Spring 2010

Read the Spring 2010 issue of Utrecht Medical Sciences online.

The magazine is available for download at the bottom of this page.

WHO’S WHO 4
A brief introduction of UMC Utrecht researchers

COVER STORY 6
Visualizing breast tumors without radioactivity or MR

PUBLISHED 10
Notable UMC Utrecht publications in ISI journals

INTERVIEW 12
Edward Nieuwenhuis has pediatrics meeting stem cell research

THE SOUND OF CALCIFICATION 15
Ultrasound measurements are simple but eff ective

GROW IT. SHOW IT 16
Hair stem cells promise to regrow skin and hair

UP CLOSE 19
A new diagnostic test is not always helpful, says Carl Moons

DEBATE 20
How to tackle the obesity epidemic?

UNDER THE SCOPE 23
The birth of heart muscle cells

VEINS IN THE BRAIN 24
7 strengths of the Stroke Center

SET ASIDE THE SCALPEL 26
A promising non-surgical treatment of breast cancer

UP CLOSE 29
Madelon Maurice digs into cancer and Wnt signaling

FROM ABROAD 30
A Swiss and a French view on research in the Netherlands

INFLAMMATION CENTRAL 32
One pathological process that underlies multiple diseases

FACTS AND FIGURES 35
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