Fragmented sleep-wake rhythm precedes Alzheimer plaques in the brain
A fragmented sleep-wake rhythm, where people often transition from rest to active during the day and night, is already visible in the brain before the accumulation of the Alzheimer’s protein amyloid-beta. That has been shown by research from Erasmus MC involving over 300 residents of the Ommoord district in Rotterdam.
Researchers break dogma: intestinal tumor does not always arise from stem cell
Scientists at Erasmus MC have discovered that intestinal tumors do not always originate from stem cells, contrary to the prevailing dogma. In the context of inflammation, specialized intestinal cells appear to be the origin of cancer.
Over 1 million euros for new form of radiation therapy
Exploring and optimizing a potential new form of radiation therapy using very high energy electrons. That is the focus of a new project by a team from the Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, TU Delft, and Lausanne University Hospital. The team has been awarded over 1 million euros from the Open Technology Programme of the Dutch […]
New generation of immune cells against breast cancer
Prof. Dr. Reno Debets, researcher within the Internal Oncology department of the Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, has received a subsidy of over 900,000 euros from KWF for his research on new immune cells for the treatment of breast cancer. The aim of the research is to create, through a public-private partnership, a new generation of […]
Erasmus MC was able to maintain its 2022 financial result in 2023. The result for 2023 was €45 million positive on turnover of €2.4 billion, about 2% of turnover. This result is comparable to 2022 and 2021.
Scientists discover how harmful protein pimple is removed from DNA
Researchers at Erasmus MC have discovered a new mechanism to repair an important type of DNA damage. It concerns damage that manifests as a protein pimple on the DNA and likely plays a role in aging. ‘Not much research had been done on this yet.’
AI model predicts risk of skin cancer better than existing methods
Researchers at Erasmus MC have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that predicts the risk of skin cancer based on a photograph of the face. The AI model outperforms the current methods doctors use to assess skin cancer risk.
Parasitic worm infections expected to be less effectively controlled in the future
Regular preventive deworming of populations living with soil-transmitted intestinal worms can lead to drug resistance within ten years, according to an extensive simulation model created by scientists from Erasmus MC and published in Nature Communications.
Hope placed on gene therapy for rare CAMK2 syndrome
Pediatrician Daniëlle Veenma and neuroscientist Geeske van Woerden are collaborating on a treatment for the rare CAMK2 syndrome. Currently, a cure is not possible. With funding from the Dutch Hersenstichting, they are mapping out the potential of a form of gene therapy. ‘We have good hope that we will succeed.’
With a simple device, scientists observe blood flow in mouse brains in 3D
Scientists from Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) and Erasmus MC have succeeded in visualizing the blood flow in mouse brains in three dimensions using a relatively simple and inexpensive ultrasound device they developed themselves. The team presents their findings in Science Advances.
AI talent combines separate worlds of radiology and pathology
Erasmus MC engineer Dr. Ing. Martijn Starmans is starting a new research line to bring the traditionally separate worlds of radiology and pathology together, in the form of combined AI algorithms. For the project, Starmans received an AiNed Fellowship Grant of 2 million euros from The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).
Our cerebellar nuclei turn out to be more important than initially thought
Associative learning was always thought to be regulated by the cortex of the cerebellum, often referred to as the “little brain”. However, new research from a collaboration between the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Erasmus MC, and Champalimaud Center for the Unknown reveals that actually the nuclei of the cerebellum make a surprising contribution to this […]
