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Horizon Europe grant for research into better, personalised treatment for high blood pressure

Woman at the kitchen table at home, measuring her own blood pressure.

An international research team has received a ten million euro grant from Horizon Europe and UK Research and Innovation. The HYPERMARKER team will develop and test tools supported by artificial intelligence that allow clinicians to select the best treatment for each individual patient with high blood pressure. The consortium consists of 12 partners, including world leaders in health data science, patient advocacy and industry.

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Large grant for national infrastructure to implement new organ and disease models using human stem cells

Reseacher in laboratory

Researchers from the University Medical Centers in Leiden, Utrecht and Rotterdam, jointly affiliated with the "Institute for human organ and Disease Model Technologies (hDMT)," intend to develop new organ and disease models using human stem cells.

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Researchers discover different types of plaques in vessel walls for the first time

Plaques in vessel walls

Researchers from UMC Utrecht, Europe and the United States concluded that as many as five different types of plaques exist. These plaques, a local thickening of the vessel walls, differed in the presentation of symptoms and in the genetic risk for developing a heart or brain infarct in patients.

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Cardiovascular disease guidelines less applicable in poor countries

Researchers at UMC Utrecht concluded that the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines are less applicable in developing countries compared to developed countries.

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New research on rare forms of arthritis

When people think of rheumatoid arthritis, most think of osteoarthritis. But there are also more rare forms of inflammatory arthritis.

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Extra impulse for research and cooperation in preventive health

Five research projects and 28 researchers of the alliance between Eindhoven University of Technology, Wageningen University & Research, Utrecht University and Utrecht University Medical Center (EWUU) will receive 200 thousand euros to drive research and cooperation in the field of preventive health.

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New prediction model can help GP recognize sepsis in adults earlier

New prediction model can help GP recognize sepsis in adults earlier

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TU/e, WUR, UU, and UMC Utrecht are ‘Building the Future Together’

First in-person alliance annual conference takes place on our campus on April 19th.

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Can we use artificial intelligence to safely taper rheumatoid arthritis drugs?

Male hand with rheumatoid arthritis complaints

When the disease process in rheumatoid arthritis patients has been brought under control with medication, the medication is usually tapered. Unfortunately, when tapering medication, there is always a risk that rheumatic symptoms will re-appear. Such a flare can usually be treated by increasing the dose of medication. To reduce the risk of a flare, UMC Utrecht has developed a predictive computer model based on artificial intelligence that is now being investigated in a clinical study.

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Marjolein de Bruin-Weller appointed as Professor of Atopic Dermatitis

Marjolein de Bruin-Weller

Marjolein de Bruin-Weller has as of December 15, 2021 been appointed Professor of Atopic Dermatitis at Utrecht University/UMC Utrecht.

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