HCR.20.036 – Slaughterhouse waste material as alternative to laboratory animal use in research and education
Route: Health care research, sickness prevention and treatment
cluster question: 101 Can we model the human body and use smart technologies for health, nutritional, and toxicity research, drastically reducing the use of laboratory animals at the same time?
The goal of this project is to develop novel experimental models based on the use of state-of-the-art ex vivo organ […]
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HCR.20.041 – Sargassum Seaweeds: potential for fighting dementia
Route: Health care research, sickness prevention and treatment
cluster question: 082 How does the central nervous system develop and how can we counteract degeneration processes in that system?
Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, is characterized by a progressive cognitive and consequently functional decline, leading to […]
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HCR.20.086 – EESAT2
Route: Health care research, sickness prevention and treatment
cluster question: 096 How can we improve diagnostics, treatment, and vaccines for immunodeficiencies and infectious diseases?
In EESAT2, we will use advanced biochemical as well as novel ICT technologies to produce new and novel-to-nature antimicrobial peptides […]
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HCR.20.087 – Optimal resource use in healthcare
Route: Health care research, sickness prevention and treatment
cluster question: 094 How do we improve the quality of health care as much as possible while keeping it affordable?
Covid-19 has confronted us with a sudden scarcity in resources in healthcare (ICU beds, personnel). However, there is often or […]
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HCR.20.088 – Using clinical prediction models to optimize health care decisions
Route: Health care research, sickness prevention and treatment
cluster question: 094 How do we improve the quality of health care as much as possible while keeping it affordable?
An important strategy to improve quality of health care while keeping it affordable is to optimize clinical decisions for individual […]
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HCR.20.089 – UNDERVAXX
Route: Health care research, sickness prevention and treatment
cluster question: 096 How can we improve diagnostics, treatment, and vaccines for immunodeficiencies and infectious diseases?
Vaccines are one of the most important and cost-effective public health measures, safeguarding millions of people worldwide from illness, disability […]
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HCR.20.090 – UNMASK
Route: Health care research, sickness prevention and treatment
cluster question: 085 Every tumour is different, so how can we come to understand cancer well enough to develop a treatment for each and every type?
Approximately one in every 50 persons is diagnosed with lymphoma during his or her lifetime. For the Netherlands, this means […]
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HCR.20.085 – Nanoplastics in the brain
Route: Health care research, sickness prevention and treatment
cluster question: 101 Can we model the human body and use smart technologies for health, nutritional, and toxicity research, drastically reducing the use of laboratory animals at the same time?
One of the biggest current threats that humanity faces is the climate change and environmental alterations that can have tremendous […]
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HCR.20.080 – Combining e-Health and artificial intelligence to improve surgical wound care management.
Route: Health care research, sickness prevention and treatment
cluster question: 105 How can Big Data and technological innovation (e-health) contribute to health care?
Regardless of the type of surgical intervention, all invasive modalities carry a risk of surgical site infection (SSI). Despite the […]
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HCR.20.081 – To be kernicterus-free: Towards a timely recognition of severely jaundiced infants.
Route: Health care research, sickness prevention and treatment
cluster question: 104 How do we develop minimally invasive techniques and interventions for diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment?
Every year many newborns are admitted to the hospital because of jaundice. This is caused by hyperbilirubinemia, i.e. elevated total […]
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