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T-cells more important in the fight against the COVID-19 virus than initially thought 01 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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Young, sleeping memory cells are crucial in fighting a reinfection 08 April 2022Researchers from the Netherlands Cancer Institute, the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and Oncode have created a tracking system that can reve...
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LUMC professor Maria Yazdanbakhsh receives Spinoza Prize 03 September 2021Leiden professor of Cellular Immunology of Parasitic Infections Maria Yazdanbakhsh receives the prestigious NWO Spinoza Prize this year. This, in many...
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Rijksmuseum Boerhaave opens exhibition with major role for corona crisis 07 July 2020The ‘Contagious!’ exhibition was set to open at Rijksmuseum Boerhaave in April but had to be postponed because of the corona crisis. The museum hasn’t...
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LUMC involved in development of novel drugs to treat and prevent SARS-CoV-2 and other coronaviruses 10 June 2020The Department of Medical Microbiology at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) is researching antiviral drugs that could treat and prevent SARS-CoV...
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Testing of a malaria vaccine gets the green light 01 February 2017Researchers at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and Radboud university medical center have been given the green light to deliberately infect vo...