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The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the cancer agency of the World Health Organization (WHO), has evaluated the carcinogenicity of occupational exposure as a firefighter.

3D printed kidney tubes that closely mimic living tubes for the first time make it possible to do research into kidney diseases and their treatment.

The highest awards in Dutch academia, the Spinoza and Stevin Prize, have been awarded to Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ researchers Corné Pieterse and Tanja van der Lippe. The awards comprise a 2.5 million euro funding, provided by the Dutch Research Council (NWO).

Every year, more than a quarter of all harvests worldwide is lost due to diseases and plagues. The question of how plants can protect themselves against this leads Spinoza laureate Corné Pieterse to the most basic fundamentals of plant life.

UU biophysicists have measured how the twist of DNA is affected by the presence of salt. The new knowledge is important for making nanomaterials.