Route: Health care research, sickness prevention and treatment
cluster question: 123 How can we manage the unpredictability of complex networks and chaotic systems?
The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated how closely human contact networks, infectious disease-spread, and control are interrelated. It has also shown […]
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cluster question: 081 How will our knowledge of genetics play a role in analysing, screening for, and treating diseases?
Early diagnosis of (rare) genetic diseases can drastically improve early intervention and positive outcomes and revolutionize primary care. As most […]
View the initiativeRoute: Personalised medicine: the individual at the centre
cluster question: 083 How do neurological, psychiatric, and mental disorders arise, and how can we prevent, mitigate, or cure them?
Approximately 1% of children are born with severe neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) for which there is currently no disease-modifying therapy. However, […]
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cluster question: 077 What do non-genetic factors contribute to personal traits and disease processes?
The most common cause of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease (AD). People differ in their susceptibility and resilience to the disease […]
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cluster question: 096 How can we improve diagnostics, treatment, and vaccines for immunodeficiencies and infectious diseases?
Auto-immune disorders pose a major worldwide issue with rising prevalence. To date, dozens of immune-based therapies have emerged aiming to […]
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cluster question: 098 How can we use breakthroughs in basic biomedical research to develop new medicines?
Difficult-to-treat cancers such as pancreatic, oesophageal and gastric tumors have seen hardly any significant benefit in the patient survival in […]
View the initiativeRoute: Child and adolescent development, upbringing and education
cluster question: 057 Can we find the right balance between freedom of information and privacy?
The HAPPY project will provide personalized behaviour interventions for children and adolescents to optimally support their development, well-being and participation […]
View the initiativeRoute: Child and adolescent development, upbringing and education
cluster question: 059 How can we help children and adolescents grow up safe and healthy?
Preterm birth is an enormous societal problem with detrimental short- and long-term effects for both the child and family. Stress […]
View the initiativeRoute: Creating Value through responsible access to and use of big data
cluster question: 105 How can Big Data and technological innovation (e-health) contribute to health care?
Problem: Digital technologies have transformed our current society at many levels. In particular artificial Intelligence (AI), a technology capable of […]
View the initiativeRoute: Creating Value through responsible access to and use of big data
cluster question: 105 How can Big Data and technological innovation (e-health) contribute to health care?
Anyone with an unfulfilled need for social support can contact helplines, such as 113 Zelfmoordpreventie, De Kindertelefoon, MIND Korrelatie, De […]
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