244 search results for “target therapy” in the Staff website
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Leiden scientists join national effort to advance nanomedicine
A Dutch consortium has received €6.7 million to accelerate the development of nanomedicines together with patients. Researchers from Leiden University play a key role in the project.
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Model-informed Design of Antibiotic Therapy against Antimicrobial Resistance
PhD defence
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Is a cancer pill a matter of time?
A cancer pill, preferably without severe side effects, is something we’d all welcome. Is it a matter of time before such a pill is a reality? We put this question to three Leiden researchers and asked how they themselves are contributing to new cancer treatments.
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Erica Bohnen
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
bohnen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273381
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Douwe AtsmaFaculty of Medicine
d.e.atsma@lumc.nl | 070 5262020
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Oncode Accelerator funds preclinical development of cancer therapies
Through its Demonstrator Projects, the Dutch Oncode Accelerator consortium provides grants for preclinical cancer therapy development. The first call for these projects is open until September 2025.
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Developing new therapies to fight muscle disease
Biophysicist Alireza Mashaghi and his collaborators are taking up the fight against muscular dystrophy: genetic disorders that cause muscle weakness. They want to inhibit the clumping of proteins that results in toxic aggregates. For this, the team receives 550,000 euros from Health Holland. The team…
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Jessy Terpstra
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
j.a.terpstra@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Rethinking antibiotic therapy of urinary tract infections
Suruchi Nepal, postdoc in the group of Coen van Hasselt at LACDR, was awarded an NWO XS project which aims to study the response to antibiotic treatment during a urinary tract infection (UTI). This knowledge will be used to determine how treatments of UTIs with antibiotics can be further improved.
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Tom van der WelFaculty of Science
t.van.der.wel@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273534
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LUMC signs international agreement on developing Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products
Skåne University Hospital, Lund University and Leiden University Medical Center will work together to expand their research, teaching and development relating to Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products. That is the essence of a Memorandum of Understanding signed at SciLifeLab near Stockholm on Wednesday…
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Special nanoparticles for cancer therapy! Will you help?
Developing a better treatment for patients with head and neck cancer, that is what Binanox, The 2022 iGEM Leiden team, want to achieve. They hope to raise at least 10,000 euros for this cause. Support their crowdfunding campaign today.
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A future with tailored therapy for patients with atherosclerosis
The AtheroNeth consortium received €6 million from the Dutch Heart Foundation to gain a better understanding of the differences in disease progression among patients with atherosclerosis. The ultimate goal is to enable personalised treatment.
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Cevdet AcarsoyFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
c.acarsoy@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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X-ray mirrors: useful in space, but also for radiation therapy
A special type of mirror to reflect X-rays has more possible applications than space research. Targeted radiation therapy for cancer, for example. Next to his full-time job, physicist David Girou mapped out the possibilities. He will receive his PhD on 14 June.
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patient in the Netherlands successfully treated with stem cell gene therapy
Researchers from the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) have successfully used stem cell gene therapy to treat a baby with the severe congenital immune disorder SCID. An important milestone: it is the first time stem cell gene therapy of Dutch origin has been administered to a patient, and also…
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Marike KooistraFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
m.j.kooistra@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Rianne de KleineFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
r.a.de.kleine@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275435
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Tessa HagensFaculty of Science
t.m.s.hagens@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275706
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Erik DanenFaculty of Science
e.danen@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274486
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Johanna Greeven
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
greeven@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Thomas WillemsFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
t.r.a.willems@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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‘Exposure therapy’ for bachelor students: preparing for the reality of scientific research
Already during their bachelor’s programme, students in Pharmaceutical Sciences are presented with challenging projects. One of these is the Bachelor Research Assignment (BOO in Dutch), which is often their first real experience with scientific research. This means a lot of responsibility and failures,…
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AMPK activation as host-directed therapy to improve tuberculosis treatment: Computational characterization and prediction of intracellular pharmacology
Rob van Wijk (LACDR, Leiden University) and Robin van den Biggelaar (LUCID, LUMC) have been awarded a €10,000 euro KIEM grant from Leiden University to start an interdisciplinary collaboration to investigate the potential of AMPK activation as an adjunctive therapy to enhance tuberculosis treatment.
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Targeting the immune system to inhibit atherosclerosis
A new treatment for atherosclerosis showed promising results in isolated cells but proved to be less effective in initial animal tests. Bachelor student Biopharmaceutical Sciences Willemijn van der Heijden aimed to understand why. She investigated whether the formation of a protein layer around the…
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How bittersweet sugar chemistry targets pathogens
The challenge is considerable, but so is the satisfaction when it succeeds: creating complex sugar molecules that play a role in biology.
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Danielle OprelFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
d.a.c.oprel@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Katja CardolFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
c.k.cardol@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275697
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Femke Stad
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
f.e.stad@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276790
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Adriaan IJzermanFaculty of Science
ijzerman@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Paul HooykaasFaculty of Science
p.j.j.hooykaas@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274933
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Joel RüeggerFaculty of Science
j.ruegger@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274410
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Bianca BoyerFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
b.e.boyer@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Laura HeitmanFaculty of Science
l.h.heitman@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274558
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Cleveringa professors target of hate campaigns: ‘Intimidation frustrates Holocaust research’
Holocaust scholars Barbara Engelking and Jan Grabowski will jointly hold the Cleveringa lecture on November 26. They were accused of defamation in Poland for a book they co-edited. How has this affected them? ‘This is an attempt to wear us down.’
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Updated nitrogen map and new strategy: How can we meet the nitrogen targets?
Nitrogen professor Jan Willem Erisman and Ton Brouwer have released a new report presenting scenarios to actually meet the agricultural nitrogen targets for 2030. Their message to politicians in The Hague: ‘Look at this approach — it is possible.’
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Elizabeth (Liesbeth) de LangeFaculty of Science
ecmdelange@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276330
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Judith BovéeFaculty of Medicine
j.v.m.g.bovee@lumc.nl | 071 5269111
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Mara van OschFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
m.van.osch@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Oana Georgiana Rus-OswaldFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
o.g.rus@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Lioe-Fee de Geus-OeiFaculty of Medicine
l.f.de_geus-oei@lumc.nl | 071 5269111
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David HeyneFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
heyne@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Veronica Janssen
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
vjanssen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Willem van der DoesFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
vanderdoes@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Tan ZhangFaculty of Science
t.zhang@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Nina KomrijFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
n.l.komrij@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Webinar Transfusion Medicine and Cellular and Tissue Therapies
Study information
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Daisy BatenburgFaculty of Science
d.batenburg@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Andraniek Evadgian
Faculty of Science