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cluster question: 081 How will our knowledge of genetics play a role in analysing, screening for, and treating diseases?
In the year 2000, the completion of the human genome sequence was heralded as ‘the end of the beginning’, implying […]
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cluster question: 081 How will our knowledge of genetics play a role in analysing, screening for, and treating diseases?
Genetics influences risk of every disease and response to interventions from birth onwards, can be easily and comprehensively measured, at […]
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cluster question: 104 How do we develop minimally invasive techniques and interventions for diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment?
Minimally invasive procedures and robotic tools have made significant improvements in the outcomes of surgical interventions. This project aims to […]
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cluster question: 105 How can Big Data and technological innovation (e-health) contribute to health care?
Cardiovascular diseases are still an important and costly health (care) problem, usually diagnosed later in life. Pregnancy is already earlier […]
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cluster question: 095 How can we personalise health care, for example by using biomarkers?
Psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy can effectively reduce thoughts about suicide, and prevent suicidal behaviour (i.e. attempts and completed suicides). Nevertheless, it […]
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cluster question: 088 How can we predict, prevent, and treat cardiovascular diseases (atherosclerosis, heart failure, heart arrhythmia, and thrombosis) in individuals at an early stage?
Inflammation is a key factor in a wide range of cardiovascular diseases, and acute myocardial infarction is one of the […]
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cluster question: 095 How can we personalise health care, for example by using biomarkers?
The aim of personalised medicine is to give every patient the right care in the right amount to achieve maximum […]
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cluster question: 098 How can we use breakthroughs in basic biomedical research to develop new medicines?
Microvascular disease is an important feature of many autoimmune diseases and one of the earliest signs of pathology in patients […]
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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?
Immunotherapy is gaining ground in clinical oncology, and it is increasingly recognized that the surroundings of the tumor, i.e. the […]
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cluster question: 095 How can we personalise health care, for example by using biomarkers?
Problem description: Irinotecan-based systemic therapy is one of the main chemotherapeutic agents used for metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). It can […]
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