COVER STORY
From blood to bone 8
Regenerative medicine promises to rebuild damaged tissue
Published 4
UMC Utrecht publications in ISI journals
The flu paradox 6
Why host factors may be more dangerous than the virus itself
Divide and differentiate 7
Neurobiologist Marten Smidt develops dopamine neurons
The brain continues to develop throughout life 12
Interview with Hilleke Hulshoff Pol on schizophrenia
Fighting breast cancer 16
Developing new MRI techniques for diagnosis and treatment
Under the scope 19
Immunotherapy research benefits from light emitting tumor cells
Push and pull 20
Publication in Science sheds light on chromosome division
Early warning system 22
Biomarkers detect rheumatoid arthritis before symptoms occur
Debate 24
Debate on sex specific effects of aspirin. Do they exist or not?
Asking the right question 27
Rick Grobbee practices the art of epidemiology
Bridging the gap between
bench and bedside 28
Large-animal facility is essential for cardiovascular research
From abroad 32
Taro Takahara (Japan) and Iordanka Ivanova (Bulgaria) are
a long way from home
Facts & Figures 34