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Better treatment of skin diseases thanks to NWA grant of 11.7 million euros 31 March 2022Patients with skin diseases such as eczema and psoriasis, sometimes spend a lifetime searching for the right medication. To help these patients faster...
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ERC grant for Sebastian Pomplun to precisely influence gene expression 30 March 2022In order to stop a whole range of diseases or disorders at their source, you would have to be able to switch certain genes on or off. Sebastian Pomplu...
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Drugs with fewer side effects through a collaboration between LACDR and PTS 30 March 2022LACDR, the Leiden Institute for Drug Research, developed better tolerated excipients to prevent adverse effects related to the surface of nanosized dr...
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Combating antibiotic resistance together 24 March 2022Antibiotic resistance is a common problem among patients. The European Project TIPAT trains pharmacologists, microbiologists and immunologists of six ...
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Leiden researchers join forces against tuberculosis 24 March 2022About one and a half million people worldwide die each year from tuberculosis. For thirty years, therapy with antibiotics has been the same, while it ...
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Awarded research project Next Generation ImmunoDermatology: Towards Biomarker-driven Dermatology practice in the Netherlands 23 March 2022The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has, within the framework of Research along Routes by Consortia (NWA-ORC), awarded the research project Next Generati...
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NWA grants for interdisciplinary consortia 21 March 2022Several consortia in which Leiden University is involved have been awarded Dutch Research Agenda funding. Leiden is the coordinator of five of these c...
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University of Geneva has joined ULLA consortium to become its 10th member 11 March 2022ULLA, the European University Consortium for Pharmaceutical Sciences, is welcoming our tenth member: the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the Univ...
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Is a cancer pill a matter of time? 21 February 2022A 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 t...
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MasterMinds Challenge named best educational innovation 16 February 2022The Master of Medicine at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) has won the national biennial award for best educational innovation in medical teach...
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Developing drugs with artificial intelligence 07 February 2022Developing new drugs is a difficult process. With the aid of artificial intelligence, Pharmaceutical scientist Xuhan Liu has developed methods that ca...
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Drugging the undruggable: NWO Open Competition grant for Alireza Mashaghi 04 January 2022Finding structure in disordered proteins and developing drugs for undruggable diseases: it might sound like mission impossible, but pharmacologist Ali...
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Leiden University strengthens its focus on Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry with seven new group leaders 31 December 2021Tackling key challenges of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry to aid drug discovery is one of the focus areas of Leiden University. To this end,...
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These Science students excelled and won a KHMW Young Talent Prize 06 December 2021No fewer than seven Leiden FWN students received a Young Talent Award from the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences on Monday, 29 November. Mark van den Bo...
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Healthcare and population health: AI research in Leiden, Delft and Rotterdam 25 November 2021‘Our health is the area that stands to gain most from artificial intelligence.’ The three universities in Zuid-Holland are helping make these gains. T...