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More efficient drug development with the help of computer models 19 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 ...
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Translating science into treatments of rare metabolic disorders 06 February 2020Leiden biotech startup Azafaros has successfully completed a funding round, raising 25 million euros of investments for developing treatments of rare ...
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NWO grant for smart software that searches for new medicines 04 February 2020Gerard van Westen and his group, together with pharmaceutical company Galapagos, start on developing software that invents new effective molecules. Th...
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How public money for science leads to new medicines 22 July 2019Public funding for fundamental research is essential for innovation and the development of new medicines. This is demonstrated by Professor Science Ba...
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Ensnaring tumours in their own web 03 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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The hunt for selective drugs 23 April 2019How do you ensure that a drug has an effect on the right protein – and nothing else? Chemist Anthe Janssen explored various methods for determining th...
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‘Test medicines after five days’ 05 March 2019What is the best method and time to test the effectiveness of medicines? PhD student Rob van Wijk of the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LAC...
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‘Take medicine target saturation into account’ 25 January 2019Not taking into account the saturation of drug targets can lead to wrong conclusions about the duration of a drug's action. This is what former PhD ca...
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Laura Heitman uses her expertise to fight cancer 06 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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Laura Heitman nominated for Prix Galien 02 October 2018Laura Heitman of the Leiden Academic Center for Drug Research (LACDR) has been nominated for the Prix Galien Research Award. This important pharmaceut...
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Preventing or curing diseases with X-omics 19 June 2018In April, the X-omics initiative was granted 17 million euros from the Dutch Organization for Scientific Research. The subsidy is part of the National...
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Rethinking drug discovery: Vidi grant for Laura Heitman 15 June 2018Laura Heitman has been awarded a VIDI grant for her innovative drug research. Heitman strives to optimize a drug’s binding kinetics at its target in o...
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Leiden PhD team in finals international pharmacological competition 22 March 2018A team of five PhD students from Leiden University is in the running for first prize in the Pharmacometrics Skills Competition. In a drug development ...
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Discoverer of the Year bridges science and medicine 14 February 2018Fascinated by science since high school, Alireza Mashaghi Tabari is driven to explore new ways of thinking in medicine. With a strong academic network...
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Tailored medicines 06 December 2017Medicines do not follow the one size fits all principle, because genetic differences can influence their efficiency. That is what research by PhD cand...