3 questions to… Querijn van Bokhorst: Improving quality of colonoscopyA colonoscopy plays a crucial role in preventing colorectal cancer. But how can we make the procedure safer, more accurate and more comfortable for patients? We asked CCA researcher Querijn van Bokhorst hree questions about his research.
Largest genetic study on Alzheimer’s identifies 48 new risk lociA large-scale international study, led by Danielle Posthuma and carried out by Douglas Wightman and Emil Uffelmann from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, resulted in the identification of 127 regions in human DNA associated with the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, 48 of which had not previously been mapped in this context. Their findings provide researchers with a deeper understanding of the biological processes that contribute to the onset of the disease and may aid in the development of new therapies.
NWO Open Competition grant for Vivian de Waard and Ingrid van der Pluijm: restoring the energy supply of the vessel wallDr. Vivian de Waard (Amsterdam UMC) and Dr. Ingrid van der Pluijm (Erasmus MC) have received an NWO Open Competition Domain Science-M grant for their project RESTORE-MITO. With the grant, they will investigate whether mitochondrial dysfunction in vessel wall cells is a shared mechanism across genetic forms of thoracic aortic aneurysm, and how it might be reversed.
