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  • Green Deal for Sustainable Healthcare Continues

    Green Deal for Sustainable Healthcare Continues

    Efforts to make healthcare more sustainable are continuing. On October 9, thirteen industry organizations signed the new Green Deal for Sustainable Healthcare. This continues the successful collaboration after the current Green Deal expires at the end of October.

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  • Recovering Medicines from Discarded Products

    Recovering Medicines from Discarded Products

    Many medicines are thrown away even though they still contain valuable active ingredients. At the same time, drug shortages are becoming increasingly common, and the production of medicines has a major impact on the environment. Dr. Lisa-Marie Smale of Erasmus MC wants to investigate whether unused medicines can be “recycled” into new medicines.

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  • ‘We can learn a great deal from the measles outbreak in Bangladesh’

    ‘We can learn a great deal from the measles outbreak in Bangladesh’

    Since April this year, Bangladesh has been facing a major measles outbreak that has already claimed the lives of hundreds of children. Every day, dozens more critically ill children are admitted to the hospital. Researchers from Erasmus MC are closely monitoring the outbreak and conducting joint research with colleagues in Bangladesh.

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  • New discovery: DNA protects itself in loops under stress

    New discovery: DNA protects itself in loops under stress

    Nitika Taneja shows how cells can protect newly copied DNA when the copying process is under stress: it protects itself by stabilizing into loops. This protective organization may also help explain how tumor cells tolerate stress caused by chemotherapy. ‘When DNA is under stress, it doesn’t just get repaired, it hides inside protective loops.’

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  • Nitika investigates why some cancer cells are resistant to chemotherapy

    Nitika investigates why some cancer cells are resistant to chemotherapy

    Nitika Taneja is working on a technique to better visualize the DNA of tumor cells. Through this work, she hopes to contribute to improved treatment options from the laboratory for people with cancer. ‘Sometimes half of the patients do not respond to a treatment.’

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  • Organoids accelerate the search for antiviral drugs

    Organoids accelerate the search for antiviral drugs

    Finding drugs for outbreaks of new virusses often takes a lot of time. Researchers at Erasmus MC now show that this process can be sped up using organoids: miniature versions of human organs. Thanks to new techniques, these can now be used to expeditiously identify antiviral drugs. 

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    Erasmus MC is investing in the healthcare of tomorrow

    Annual report 2025

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    Science journalist receives ERC FRONTIERS grant to investigate how research at Erasmus MC addresses the women’s health gap

    In 2024, the World Economic Forum estimated that women spend 25% more of their lives in poor health than men. At the heart of women’s health gap lies a long-standing assumption in biomedical science: the male body as the default model of human biology.

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    Prof. Stefan Sleijfer reappointed as dean and chair of the Executive Board of Erasmus MC

    New term of five years

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