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Researchers of Amsterdam UMC show that in the long-term the drug imatinib reduces mortality of patients with severe COVID-19 by 50%.
Rogier Sanders explained the possible implications of the omikron variant for vaccines in an interview with Nieuwsuur.
Researchers Marta Bermejo-Jambrina and Julia Eder, under supervision of Theo Geijtenbeek, discovered that heparan sulphates are involved in infection with the coronavirus.
The safety and protection offered by various vaccines against COVID-19 is clear-cut in healthy individuals. But how well do SARS-Cov-2 vaccines protect people with a weakened immune response?
To study monoclonal antibody therapy against COVID-19 Joost Wiersinga and Godelieve de Bree will receive a 1.3 million euro grant by NWO and ZonMw.
An international collaboration, including researchers from Amsterdam UMC, has identified several host-specific genetic factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 severity.
The COVID-19 Biobank is set up with the aim to enable as much research as possible in patients with COVID-19. The biobank collects a.o. clinical data, DNA and blood samples from COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Amsterdam UMC.
To enhance internal coordination between all COVID-19 research activities, Amsterdam UMC have set up five COVID-19 expert groups, which report to the overarching COVID-19 Task Force Research.
Researchers from the Intensive Care Medicine and Physiology departments were the first in the world to show that diaphragm muscle fibers possess the required receptors for the corona virus and that virus particles invaded the diaphragm muscle fibers.
Researchers of the Vascular Medicine department were one of the first to publish about the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in COVID-19 patients.
International phase III trial targeting the complement system to treat severe COVID-19.
Translational COVID-19 research that has led to clinical application of imatinib with the potential of a global impact.
In the SWITCH-study four academic centers joined forces to investigate whether a second shot with Janssen, Pfizer or Moderna provide a better immune response against SARS-CoV-2.
This study investigates the impact of governmental regulations regarding the COVID-19 pandemic on mental and social health of children and adolescents.
Research on the impact of social isolation among vulnerable populations in the Netherlands.
Vulnerable elderly people are even more in social isolation than they were before the Covid-19-outbreak. The FindMyApps project has shifted its focus to the support required to help these people (learn to) use technological solutions such as video calling.
