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LUMC researchers: matching medication to DNA leads to 30% fewer side effects 03 February 2023
According to an international group of researchers led by Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), patients experience 30% fewer serious side effects ...
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LUMC researchers: high levels of lipids in blood protect against allergies 02 February 2023
People with relatively high levels of lipids in their blood are less likely to develop allergic conditions such as eczema and asthma. These lipids cau...
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‘We shouldn’t lump all microorganisms together’ 31 January 2023
Hermelijn Smits is Professor of Host-commensal Interactions and Immune Modulation. In this role she is increasing our current understanding of the way...
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The more time, the better the kidney 26 January 2023
There are never enough donor organs. And the organs that there are have to be transplanted at lightning speed. Medical science is therefore working ha...
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Maureen Rutten-van Mölken: ‘Invest in innovations that produce the most health benefits‘ 26 January 2023
Digital medical technology can help provide affordable care and solve the shortage of health workers. But how do you know if an innovation actually ad...
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Why COVID-19 caused a pandemic (whereas other coronaviruses did not) 24 January 2023
Epithelial cells play a crucial role in the lungs. PhD student Ying Wang researched the effects of cigarette smoke and viruses such as COVID-19 on the...
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Medical Delta professor: ‘You can talk about collaboration until the cows come home but at some point, you actually have to start doing it’ 19 January 2023
Patients and healthcare providers use Remote Patient Management platforms to exchange information with each other. New methods like this are desperate...
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People with an eating disorder benefit from eHealth 17 January 2023
Eating disorders develop gradually and it often takes a long time for people with an eating disorder to seek help and receive treatment. This ‘treatme...
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Specialised immune cells have potential for new cancer immunotherapies 12 January 2023
Researchers from Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) have discovered how specialised immune cells can detec...
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ROBUST AI programme receives 25 million euros from Dutch Research Council 10 January 2023
The ROBUST consortium, which is the initiative of the Innovation Center for Artificial intelligence (ICAI), has received 25 million euros from the Dut...
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Medical Delta Professor Eline Slagboom: ‘The delta region is where everything comes together’ 10 January 2023
Professor Eline Slagboom has been studying multiple generations of families for over 20 years. She collects data on why some people age healthily and ...
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Artificial intelligence project to accelerate MRI scans receives 2 million euros 09 January 2023
Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Leiden University and Philips are jointly receiving over 2 million euros from NWO to set up an artificial int...
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What do surgeons have in common? Their personality unravelled 23 December 2022
Open, extravert, agreeable, stress-tolerant and conscientious. These are the character traits of surgeons according to research by Vincent Sier and Jo...
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An AI system that tells you why you should eat glass – should that be allowed? 20 December 2022
The English-language interdisciplinary minor ‘AI and Society’ explores the role of artificial intelligence in our society. The interdisciplinary natur...
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Deployment still affects veterans ten years later 14 December 2022
Ten years later, a group of veterans still struggle daily with the effects of their deployment to Afghanistan. Sanne van der Wal, a PhD candidate at t...