437 search results for “cancer development” in the Student website
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New potential cancer drugs and where to find them
Cancer research generates massive amounts of data, but traditional tools often fail to fully harness their potential. How can we unlock this data to provide better treatments for cancer patients? PhD candidate Marina Gorostiola González explored this by using advanced data analysis techniques to guide…
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Promising new technique to treat cancer receives NWO grant
Biological chemist Nathaniel Martin and his team received an NWO grant to examine how blocking a specific enzyme in our body, NNMT, could be helpful in the treatment of some cancers. Trials with mice have been promising, and together with the Netherlands Cancer Institute, Martin wants to take the next…
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More attention needs to be paid to prevention in the fight against cancer
On 11 November Professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Monique van Leerdam will deliver her inaugural lecture entitled, ‘Aiming for Prevention’. Van Leerdam, who specialises in hereditary tumours, was appointed professor in July 2020. In her inaugural lecture she will discuss the importance of…
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3D-printed mini-tumours: a leap forward in improving cancer immunotherapy
Leiden researchers have developed a groundbreaking model to advance cancer immunotherapy. Using a 3D printer, they create mini-tumors within an environment that closely mimics human tissue. They have also developed a method to monitor real-time interactions of these mini-tumours with immune cells during…
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New protein inhibitors against cancer? Unilever Research Prize for Aukje Beers
Aukje Beers combined theory and practice, as well as chemistry, biology, and computer models. In this way, she discovered two protein inhibitors during her master’s project that could contribute to the development of a new cancer drug. For her research, Beers received the Unilever Research Prize on…
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Helping cancer patients with treatment choices
Researchers at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) are collaborating on the development of a conversation tool for patients with breast, prostate and skin cancer. The aim is to create a conversation tool that can support cancer patients in their care and help them make decisions.…
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Cancer patients want a doctor who shows empathy and doesn’t make vague promises
Patients with incurable cancer want their oncologist to be clear but to show empathy too. They find hard and vague communication harmful. These are the results of a study by psychologists from Leiden that has been published in the American journal Cancer.
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Eveline Crone
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Channeke KeulsFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Mi-Lan WoudstraFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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How to develop cancer drugs with less side effects
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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Anneke Both-de VriesFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Hanneke LeegwaterScience
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Linda van Leijenhorst
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Stefanie van EsveldFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Harriet VermeerFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Eduard KlapwijkFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Ewa Snaar-JagalskaScience
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Special nanoparticles for cancer therapy! Will you help?
Developing a better treatment for patients with head and neck cancer, that is what Binanox, The 2022 iGEM Leiden team, want to achieve. They hope to raise at least 10,000 euros for this cause. Support their crowdfunding campaign today.
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€10.6 million for innovative toolboxes to tackle brain cancer
Researchers at the Universities of Amsterdam (Uva) and Leiden together with the Netherlands Cancer Institute and Oncode Institute have received a €10,6 million ERC Synergy Grant to develop innovative therapeutic approaches to target glioblastoma. This is a deadly primary brain tumour for which no curing…
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KiKa grant for mathematician: how statistics helps fight bone cancer
Using mathematics to help children with bone cancer. It sounds a little strange, but for statistician Marta Fiocco, it's just her job. She gets a substantial grant from KiKa for it. With that money, she is going to study the effect of chemotherapy adjustments.
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Susanne KamerlingFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Maedeh NasriFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Energy as a weak spot: a new approach to tackle aggressive breast cancer?
Could we stop cancer cells by cutting off their energy supply? That’s what Dione Blok, a bachelor’s student in Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences, aimed to find out during her thesis research. She investigated a compound that affects the tumour cells’ energy metabolism. ‘Hopefully, these insights will provide…
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Sylvestre BonnetScience
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Judith BovéeFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Contributing to cancer research in your own way: three PhD candidates on their work within Oncode Accelerator
Accelerating the development of new cancer medicines by joining forces—that’s the mission of Oncode Accelerator, a Dutch consortium that recently welcomed three Leiden-based PhD candidates. Under the guidance of Gerard van Westen, Marc Boef, Remco van den Broek, and Lucina-May Nollen are exploring how…
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Kiki Zanolie
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Arnout KoornneefFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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How Oncode-PACT is bringing new cancer medicines closer with 325 million in Growth Fund money
How can you ensure that more experimental drugs reach the finish line? At the moment, only one in twenty cancer drugs that are tested on humans makes it to the market. This is an enormous loss for patients and society. With a grant from the National Growth Fund, Oncode-PACT aims to efficiently select…
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Camila Paz Espinoza ChaparroFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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David EhrhardtFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Martijn DefiletFaculteit Archeologie
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From forming embryo to cancer metastasis: the significance of collective cell movement
Luca Giomi has the first results of his ERC consolidator grant. He discovered that epithelial cells move collectively but in different ways, depending on the scale you look at. It is hexatic at small scales, and becomes nematic at larger scales: it is a multiscale order. This collective movement of…
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Kiki SpaninksScience
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Evelien UrbanusFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Anar AhmadovFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Barbara GravendeelScience
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George MileyScience
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Marja Oudega
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Liza van den BoschFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Nienke WieringaICLON
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Tales YamamotoScience
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Zijian LiFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Maria Gabriela Palacio LudeñaFaculty of Humanities
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Inge van der WeijdenFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Shannon YuenFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Ili MaFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Jennifer AndersonScience
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Jimena Pacheco MirandaFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen