HCR.20.084 – Exploring the link between COVID-19 lockdown measures and perinatal outcomes using natural experiments
Route: Health care research, sickness prevention and treatment
cluster question: 091 Pregnancy, childbirth, and menopause - can we make them better for women?
Preterm birth is the primary contributor to early-life mortality and morbidity worldwide, but opportunities for prevention are extremely limited. Substantial […]
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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.20.076 – Implementing Automatic Detection of Bone Lesions into the Clinical Radiology Workflow
Route: Health care research, sickness prevention and treatment
cluster question: 105 How can Big Data and technological innovation (e-health) contribute to health care?
This project aims to implement AI techniques into radiology departments in hospitals, focusing on the interaction between AI and medical […]
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HCR.20.077 – Cell type specific delivery of in vivo gene therapy
Route: Health care research, sickness prevention and treatment
cluster question: 081 How will our knowledge of genetics play a role in analysing, screening for, and treating diseases?
Rare bone diseases (RBDs) such as Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) and Fibrous Dysplasia (FD), are characterized by gene mutations resulting in […]
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HCR.20.078 – Time to relax: breaking the vicious circle of autonomic dysregulation, fibrosis and right ventricular maladaptation in pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Route: Health care research, sickness prevention and treatment
cluster question: 089 How can we improve our understanding and treatment of pulmonary diseases?
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a fatal lung disease characterized by abnormal remodeling of the pulmonary vessels, leading to a […]
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HCR.20.067 – De Amsterdamse Integrale Slaap Aanpak
Route: Health care research, sickness prevention and treatment
cluster question: 072 How do a healthy lifestyle and wholesome habits promote good health and prevent illness?
When children sleep insufficiently or poorly, this has serious consequences for their physical, mental and social development [1-4]. Short-term consequences […]
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HCR.20.069 – TRASH-Q: Patient-Tailored Reduction of Aggregation-prone proteins to Stop Hereditary neurodegenerative polyglutamine (Q) diseases
Route: Health care research, sickness prevention and treatment
cluster question: 098 How can we use breakthroughs in basic biomedical research to develop new medicines?
Huntington’s disease (HD) and various ADCA/SCA ataxias are inherited neurodegenerative disorders caused by a polyGlutamine (polyQ) expansion in the disease-related […]
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HCR.20.070 – Stimulating health and well-being via active commuting
Route: Health care research, sickness prevention and treatment
cluster question: 072 How do a healthy lifestyle and wholesome habits promote good health and prevent illness?
Before the corona pandemic half of the adult population did not meet public health guidelines for recommended levels of physical […]
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HCR.20.074 – Social and behavioural drivers of infectious disease transmission and control
Route: Health care research, sickness prevention and treatment
cluster question: 097 How can we control micro-organisms in health care, livestock farming, and the environment?
The COVID-19 pandemic again reminds us of the complex interplay between disease epidemiology and health-related beliefs and behaviours: e.g. with […]
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HCR.20.063 – MULTILIFE: A citizen-driven lifestyle medicine intervention for patients with depression and cardiometabolic comorbidity
Route: Health care research, sickness prevention and treatment
cluster question: 072 How do a healthy lifestyle and wholesome habits promote good health and prevent illness?
The aim of MULTILIFE is to develop, and evaluate a peer-led lifestyle intervention, to target the needs of citizens with […]
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