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Grants to build large-scale research facilities20 February 2023Five projects with researchers from Leiden University have received a grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) to build or upgrade existing researc...
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Eleven master’s students start research into sustainable hospitals13 February 2023February 8 saw the launch of the Medical Delta ‘Sustainable Hospitals’ Interdisciplinary Thesis Lab. From insight into the environmental impact of hea...
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LUMC researchers: matching medication to DNA leads to 30% fewer side effects03 February 2023According 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 allergies02 February 2023People 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 2023Hermelijn 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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Can type 1 diabetes be cured?27 January 2023Eelco de Koning takes us on a journey through time. He explains what type 1 diabetes is, how it is currently treated and what the future for patients ...
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The more time, the better the kidney26 January 2023There 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 2023Digital 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 2023Epithelial 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 2023Patients 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 eHealth17 January 2023Eating 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 immunotherapies12 January 2023Researchers 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 Council10 January 2023The 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 2023Professor 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 euros09 January 2023Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Leiden University and Philips are jointly receiving over 2 million euros from NWO to set up an artificial int...