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Leiden scientists develop topological barcodes for folded molecules 25 August 2020
The 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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Probing the secret forces of pericytes 28 May 2020
Leiden 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 chemistry 26 May 2020
In 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 models 19 May 2020
The coronavirus has the world in its grip. Finding a cure has never been more important. Unfortunately, the development of new drugs for treatment of ...
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Ad IJzerman wins prestigious Nauta Pharmacochemistry Award 22 April 2020
Professor of Pharmacochemistry Ad IJzerman has won the Nauta Award for his years of research into signal processing proteins that are interesting for ...
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International media report on Leiden dosage app for corona patients 30 March 2020
Coen van Hasselt's research group quickly produced an app that enables doctors to determine the correct dosage of commonly used medicines for corona p...
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App helps doctors find the right dose of corona medication 25 March 2020
Leiden researchers have developed an app that doctors can use to more easily determine the right dosage of medication for corona patients. At the mome...
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Understanding metastasis: Science Groot grant for Erik Danen 05 March 2020
A team led by Erik Danen from the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research has received a 3 million euros NWO Science Groot grant to unravel the first...
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The QSPainRelief consortium will improve the treatment of chronic pain 28 February 2020
The €6.24 million EU-funded research project QSPainRelief has kicked off. The project aims to help patients suffering from chronic pain with novel, pe...
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Science Groot funding for Leiden scientists 24 February 2020
Leiden scientists are the main applicants for five projects that have been awarded a Science Groot grant of up to 3 million euros in the Science Domai...
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New insight into immune cell behaviour offers opportunities for cancer treatment 13 February 2020
An international group of scientists has discovered that certain cells of our immune system – the so-called T cells – communicate with each other and ...
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Honorary Doctor Elizabeth de Lange honoured in Uppsala 05 February 2020
Professor Elizabeth de Lange was honoured on 31 January by the University of Uppsala, which appointed her Honorary Doctor at the end of 2019. During t...
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Ebola-on-a-chip: Leiden scientists against a fatal virus 03 February 2020
Although Ebola is a virus with significant fatality rates, we still lack effective countermeasures to battle it. To change this, Alireza Mashaghi and ...
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A fatty solution for eczema 14 January 2020
Pharmacologist Walter Boiten developed a new method to determine the amount of lipids in a person's skin. With this method he tested the effects of a ...
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Tracking genes to fight breast cancer 13 January 2020
PhD student Esmee Koedoot studied the underlying processes responsible for metastases in a dangerous type of breast cancer. She hopes to find new poss...