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‘A donor organ is a precious gift that we should treat with care’ 19 April 2021
Professor André Baranski is a champion for improving organ procurement. He believes there should be standardised training and certification for procur...
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Combating loneliness in Living Lab 13 April 2021
Master's students of Vitality & Ageing work together with older individuals in the so-called ‘Living Lab’ to combat loneliness. You can watch four bri...
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‘Skin injection could allow us to vaccinate up to five times more people from the same supplies’ 12 April 2021
The current COVID-19 vaccination campaign involves injecting the vaccine into muscle tissue, but injecting a smaller amount of vaccine in the skin mi...
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Government pledges millions for economic growth 09 April 2021
The government is investing 646 million euros and has set aside a further 3.5 billion to drive economic growth in the Netherlands. Much of the Nationa...
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LUMC lecturer Arianna Pranger in Lecturer of the Year 2021 final 23 March 2021
Hospital pharmacist and lecturer on the master’s programme in pharmacy Arianna Pranger has made it to the final of the Lecturer of the Year 2021 compe...
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COVID Radar is a good predictor of increasing infections 18 March 2021
The COVID Radar app is citizen science at its best. More than 200,000 users in the Netherlands are answering questions about their health and behaviou...
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Janssen COVID-19 vaccine approved for use in EU 11 March 2021
The Janssen-Cilag International N.V COVID-19 vaccine has received authorization for emergency use by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on March 11. ...
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Professor Aartsma-Rus receives Ammodo Science Award 11 March 2021
Professor Annemieke Aartsma-Rus from Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC) has received the Ammodo Science Award for her research into the muscular ...
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LUMC uses artificial intelligence to calculate lung damage in coronavirus patients 08 March 2021
With the aid of artificial intelligence (AI), care professionals at the LUMC (Leiden University Medical Center) are able to calculate quickly and accu...
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New master’s in Population Health Management 26 February 2021
Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and Leiden University will start a new two-year English-taught master’s programme in Population Health Managem...
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In pictures: animal mummies in a scanner 22 February 2021
The story of Tutankhamun, the Egyptian pharaoh, is world famous. But did you know that the Ancient Egyptians mummified not only people but animals too...
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Medical Delta AI for Computational Life Sciences 16 February 2021
The fact that scientists are increasingly better able to access molecular cell and tissue data also brings with it a new challenge: how can scientists...
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All university buildings closed on Monday morning 15 February 14 February 2021
The KNMI has issued a code red weather warning because of slippery conditions. This applies from 03.00 on Monday 15 February. All university buildings...
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KHMW appoints five new Leiden members 10 February 2021
The Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW) has appointed five new members from Leiden. Annetje Ottow, Carsten de Dreu, Pancras Hoogen...
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‘We cannot abandon coronavirus measures until vaccines are shown to prevent virus transmission too’ 01 February 2021
All acute care staff at Leiden University Medical Center have received their first and sometimes even their second dose of the coronavirus vaccine. Bu...