Mini lung helps with coronavirus research
/sites/default/files/styles/news_overview/public/2020-11/AS%20TEGEL%20Hans%20Update%201.jpg?itok=06XrWcWmStem cell biologist Hans Clevers, together with researchers from the ErasmusMC and Maastricht University, succeeded in infecting mini versions of the human intestine cultured in the lab, with SARS-CoV-2.
> Read moreBreakthrough in group of Longfonds funded researcher Sam Janes
/sites/default/files/styles/news_overview/public/2020-01/longen1.png?itok=90tEuyGmProof found that healthy cells in the lung can expand to replace damaged cells
> Read moreAnother scientific breakthrough in the Clevers research group
/sites/default/files/styles/news_overview/public/2020-02/hans-clevers.jpg?itok=iEHxW-K_Hans Clevers and his team can boast yet another exciting breakthrough. Clevers has already developed mini-organs (organoids) of intestines, liver, kidneys and human brains and now he has also succeeded in creating organoids of the venom glands of snakes.
> Read more€100,000 raised for Martha milk study
/sites/default/files/styles/news_overview/public/2019-11/Ogene%20website%20oud%20overzicht.jpg?itok=-FrOnPYkA Dutch vocal group raised €100,000 for the promising study with which Consortium on Asthma Prevention aims to prove that a special milk powder can protect children from developing asthma.
Professor Pieter Hiemstra appointed professor emeritus
/sites/default/files/styles/news_overview/public/2025-04/P1010414.JPG?itok=R0QcLaVHA remarkable chapter closes: Professor Pieter Hiemstra retires after decades of groundbreaking lung research and tireless dedication to Longfonds.
> Read moreSymposium AWWA: 'We have an enormous harvest now'
/sites/default/files/styles/news_overview/public/2025-04/Website%20afbeeldingen%20%282%29.jpg?itok=B8ba-Rv9With a great sense of fulfillment, we look back on an inspiring symposium held in March. To mark six years of AWWA, researchers from around the world gathered in Leiden, to share the latest insights with one another.
> Read moreHow the mini-lung aids research
/sites/default/files/styles/news_overview/public/2025-03/Reinoud%20Gosens%201400%20x%20800.png?itok=02hoFHKzTransplanting a mini-lung into the body of someone with COPD? That’s not quite how we should imagine it. But what does it actually mean? We asked prof.dr. Reinoud Gosens, a pharmacologist at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.
> Read moreSymposium on the prevention of asthma and allergies
/sites/default/files/styles/news_overview/public/2024-12/Website%201400x800%20%282%29.png?itok=iA7OAHHsOn March 10 & 11, 2025, Longfonds and the Leiden University Medical Center will host the Symposium on the Prevention of Asthma and Allergies at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden.
> Read moreWellcome Discovery Award for Rick Maizels’ research on parasitic worms
/sites/default/files/styles/news_overview/public/2024-12/Rick%20Maizels_1400x800.png?itok=9bZGK7r4Professor Rick Maizels has received a substantial grant of approximately €4 million from the Wellcome Trust. Maizels investigates how parasitic worms can protect us from asthma and allergies.
> Read moreWhy children often develop asthma after antibiotic treatment at a young age
/sites/default/files/styles/news_overview/public/2024-08/Astma%20en%20antibiotica_1400x800.png?itok=noxP4L0wChildren who receive antibiotic treatment at a young age are at a higher risk of developing asthma. Can a dietary supplement solve this issue?
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