- Four Leiden professors have been awarded almost a million euro to expend on research. There are two pairs of researchers: Peter Pels (anthropology) and Chris Goto-Jones (Japanese), and Patricia Spyer (anthropologiy) and Robert Ross (history). Each pair will receive € 450,000 from NWO's Cultural Dynamics Programme.
- Read more
- People with type 1 diabetes can now produce insulin themselves thanks to the transplantation of islets of Langerhans. Because there is a shortage of organ donors and it is difficult to use these islets optimally, this treatment is only available for a small group of patients. A sum of 11 million euro has been made available to develop this cell replacement therapy further and to make it available for a larger number of patients. A large part of the funds has come from the Economic Structure Enhancing Fund (FES) in the context of the Topinstituut Gezond Ouder, Ti-GO.
- Read more
- Multimedia additions to traditional storybooks increase the understanding of language and the vocabulary of children in high-risk groups. This is the discovery made by PhD researcher Marian Verhallen . ‘The structural use of video storybooks in teaching reduces the likelihood of learning difficulties.'
- Read more
- Complete section
