5 search results for “atherosclerosis” in the Student website
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Investigating inflammation: new leads for treating atherosclerosis
How do you detect people at high risk of heart attacks and strokes? And how can we improve the treatment of atherosclerosis? These are the questions that keep LACDR researcher Marie Depuydt busy. She is investigating the immune cells that contribute to the worsening of atherosclerosis. ‘It's a challenging…
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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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Miranda van EckScience
eck_m@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6238
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Natalia Ortiz ZacariasScience
n.v.ortiz.zacarias@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Frank SchaftenaarScience
f.h.schaftenaar@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5134