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ZonMw grant for major research into causes of dementia 11 November 2022
The Mechanisms Of DEMentia (MODEM) research project has received a €5,9m grant from ZonMw. Within this collaboration, several parties, including the L...
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From acute care maze to acute care network 10 November 2022
Acute care agencies in the Netherlands are overwhelmed and this causes major problems. Physician-researcher Naomi Minderhout therefore spent the past ...
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More attention needs to be paid to prevention in the fight against cancer 10 November 2022
On 11 November Professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Monique van Leerdam will deliver her inaugural lecture entitled, ‘Aiming for Prevention’....
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Leiden Healthy Society Center: making Leiden the healthiest city in the Netherlands 10 November 2022
How can the people of Leiden age as well as possible? And what is needed to reduce health disparities? That is the mission of Leiden Healthy Society C...
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Peak movement in afternoon and evening linked to lower risk of diabetes 02 November 2022
People who move most in the afternoon and evening are less insulin resistant than people who move mainly in the morning or spread throughout the day. ...
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Three Leiden researchers receive ERC Synergy Grant 25 October 2022
Leiden researchers Arjen Doelman, Tom Huizinga and Manfred Wuhrer have been awarded ERC Synergy Grants worth millions of euros for their research on p...
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High school students at the Open Day: 'I want to do my own thing' 24 October 2022
Last Saturday, the Turfmarkt in The Hague, where during the week thousands of commuters make their way to the many ministries in the city centre, was ...
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LUF Praesidium Libertatis Grant awarded to two researchers 18 October 2022
Anke Smits and Lucien van Beek have been awarded a Praesidium Libertatis Grant this year. Smits is an assistant professor at the LUMC and Van Beek at ...
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LUMC signs international agreement on developing Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products 13 October 2022
Skåne University Hospital, Lund University and Leiden University Medical Center will work together to expand their research, teaching and development ...
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‘Cancer treatment should be a six-week life event’ 10 October 2022
When internist Christian Blank made his very first discovery, his field of immunotherapy was the underdog of cancer research. Now, over 20 years later...
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Another successful collaboration between Leiden Law School and LUMC 04 October 2022
Researchers from Leiden Law School and the LUMC have received a grant for a joint research project. They will be looking into ways in which caregivers...
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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 ...