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Leiden scientists develop topological barcodes for folded molecules25 August 2020The team of Alireza Mashaghi at the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research has found a way to determine and classify the shape of proteins. Their ne...
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Scientists find strong evidence that wasting syndrome is the same for all organisms10 August 2020An interdisciplinary team of Leiden researchers has discovered that wasting syndrome, a severe byproduct of tuberculosis, is the same for all humans a...
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Testing vaccines without laboratory animals?23 July 2020The quality of vaccines is still often tested by using laboratory animals. That has to change, according to researchers from Leiden University and the...
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Phenomix Field Lab offers promising healthcare solutions13 July 2020In the Phenomix Medical Delta Field Lab, which was officially opened on Thursday 9 July, scientists, healthcare institutions and businesses work toget...
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Cell-based medicinal products: grant rejected, paper published26 June 2020Cell-based medicinal products (CBMPs) belong to an innovative and heterogeneous group of medicines called advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs)....
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How Leiden's drug pioneers have switched to Covid research22 June 2020From studying molecules in the blood of corona patients to developing a new concept for vaccines. The Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR)...
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Gerard van Westen appointed as full Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Medicinal Chemistry19 June 2020Gerard van Westen has been appointed full Professor or Artificial Intelligence and Medicinal Chemistry. This chair has been jointly created by the Lei...
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Master student Maddalena Centanni awarded with Arenberg-Coimbra Group Prize18 June 2020Former masterstudent Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences Maddalena Centanni will be awarded the 2020 Arenberg Coimbra Prize for Erasmus Students. Centanni spe...
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Brand-new professor Gerard van Westen wants to cross boundaries16 June 2020Brand-new professor Gerard van Westen works at the intersection of artificial intelligence and drug development. For the new chair in Artificial Intel...
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Teacher of the year 2019 Fouzia Lghoul-Oulad Saïd is always ready to answer questions15 June 2020Last January, the education assessors of the different study associations chose Fouzia Lghoul-Oulad Saïd of the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Resear...
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Leiden spin-off In Ovo awarded 2.5 million grant10 June 2020Leiden biotech company In Ovo, a spin-off of Leiden University, has received a European Innovation Council Accelerator Pilot Grant. In Ovo will use th...
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New professor of Biotherapeutics Delivery at LACDR29 May 2020Matthias Barz has been appointed full Professor of Biotherapeutics Delivery at the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR).
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Probing the secret forces of pericytes28 May 2020Leiden researchers found a way to measure the tiny forces exerted by pericytes, one of the most elusive, hard to research cell types, which occur in t...
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Finding unique drug structures with artificial intelligence and chemistry26 May 2020In the search for new medicines against diseases such as cancer, a Leiden team has developed a new workflow. This approach combines artificial intelli...
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More efficient drug development with the help of computer models19 May 2020The coronavirus has the world in its grip. Finding a cure has never been more important. Unfortunately, the development of new drugs for treatment of ...