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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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Light and nanoparticles against cancer16 July 2020Leiden PhD student Xuequan Zhou has designed a new promising molecule that efficiently kills cancer cells, but does not harm healthy tissue. The trick...
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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 2020
A 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...