthritis but are in the preliminary stages of the disease. This is what res...
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Heineken Young Scientists Award for three Leiden researchers 11 July 2022
Three of the four Heineken Young Scientists Awards for 2022 have gone to researchers from Leiden: chronobiologist Laura Kervezee, physicist Jordi Tura...
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Joining forces for a Healthy and Happy The Hague 05 July 2022
Numerous of enthusiastic administrators, professionals, policy makers, and citizens gathered last week for an assembly organised by ‘Gezond en Gelukki...
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ESOF session on vaccines: ‘Infectious diseases know no borders’ 04 July 2022
How can Europe lead the way in vaccine development that is fast and for all? To answer this pressing question, Professor of Vaccinology Meta Roestenbe...
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Vidi grants for 12 researchers from Leiden University 30 June 2022
An impressive 12 researchers from Leiden University have been awarded an 800,000-euro grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This will enable them...
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First patient in the Netherlands successfully treated with stem cell gene therapy 22 June 2022
Researchers from the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) have successfully used stem cell gene therapy to treat a baby with the severe congenital ...