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Brain specific mutations may only explain sporadic Alzheimer's disease in very few cases
20 August 2018Alexander Hoischen, theme Infectious diseases and global health, and colleagues studied brain- and blood-DNA of sporadic early-onset Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients, for somatic mutations in the known AD genes.
Poster prize Lars Damen at 10th European Elastin Meeting
17 August 2018At the 10th European Elastin Meeting, Lars Damen, theme Reconstructive and regenerative medicine, received the early-stage researcher award for his poster entitled “Development of tools to study the sulfation pattern of heparan sulfate involved in elastic fiber biology”.
Prinses Beatrix Spierfonds grant for Rick Wansink and Frank Walboomers
23 July 2018Rick Wansink, theme Nanomedicine, and Frank Walboomers, theme Reconstructive and regenerative medicine, have been awarded a 250.000 EUR grant of the Prinses Beatrix Spierfonds towards the study and elucidation of myotonic dystrophy, in a project entitled: Harmful RNA in myotonic dystrophy.
A personal touch of Anglita Yanti Setiasti
12 July 2018In order to promote interaction amongst colleagues within RIMLS, we have a ‘personal touch’ series setting employees in the spotlight. A light-hearted manner to learn about the colleagues you know and those you don’t! This week: Anglita Yanti Setiasti
Biodegradable nanoreactors demonstrate ROS shielding in human-complex-I-deficient fibroblasts
9 July 2018Researchers of the Radboudumc and colleagues have successfully developed enzyme-loaded polymersomal nanoreactors capable of undergoing cellular integration in a controlled fashion and, subsequently, function as synthetic organelles.
Veterinary drug can prevent outbreaks of malaria and Zika in humans
5 July 2018Drugs that protect pets against ticks and fleas can also be used to prevent outbreaks of malaria, Zika and dengue fever in humans. This was the conclusion of an article by scientists from TropIQ Health Sciences, together with English and American colleagues, and published in the journal PNAS.
A personal touch of Renske van den Bijgaart
5 July 2018In order to promote interaction amongst colleagues within RIMLS, we have a ‘personal touch’ series setting employees in the spotlight. A light-hearted manner to learn about the colleagues you know and those you don’t! This week: Renske van den Bijgaart.
Pneumococcal DNA predicts course of infection
4 July 2018In Clinical Infectious Diseases, Radboudumc researchers describe several pneumococcal genes predicting whether a patient runs the risk of developing meningitis or dying from the disease. Use of such genetic tests can improve infection diagnostics.
How to measure >70 (phospho-) protein levels via sequencing DNA-tagged antibodies
21 June 2018Jessie van Buggenum and Klaas Mulder, theme Cancer development and immune defense, show in Nature Communications how immuno-detection by sequencing uses antibodies tagged with DNA barcodes and high-throughput sequencing to detect up to 70 phospho-proteins in skin stem cell.
A low cholesterol level is not a good thing
21 June 2018Research shows that low cholesterol can also be harmful. Researchers from Radboudumc and their Australian and American colleagues discovered a new metabolic defect, producing very low cholesterol levels. This causes brain anomalies, developmental delay, epilepsy and typical facial deformities.
A personal touch of Doris Haydee Rosero Salazar
17 June 2018In order to promote interaction amongst colleagues within RIMLS, we have a ‘personal touch’ series setting employees in the spotlight. A light-hearted manner to learn about the colleagues you know and those you don’t! This week: Doris Haydee Rosero Salazar.
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A personal touch of Eva-Leonne Göttgens
31 May 2018In order to promote interaction amongst colleagues within RIMLS, we have a ‘personal touch’ series setting employees in the spotlight. A light-hearted manner to learn about the colleagues you know and those you don’t! This week: Eva-Leonne Göttgens.
Dutch National Research Agenda call for proposals
22 May 2018NWO will soon start a funding round for the programme Dutch National Research Agenda. Investing in innovative and societally relevant research via the 25 routes of the Dutch National Research Agenda will enable knowledge to be developed for scientific breakthroughs and for societal issues.
First steps toward new cancer vaccine
22 May 2018In order to reduce cancer mortality, there is a great need for new treatments. In the last few years, there have been many studies into immunotherapy. Tim Hutten, theme Cancer development and immune defense, has been studying the interactions between immune cells and cancer.
