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Inaugural lecture by Seye Abimbola about health inequality
“My work as holder of the Prince Claus Chair has broadened my focus”
Read moreThe Netherlands gets the longest rainbow bike path in the world
Thanks to an initiative of Dutch student Elias van Mourik (22), the city of Utrecht (the Netherlands) will have the longest rainbow bike path in the world.
Read moreGrant for research prevention of brain diseases
An amount of over five million euros, divided over six grants, has been awarded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research for research into innovative measurement methods to better understand and treat diseases. Two of the grants go to researchers at the UMC Utrecht.
Read moreMathematical brain model helpful in epilepsy surgery
Removing as small a brain area as possible to stop epileptic seizures. That is epilepsy surgery.
Read moreFirst successful DCD heart donations in the Netherlands
The UMC Utrecht is the first to have performed DCD heart donation procedures in the Netherlands. This helps more waiting heart patients.
Read moreMarc Bonten elected as a new member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has announced today that it has elected prof. dr. Marc Bonten as a new member.
Read moreThird Adrienne Cullen lecture on openness about medical incidents
Dialogue and openness: two terms that formed the common thread during the third Adrienne Cullen lecture on Friday April 16 at the UMC Utrecht.
Read moreGut microbiota can predict diarrhea
The bacterial composition in the colon can be used to recognize patients at increased risk of infection with the bacterium Clostridium difficile after a course of antibiotics. This was concluded by researchers from UMC Utrecht in collaboration with the University of Antwerp, University of Cologne and the French company Da Volterra on the basis of a study executed in 34 European hospitals affiliated with the COMBACTE consortium. The results were published today in Nature Communications in a back-to-back publication.
Read more'Live' measurements of cell signals show need for combination therapy in colorectal cancer
'Live' metingen van celsignalen tonen noodzaak van combinatietherapie bij dikkedarmkanker
Read moreLex Eggermont appointed as professor of Immunotherapy at UMC Utrecht
Scientific director of the Princess Máxima Center, Lex Eggermont, has been appointed professor of Clinical and Translational Immunotherapy at the Faculty of Medicine of Utrecht University.
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