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.UMC Utrecht researchers found MR-guided SBRT with Unity is a promising and safe tx for pancreatic mets from RCC, showing high local control and mild toxicity. Read why the approach could delay systemic therapy, offering a non-invasive option to surgery bit.ly/42gxvVz
Dysbiosis of the gut #microbiota may play a role in driving systemic #inflammation in patients with primary antibody deficiencies (such as #CVID), according to a study (edu.nl/kpff4) by UMC Utrecht, @Erasmusmc and @umcgroningen youtu.be/cWNLUjyxgxA
At UMC Utrecht we have a #postdoc position in bioinformatics/computational biology to study the innate, adaptive and neuro-immunological response in pediatric post-#COVID_19 patients, to identify diagnostic markers and avenues for therapy. More info here: edu.nl/bwte7
At UMC Utrecht a patient with an infection resulting from a multi-resistant #bacterium has been treated for the first time in the Netherlands with a personalized therapy with #bacteriophages Full article here: edu.nl/g83a9
Whereas serum antibody levels often cannot predict severity of respiratory tract infections on an individual level, Mischa Koenen at UMC Utrecht found in her #PhD research that antibodies in airway #mucosa may predict disease severity in children with RTIs edu.nl/a64hr
Accelerating HIV diagnosis via increasing awareness, screening and testing can further reduce transmission among men having sex with men. Nice article in PLOS Computational Biology by Alessandra Teslya and Ganna Rozhnova from UMC Utrecht. Full article 👉: edu.nl/749nn
An interactive booklet can help reduce use of antibiotics in children with fever. UMC Utrecht, UniversityMaastricht, LUMC Leiden and Erasmus MC collaborate to improve an existing booklet so that it also meets the needs of parents with limited health literacy More 👉: edu.nl/u3q4f
Researchers from Amsterdam UMC and UMC Utrecht jointly developed a multifaceted intervention to improve the recognition and treatment of urinary tract infections (UTIs) in frail older adults, resulting in a 50% reduction in antibiotic use for UTIs edu.nl/twt46
Researchers from Princess Máxima Centre, @hetWKZ and UMC Utrecht have taken a first step towards a new DNA test to allow a faster and more accurate diagnosis of fungal infections in children with #leukaemia or after a stem cell transplant. Read more 👉edu.nl/tmmed
We offer a PhD-student position at Center for Translational Immunology in a collaboration with Universiteit Leiden. You will address long standing fundamental questions on inhibitory immune receptor: ligand interactions to develop inhibitory receptor agonists. More info here: edu.nl/ap9kf
PhD research by Suus Bongers at UMC Utrecht shows after severe #trauma an increase of CD16 #neutrophils (strong bacterial killing ability), followed by a shift to CD62L neutrophils (lower antibacterial ability, but more regulatory function) Read more: edu.nl/h7em4
We congratulate Helen Leavis with her appointment as professor of Clinical Immunology at Utrecht University and UMC Utrecht. She will focus on care and scientific research of adults with immune deficiencies and (rare) immune-mediated inflammatory diseases More👉edu.nl/eweep
Although the #HIV reservoir in blood declines over time during ART, low levels of a viral reservoir remain present. In the brain, an HIV reservoir capable of replicating was found in #microglia, said Marieke Nühn at UMC Utrecht in her #phdresearch More 👉edu.nl/kf3xw