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LUMC participates in pioneering type 1 diabetes researchDiabetes 08 July 2025The promising early results of an international study have shown that insulin-producing cells grown from stem cells can cure the disease. The new Cure...
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These were Leiden University’s interdisciplinary milestones of 202417 December 2024Connecting scientific fields, enhancing research and teaching, and providing innovative solutions to complex social issues: that is the idea behind in...
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A tail with a twist: how the tokay gecko grows a completely new body part13 December 2024When the tokay gecko loses its tail, a new one grows from resident stem cells at the stump. Each tissue type - muscle, bone, blood vessels and skin - ...
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‘Children’s healthcare rights deserve more attention’19 April 2024‘Children’s rights are somewhat of a poor relation’, says Professor of Law and Health Mirjam Sombroek-van Doorm. In her inaugural lecture, she will em...
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'We aim to continue innovating technologically, but in a relevant manner'30 January 2024Within the field of medical science, there is significant interest in tissue and organ repair using biomaterials, notably in orthopedics and liver- an...
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Education that connects to market needs: new course for master’s students focuses on quality in drug development09 October 2023Immediately connect with the needs of industry with your master’s degree. The new course Practical Aspects of Quality Management in Pharma and Biotech...
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The more time, the better the kidney26 January 2023There are never enough donor organs. And the organs that there are have to be transplanted at lightning speed. Medical science is therefore working ha...
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Curing diseases with lab-grown organs15 November 2022Organs and tissues grown in the lab may in the future be able to cure people with organ failures. Micha Drukker, professor of Stem Cells, Developmenta...
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Mirjam Sombroek-van Doorn appointed as Professor Law and Health09 November 2022Starting 1 October 2022, Mirjam Sombroek-van Doorn has been appointed as Professor Law and Health.
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What rights do donors have?30 September 2022Collaboration is worthwhile. A joint LUMC and Leiden Law School project has received €142,500 from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This grant will a...
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First patient in the Netherlands successfully treated with stem cell gene therapy22 June 2022Researchers from the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) have successfully used stem cell gene therapy to treat a baby with the severe congenital ...
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300 million euros for new international stem cell consortium17 December 2021The Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), the Danstem Institute from the University of Copenhagen and the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in ...
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Government pledges millions for economic growth09 April 2021The government is investing 646 million euros and has set aside a further 3.5 billion to drive economic growth in the Netherlands. Much of the Nationa...
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LUMC to build largest stem cell facility in the Netherlands28 May 2020The Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) will start construction this year of the largest non-profit stem cell and gene therapy facility in the Net...
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Almost 19 million euros for development and study of organs-on-chips02 May 2017It sounds futuristic, but it is possible: the creation of miniature organs of patients in order to study them and see how diseases develop and can be ...