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Medical Delta professor Marco van Vulpen: ‘I advocate the introduction of the share factor’28 January 2022Proton therapy is a new way of treating cancer in which radiation doses are delivered more precisely. This results in less damage to surrounding tissu...
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mRNA boosters are the most effective upon receiving Janssen vaccination21 January 2022A coronavirus booster shot provides a better immune response against COVID-19 than a single vaccine dose. mRNA boosters are the most effective upon re...
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Leiden researchers visualise the 'guardian of our genome’18 January 2022The guardian of our genome, the protein MutS, scans the DNA for spelling errors and makes sure they are corrected. An essential process for our health...
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Inexhaustible source of human heart muscle cells allows strong reduction of animal testing07 January 2022Researchers at the Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC) have managed to culture human heart muscle cells on a massive scale. This is an exceptional...
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Medical Delta professor Andrew Webb: ‘In The Netherlands, people are much more open to cooperation’21 December 2021
Commercial MRI systems cost millions of euros to purchase and require highly trained technicians to operate. Prof. Andrew Webb works on accessible MRI...
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Positive Health: what is it and how do you measure it?17 December 2021Health policy in the Netherlands is increasingly based on Positive Health. This approach sees health as much more than simply not being ill. There are...
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Book about 200 years of medicine in Leiden17 December 2021The book ‘Geleerde Zorgen: twee eeuwen academische geneeskunde in Leiden’ (‘Learned Care: two centuries of academic medicine in Leiden’) was presented...
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300 million euros for new international stem cell consortium17 December 2021The Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), the Danstem Institute from the University of Copenhagen and the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in ...
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Veni grant for ten Leiden researchers14 December 2021Ten Leiden researchers have been awarded a Veni grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The grant, of up to 280,000 euros, will enable them to elab...
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Tazuko van Berkel and Noel de Miranda join Young Academy09 December 2021Leiden researchers Tazuko van Berkel (Greek and Latin Language and Culture) and Noel de Miranda (Tumour Immunology, LUMC) will join the KNAW’s Young A...
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User-friendly test brings global elimination of leprosy closer26 November 2021Researchers from the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) are working on the first diagnostic test for leprosy that can be used outside a laborator...
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Healthcare and population health: AI research in Leiden, Delft and Rotterdam25 November 2021‘Our health is the area that stands to gain most from artificial intelligence.’ The three universities in Zuid-Holland are helping make these gains. T...
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Medical Delta professor Marcel Reinders: ‘You need collaboration to make a real impact’25 November 2021
Prof. Marcel Reinders is a data science specialist at Delft University of technology. Using smart algorithms, he searches for links in complex data. F...
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‘Integrated palliative care matters to everyone’12 November 2021On Friday 12 November Professor of Palliative Medicine Yvette van der Linden will give her inaugural lecture entitled: ‘Timeless’. How do we spend our...
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Adam Cohen receives Dr. Saal van Zwanenberg Honorary Prize12 November 2021Professor of Clinical Pharmacology Adam Cohen from Leiden University received the prestigious Dr. Saal van Zwanenberg Honorary Prize on 12 November. T...