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Peak movement in afternoon and evening linked to lower risk of diabetes02 November 2022People 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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Advocating for gene therapies for rare diseases25 October 2022‘If we don’t start talking about this, who else will?’ This is what Arjan Lankester, paediatrician/immunologist at the Leiden University Medical Cente...
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Three Leiden researchers receive ERC Synergy Grant25 October 2022Leiden 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 2022Last 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 researchers18 October 2022Anke 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 Products13 October 2022Skåne 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 2022When 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 LUMC04 October 2022Researchers 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 2022Collaboration 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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Health Campus The Hague: working together for better health and care30 September 2022Better health for all the residents of The Hague region. This is the mission of Health Campus The Hague – formerly LUMC Campus The Hague. Eight partne...
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Important developments in lung cancer surgery23 September 2022Professor 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 2022During 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 unnecessary15 September 2022Lotje 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 2022On 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 lifestyle31 August 2022Healthy lifestyle campaigns are often unsuccessful. It is hard to get people to eat healthily or do more exercise. Behavioural science expertise shoul...