New release: LONGFONDS Talk on mini-organs and the mini-lung
/sites/default/files/styles/news_overview/public/2021-10/Afbeelding2_overzicht.png?itok=3qFGmdGAThe groundbreaking research performed by Hans Clevers and his team at the Hubrecht Institute in the first decade of this century was pivotal for the development of organoids.
> Read morePezcoller Award Ceremony Hans Clevers
/sites/default/files/styles/news_overview/public/2021-10/Afbeelding6_afbeelding%20overzicht.png?itok=WtVLzh3AHans Clevers received the prestigious Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award
> Read moreAnimation: The great potential of the mini-lung
/sites/default/files/styles/news_overview/public/2021-10/Campagnebeeld%20mini-long%20632x421_0.jpg?itok=G3tggeFoResearchers worldwide are working together to accelerate a breakthrough in research into lung tissue repair.
> Read moreDancing for the mini-lung during the 'Vriendenloterij Dansmarathon'
/sites/default/files/styles/news_overview/public/2021-12/Dansmarathon_overzicht.jpg?itok=MbNL276lThe 'Vriendenloterij Dansmarathon' is a unique dance spectacle that can be seen live on Dutch television on the SBS6 channel from 14 to 16 October.
> Read moreMini 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 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 morePaolo De Coppi one of the most influential people in health
/sites/default/files/styles/news_overview/public/2024-05/PaoloDeCoppi_100TimeHealth.jpg?itok=-sKRlhbzTIME Magazine has included Accelerate researcher and surgeon dr. Paolo De Coppi in its TIME100 List of most influential individuals in health in 2024.
> Read moreResearch on lung tissue repair extended by two years
/sites/default/files/styles/news_overview/public/2024-01/Carla%20Kim%20feb19%20nr1.jpg?itok=bUrAOBf3Longfonds will continue to support the research on lung tissue repair by two years.
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