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T-cells more important in the fight against the COVID-19 virus than initially thought01 August 2022A COVID-19 vaccine that specifically instructs the immune system to produce T-cells rather than antibodies is shown to provide good protection in a mo...
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mRNA boosters are the most effective upon receiving Janssen vaccination21 January 2022A coronavirus booster shot provides a better immune response against COVID-19 than a single vaccine dose. mRNA boosters are the most effective upon re...
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The most read stories of 2021 from Leiden University19 December 2021Research into depression in children, Leiden alumni in the Dutch House of Representatives and an exceptional achievement by one of our students: what ...
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Animation: Why Leiden is the birthplace of the Janssen vaccine25 May 2021If you'll soon be getting a COVID-19 vaccine, you might just get the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) one. This vaccine was developed for the most part in ...
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‘We couldn't really celebrate our vaccine being approved, but we were over the moon’07 May 2021On 11 March, pharmaceutical company Janssen received approval to launch its corona vaccine on the European market. This made Janssen the fourth compan...
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‘Skin injection could allow us to vaccinate up to five times more people from the same supplies’12 April 2021The current COVID-19 vaccination campaign involves injecting the vaccine into muscle tissue, but injecting a smaller amount of vaccine in the skin mi...
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Janssen COVID-19 vaccine approved for use in EU11 March 2021
The Janssen-Cilag International N.V COVID-19 vaccine has received authorization for emergency use by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on March 11. ...
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Race against time: Helping the Netherlands secure almost 20 million Pfizer vaccines18 February 2021The whole world is waiting anxiously for sufficient supplies of coronavirus vaccines. As Launch Navigator at Pfizer, alumnus Dennis de Mik must help e...
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‘We cannot abandon coronavirus measures until vaccines are shown to prevent virus transmission too’01 February 2021All acute care staff at Leiden University Medical Center have received their first and sometimes even their second dose of the coronavirus vaccine. Bu...
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How NeCEN helped develop the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine11 January 2021The Phase 3 clinical trial results of the promising Covid-19 vaccine of Johnson & Johnson are expected this month. The Dutch electron microscopy facil...
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Virologist Eric Snijder: ‘Vaccination will be going well in 2021’12 October 2020The research group of Eric Snijder, Professor of Molecular Virology (LUMC), has been conducting research on coronaviruses for decades. Then in March t...
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Which antibodies are most effective against coronavirus?22 September 2020Researchers Indu Khatri, Frank Staal and Jacques van Dongen from Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) have published a perspective article in Front...
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Leiden University and LUMC strengthen ties with Janssen pharmaceutical company17 September 2020Leiden University, the LUMC and Janssen have signed a partnership agreement stating that they will collaborate in different areas, including infectiou...
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LUMC and CHDR to test Janssen Vaccines’ candidate corona vaccine07 September 2020Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and the Centre for Human Drug Research (CHDR) are taking part in the phase 2 clinical trial of Janssen Vaccine...
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LUMC involved in development of novel drugs to treat and prevent SARS-CoV-2 and other coronaviruses10 June 2020The Department of Medical Microbiology at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) is researching antiviral drugs that could treat and prevent SARS-CoV...