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Eleven Leiden scientists receive funding for science communication22 April 2021The KNAW has rewarded 11 Leiden scientists for their commitment to science communication, by awarding them 10,000 euros each from the ‘Appreciated!’ f...
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Leiden University signs health and wellbeing agreement for city of Leiden20 April 2021Healthy and active Leideners and a smoke-free generation. These are the main ambitions of the Leiden Health and Wellbeing Agreement that was signed on...
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LUMC will administer first Dutch stem cell gene therapy to patients19 April 2021Researchers and clinicians at Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC) are about to begin a milestone clinical study. It will be the first time a stem ...
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‘A donor organ is a precious gift that we should treat with care’19 April 2021Professor 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 Lab13 April 2021Master'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 2021The 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 growth09 April 2021The 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 final23 March 2021Hospital 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 infections18 March 2021The 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 EU11 March 2021The 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 Award11 March 2021Professor 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 patients08 March 2021With 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 Management26 February 2021Leiden 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 scanner22 February 2021The 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 Sciences16 February 2021The fact that scientists are increasingly better able to access molecular cell and tissue data also brings with it a new challenge: how can scientists...