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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 ...
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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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Draw on behavioural science for a healthy lifestyle 31 August 2022
Healthy lifestyle campaigns are often unsuccessful. It is hard to get people to eat healthily or do more exercise. Behavioural science expertise shoul...
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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...