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  • PCR test on bladder tumor predicts response to treatment

    PCR test on bladder tumor predicts response to treatment

    With a relatively simple test, urologists may be able to accurately determine in the future which patients will benefit from BCG bladder instillations. This is important because in 40 percent of patients, treatment is not successful, while treatment duration is lengthy and can cause unpleasant side effects.

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  • Zebrafish and stem cells solve medical conundrum

    Zebrafish and stem cells solve medical conundrum

    Within 2.5 years, Erasmus MC clinical geneticist Stefan Barakat and his team reached a potential treatment and diagnosis for a previously unknown syndrome. They describe their discovery in Acta Neuropathologica. ‘Everything came together in this one study.’

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  • Clown helps child with anxiety and pain in hospital

    Clown helps child with anxiety and pain in hospital

    A red nose and then a child’s smile. Children accompanied by hospital clowns report less anxiety and pain when undergoing medical procedures than children accompanied by their parents. This is according to research by psychologist Heike Gerger of Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam.

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  • CardioVascular Biomechanics Lab golden opportunity for engineers, physicians and patients alike

    CardioVascular Biomechanics Lab golden opportunity for engineers, physicians and patients alike

    Erasmus Medical Center Cardiologists, neurologists and radiologists have joined forces with TU Delft scientists and students. Within the CardioVascular Biomechanics Lab (CVBL), they research heart and blood vessels biomechanics, unlocking synergies that can accelerate the development and implementation of technological innovations. The first results have already emerged.

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  • Physical activity in youth benefits the teenage mental health

    Physical activity in youth benefits the teenage mental health

    Children who engage in sports as youth are less likely to experience anxiety and depressive problems than their peers who do not exercise. Their sense of self-esteem plays a key role. This is shown by research of Erasmus MC published in the scientific journal JAMA Psychiatry.

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  • Improving Europe preparedness and readiness to pandemics

    Improving Europe preparedness and readiness to pandemics

    The DURABLE project better prepares Europe for the next pandemic. The new consortium includes virological and epidemiological research laboratories and will receive 25 million euros from the EU. Head of Virology at Erasmus MC Marion Koopmans is co-coordinator: ‘The next pandemic is possibly at our doorstep.’

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