13 search results for “immunity infection and tolerance” in the Public website
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Bart RoepFaculteit Geneeskunde
b.o.roep@lumc.nl | +31 71 526 3869
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Cornelis HokkeFaculteit Geneeskunde
c.h.hokke@lumc.nl | +31 71 526 5065
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Johan de FijterFaculteit Geneeskunde
j.w.de_fijter@lumc.nl |
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Cornelis van KootenFaculteit Geneeskunde
c.van_kooten@lumc.nl | +31 71 526 2148
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Frank BaasFaculteit Geneeskunde
f.baas@lumc.nl |
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Mark van BuchemFaculteit Geneeskunde
m.a.van_buchem@lumc.nl | +31 71 526 4376
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Lioe-Fee de Geus-OeiFaculteit Geneeskunde
l.f.de_geus-oei@lumc.nl | +31 71 526 9111
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Young, sleeping memory cells are crucial in fighting a reinfection
Researchers from the Netherlands Cancer Institute, the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and Oncode have created a tracking system that can reveal how often cells have divided. This allowed them to find a yet undiscovered population of immune cells: young memory cells that behave like stem cells.…
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LUMC involved in development of novel drugs to treat and prevent SARS-CoV-2 and other coronaviruses
The Department of Medical Microbiology at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) is researching antiviral drugs that could treat and prevent SARS-CoV-2 in various projects. One part of the PanCoroNed project is being led by Martijn van Hemert and involves lab tests into the antiviral effect of molecules…
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T-cells more important in the fight against the COVID-19 virus than initially thought
A COVID-19 vaccine that specifically instructs the immune system to produce T-cells rather than antibodies is shown to provide good protection in a mouse model, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) researchers report in Nature Communications. According to them, the alternative vaccine may offer a…
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LUMC professor Maria Yazdanbakhsh receives Spinoza Prize
Leiden professor of Cellular Immunology of Parasitic Infections Maria Yazdanbakhsh receives the prestigious NWO Spinoza Prize this year. This, in many ways, border-crossing scientist contributes with her research to more effective vaccines against parasitic infections and better medication for inflammatory…
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Testing of a malaria vaccine gets the green light
Researchers at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and Radboud university medical center have been given the green light to deliberately infect volunteers with malaria in order to test a highly promising vaccine on them.
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Rijksmuseum Boerhaave opens exhibition with major role for corona crisis
The ‘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 been twiddling its thumbs in the meantime. The exhibition will now open on 16 July, and the corona crisis has a major role.