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Innovation centre for drug development on Bio Science Park 07 January 2016
International pharmaceuticals company Grünenthal is to open an innovation hub on the Leiden Bio Science Park. The hub will make it easier for scientis...
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LUMC offers free online course on transplantation 07 January 2016
The LUMC is the first medical institution in the world to offer a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on clinical kidney and pancreas transplantation.
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‘As a former refugee, I want to give something back’ 21 December 2015
Niloufar Rahim, from Afghanistan, fled to the Netherlands with her family. She studied medicine in Leiden and now shares her knowledge with students o...
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The immune system: step it up or slow it down? 20 October 2015
When foreign matter enters our body, our immune system has to make a choice whether or not to go on the attack. There are times when the system goes w...
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Restoring and constructing organs 15 September 2015
Physicians and researchers of the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and Leiden University are working on therapies for restoring damaged organs ...
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Minister of Education approves Leiden Pharmacy master’s 02 September 2015
The Minister of Education, Culture and Science has approved the application for the master’s programme in Pharmacy in Leiden. This is an important ste...
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Drug development: how can we make it more efficient? 14 July 2015
It takes years to develop new medicines, from the test tube to trials in humans. During the process it often happens that a drug that seems promising ...
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Better, faster and earlier diagnosis with new Metabolomics Facility 15 April 2015
On Friday 17 April Leiden Mayor Henri Lenferink will officially open the new Metabolomics Facility of Leiden University. The facility’s ultimate goal ...
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Mapping of bacterial genomes to combat infectious diseases 20 July 2014
Mapping of bacterial genomes to combat infectious diseases
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Spinoza prize for 'migraine professor' Michel Ferrari 20 January 2010
Neurologist Professor Michel Ferrari has been awarded the Spinoza prize. 'In biomedical research you can only make breakthroughs at the borders betwee...