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New technique offers chemists unprecedented control in drug research29 June 2020Leiden chemists have developed a new technique with which they can determine the role of kinases – a group of proteins – in a living cell. This techni...
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Smart chemistry rids anti-cancer drugs of serious side effects18 June 2020Researchers of the Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC) and the Leiden Institute of Chemistry have made an important discovery about the commonly u...
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New professor wants to improve care for sarcoma patients17 June 2020Doctors should work with patients with bone and soft-tissue tumours to find the best personal treatment strategy says Prof. Michiel den de Sande. He h...
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NKI-AVL and LUMC are joining forces in immunotherapy26 March 2020Strengthening a cancer patient's own immune system so that the body itself can better destroy cancer cells. This is at the heart of immunotherapy, the...
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Therapeutic vaccine boosts survival rate in cervical cancer patients19 March 2020A therapeutic vaccine against HPV-16 (type 16 human papillomavirus) improves the survival rate in cervical cancer patients. A new study by ISA Pharmac...
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Understanding metastasis: Science Groot grant for Erik Danen05 March 2020A 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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New insight into immune cell behaviour offers opportunities for cancer treatment13 February 2020An 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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Tracking genes to fight breast cancer13 January 2020PhD student Esmee Koedoot studied the underlying processes responsible for metastases in a dangerous type of breast cancer. She hopes to find new poss...
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Detecting pediatric cancer with bacteria19 December 2019Ariane Briegel wants to use bacteria to detect cancer at an early stage. Together with postdoc Alise Muok, she is developing a method to quickly and c...
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Niko Tinbergen lecture 2019: Stem cells, mini organs and eternal life13 December 2019Three speakers, three fascinating science stories and a well-filled lecture hall. The Niko Tinbergen Lecture had a successful restart on 10 December 2...
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‘The immune system is a double-edged sword’15 November 2019With cancer, the immune system is a double-edged sword: it can attack tumour cells, but can also help them grow and spread. It is a question of harnes...
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Ensnaring tumours in their own web03 May 2019Erik Danen is looking at how to inhibit tumours that do not respond well to medicine – and he is making some headway. The Professor of Cancer Drug Tar...
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Vici for Sylvestre Bonnet: new light on cancer therapy08 March 2019Chemotherapy that does nothing until you irradiate it with light. Sylvestre Bonnet receives a Vici grant of 1.5 million euros for the development of t...
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Laura Heitman uses her expertise to fight cancer06 December 2018Seven talented female scientists join the fight against cancer of the Oncode Insitute. Laura Heitman of the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research i...
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Tackling messy blood vessels to fight cancer04 May 2018With a Vici grant of 1.5 million euros, Professor of Mathematical biology Roeland Merks will look for ways to fix messy and leaky blood vessels in tum...