678 search results for “development disease” in the Student website
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Roeland MerksFaculty of Science
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Joey ZuijderveltFaculty of Science
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Leiden researchers join forces against tuberculosis
About one and a half million people worldwide die each year from tuberculosis. For thirty years, therapy with antibiotics has been the same, while it takes far too long and can lead to resistant pathogens. Leiden researchers from four institutes are now joining forces to develop more effective and efficient…
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Jolanda SnelSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Bram SlütterFaculty of Science
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ESOF session on vaccines: ‘Infectious diseases know no borders’
How can Europe lead the way in vaccine development that is fast and for all? To answer this pressing question, Professor of Vaccinology Meta Roestenberg is holding a panel session on 14 July at the EuroScience Open Forum in Leiden.
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Eveline Crone
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Hans AertsFaculty of Science
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Channeke KeulsSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Linda van Leijenhorst
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Harriet VermeerSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Eduard KlapwijkSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Anneke Both-de VriesSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Katja CardolSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Tim KoppertSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Atherosclerosis resembles an autoimmune disease. Marie Depuydt graduated on this topic, with honours
In addition to cholesterol and high blood pressure as risk factors for atherosclerosis, we may need to address our own immune system to prevent a heart attack or stroke. Marie Depuydt revealed which cells exactly reside in the atherosclerotic plaque that narrows an artery. The presence of a diverse…
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Seeking new concepts to treat diseases
Scientific Director of the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR) Hubertus Irth: ‘We test substances and look for new concepts for treating disease.’
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Maedeh NasriSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Marit RuitenbergSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Le YangFaculty of Science
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Mi-Lan WoudstraSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Martin RücklinFaculty of Science
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Elizabeth (Liesbeth) de LangeFaculty of Science
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Kiki Zanolie
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Arnout KoornneefSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Better treatment of systemic autoimmune diseases requires close collaboration
Exceptional collaboration between physicians is needed to better understand and treat autoimmune diseases that cause inflammation in various organ systems.
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Margo DonaFaculty of Science
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Willem FibbeFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Researchers tackle antibiotic-resistant bacteria
When a bacterium becomes more resistant to one antibiotic, it sometimes becomes more sensitive to another. To better understand this interaction, researchers from the Leiden Institute of Biology (IBL) and the Leiden Academic Center for Drug Research (LACDR) under supervision of Daniel Rozen and Coen…
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New treatments for life-threatening disease sepsis
Due to the increasing resistance to certain antibiotics, the life-threatening condition sepsis is becoming harder to treat. For her PhD project, Leiden pharmacologist Feiyan Liu used mathematical modeling to find out how antibiotics can be used more effectively to cure sepsis.
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Preventing heart attacks by earlier detection of cardiovascular disease
In the Netherlands, 1.55 million people suffer from cardiovascular diseases. Yet, acute cardiovascular events, such as a heart attack or stroke, often occur unexpectedly. That is because many people do not know they are at risk for such an event. Immunological researcher Amanda Foks and her colleagues…
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Mini organs-on-chips: an alternative to drug testing on animals
Mini organs-on-chips allow us to study how diseases develop and how drugs work. Although the technology is not new, it is becoming increasingly advanced. PhD candidate Bart Kramer hopes it will eliminate animal testing in the future.
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Patrick van Hage
Faculty of Science
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Tuomas AiveloFaculty of Science
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Jordy van der BeekFaculty of Science
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Maia Casna investigates respiratory disease in the past with an NWO PhD in the Humanities grant
Every year, an NWO PhD in the Humanities grant is awarded to a prospective PhD candidate at the Faculty of Archaeology. This year, the grant went to Maia Casna, enabling her to study respiratory disease in the past. ‘My hypothesis is that the rapid formation of cities in the medieval Netherlands, must…
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Dietsje JollesSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Evelien UrbanusSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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George MileyFaculty of Science
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Marja Oudega
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Liza van den BoschSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Nienke WieringaICLON
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Ili MaSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Jennifer AndersonFaculty of Science
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Martijn DefiletFaculty of Archaeology
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David EhrhardtFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Camila Paz Espinoza ChaparroSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Rob van WijkFaculty of Science
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Annemarie MeijerFaculty of Science
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LUMC: first Dutch patient receives CAR T-cell therapy for autoimmune disease
The LUMC has become the first institution in the Netherlands to treat a patient with an autoimmune disease using CAR T-cell therapy.