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Fighting gliobastoma brain tumours with two grants 27 November 2023
Few researchers see potential in research on glioblastoma, an incurable brain tumour. Alexander Kros brought together colleagues who are up to the cha...
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Stephan Hacker elected into the board of Assistant Professor Network Netherlands 27 November 2023
Dr. Stephan Hacker, an assistant professor in the department of Molecular Physiology at the Leiden Institute of Chemistry of Leiden University has bee...
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Caught in living cells: how bacteria regulate their genes to defend themselves 21 November 2023
For the first time, it was shown in living cells how the bacterium E. coli regulates genes that help it survive in a new environment. Biochemist Fatem...
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€10.6 million for innovative toolboxes to tackle brain cancer 26 October 2023
Researchers at the Universities of Amsterdam (Uva) and Leiden together with the Netherlands Cancer Institute and Oncode Institute have received a €10,...
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In Memoriam Johan Lugtenburg 25 September 2023
The fastest chemical reaction in the universe takes place inside our eyes.
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How bittersweet sugar chemistry targets pathogens 15 September 2023
The challenge is considerable, but so is the satisfaction when it succeeds: creating complex sugar molecules that play a role in biology. Professor of...
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Flu stops when you block the enzyme that cleaves off virus particles 12 September 2023
A flu virus could cause a pandemic. And then we would be poorly armed because flu viruses are starting to become resistant to flu medications like Tam...
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Versatile antiviral proteins discovered with supercomputer 11 September 2023
A single tiny molecule that can destroy flu, corona, HIV and Zika viruses? Yes, it really does exist. An algorithm that mimics evolution has produced ...
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Oncode Accelerator launched: patients at the centre of innovative cancer drug development 08 September 2023
Providing each cancer patient with the right treatment remains a challenge. Oncode Accelerator aims to change this by innovating the way we develop ca...
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Heavy metals have a bad reputation but they also cure cancer 05 September 2023
Many people think heavy metals are poisonous and always harm people and the environment. The reality is more nuanced, says Professor Sylvestre Bonnet....
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The role of bubble formation in sustainable hydrogen production 10 August 2023
The sustainable production of hydrogen could potentially be made more efficient by adding a cleverly chosen salt to the process. Researchers at the Le...
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Tracking the origin and evolution of molecules in space 28 July 2023
How do molecules originate and evolve in space? And how does that ultimately determine the chemical composition of planets and their atmospheres? The ...
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Can Parkinson's be stopped by unravelling protein fibres? Anne Wentink finds out with a Vidi grant from NWO 29 June 2023
In brain diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, proteins clump together to form fibres. ‘Chaperone proteins’ unravel those fibres, but in the t...
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Chemotherapy without side effects? It’s possible, with light 29 June 2023
Nausea, neurologic pain and hair loss: some of the severe side effects of chemotherapy. Not necessary, biochemist Liyan Zhang showed. Together with Le...
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Can we make bioplastics with artificial photosynthesis? 05 June 2023
Mimicking photosynthesis to produce bioplastics sustainably and efficiently. Researchers from the Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL) and the Leiden Ins...