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26 February 2018
Children with asthma have changed DNA
DNA of children with asthma shows epigenetic chemical changes. Fourteen locations on their blood cell DNA have now been identified as being ...
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05 February 2018
Machteld Hylkema receives grant from ZonMw on 3D-bioprinted airways: A new breath to replace animal models for lung disease research
COPD is characterized by inflammation, chronic mucus hypersecretion (CMH), extracellular matrix (ECM) changes and abnormal lung tissue repair, ...
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05 February 2018
Junior Investigator Grant for Maaike de Vries
Maaike de Vries, post-doctoral researcher of the department of Epidemiology of the UMCG received a junior investigator grant from the Lung ...
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07 November 2017
GRIAC patient advisory board in the spotlight
The GRIAC patient advisory board was highlighted recently in Pulmoscript, the official bulletin of the NVALT. GRIAC is pleased to see the increasing ...
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07 November 2017
GRIAC scientists pinpoint genetic risk factors for asthma, hay fever and eczema
A major international study has pinpointed more than 100 genetic risk factors that explain why some people suffer from asthma, hay fever and ...
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07 November 2017
Dirkje Postma presents the Sadoul Lecture at ERS 2017
At the annual meeting of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) in Milan, Dirkje Postma presented the Sadoul lecture entitled “Airway ...
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07 November 2017
Sietske van der Leest received Avril McDonald Prize
Sietske van der Leest, graduate student at the Center of Home Mechanical Ventilation at the University Medical Center in Groningen, received the ...
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07 November 2017
GRIAC successful at Stichting Astmabestrijding (SAB) grant round June 2017
In the grant round of the Stichting Astmabestrijding (SAB), GRIAC was very successful and was awarded three research grants: Irene Heijink will ...
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07 November 2017
GRIAC successful at Longfonds consortium grant round 2017
At the annual consortia grant round of the Longfonds, 2 projects for which GRIAC is coordinator were granted. Dirk-Jan Slebos will, in collaboration ...
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07 November 2017
Dorien van Ginkel received best presentation prize at EAACI
Dorien van Ginkel was awarded at the annual conference of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) in Helsinki. Dorien works ...