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How do we improve care for patients with rare diseases for which there are currently no treatments? This question is central to the work of pediatrician Sabine Fuchs.

Sacha Spelier investigated various treatment strategies for CF patients, focusing on combining several drugs with different working mechanisms.

What is it like to live with a regenerative implant? How do you tailor a treatment to the patient’s wants and needs? And how do we make implants accessible to everyone who needs them?

Paulina Nunez Bernal spent her PhD developing a new technique called volumetric bioprinting, which is faster than 'traditional' layer-by-layer bioprinting and safer for cells.

Screening with organoids offers perspective for people with Cystic Fibrosis who do not respond to medication. Lisa Rodenburg received her doctorate for her research on this topic.  

Professor Lodewijk van Rhijn made the switch from MaastrichtUMC+ to UMC Utrecht last year, and has been appointed professor of Orthopedics since 15 July 2023.

UMC Utrecht has received a European grant of six million euros to study the use of artificial intelligence in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.

Two years ago, the first "heart-in-a-box" transplant took place in the Netherlands. Now, 60 DCD transplants later, the waiting list is stabilizing.

Dankzij inspanningen van de IT-afdelingen van zowel het UMC Utrecht als de UU (Information and Technology Services) zijn de bronsystemen van beide partijen beter met elkaar verbonden.

Thanks to efforts by the IT departments of both UMC Utrecht and UU (Information and Technology Services), the source systems of both parties are better connected.

Florencia Abinzano spent her PhD developing a regenerative solution for cartilage damage and will receive her doctorate on March 11th.

Renée Maas used stem cell derived cardiomyocytes to study heart disease with the aim of developing new treatments, resulting in her promotion on March 13.

How can an infection help repair bone defects? This was the question that started the PhD research of Paree Khokhani, who defended her work on the 12th of March.

Professor Jos Malda has now received an ERC Advanced grant of €2.5 million to crack the code of how to recreate the intricate internal structure of cartilage.

Smart innovations like organs-on-a-chip and virtual humans take our science to the next level, while reducing or replacing animal testing. In Utrecht we work on animal-free innovations.

Research Data Manager Ron Scholten has won the SURF Research Support Champion Award 2024 and the audience award.

Catherine Robin and Riccardo Levato received a ZonMw grant of €750.000 for implementation of an innovative three-dimensional bioprinting technology to study blood stem cell production.

The Dutch National Growth Fund will invest in a new centre for animal-free biomedical testing for safer, more effective treatments, while reducing animal suffering.

Is ingrijpen in menselijk DNA wel wenselijk? Marc van Mil van de Universiteit Utrecht en het UMC Utrecht bespreekt de voor- en nadelen.

Psychologist Sarah Durston researches the psychological functions and brain circuits that affect a disorder.