Amateur soccer players show acute elevations in blood biomarkers of neural damage after heading the ballFootball players who head the ball during an amateur soccer match show elevated levels of blood biomarkers associated with neural damage immediately after the game, potentially indicating acute brain injury. The more frequently a player heads the ball and the harder the impact, the more pronounced these temporary changes become. Blood levels return to normal within 24 to 48 hours. This is according to research by neuroscientists Marloes Hoppen, Marsh Königs, Jort Vijverberg, and colleagues at Amsterdam UMC in collaboration with the Royal Dutch Football Association.
Recap: AR&D Mini Symposium 2026On 22 April, more than 60 participants gathered for the AR&D Mini-Symposium “Beyond Survival: Realising Future Fertility for Prepubertal Boys” — a day dedicated to scientific, clinical, and ethical advances in fertility preservation for boys facing gonadotoxic treatments.
NWO awards Science-M grant for research towards fully functional human testicular organoidsThe NWO Science Board has approved twenty-one grant applications within the Open Competition Domain Science-M programme. Among the selected projects is Towards fully functional human testicular organoids, led by Prof. Dr. Ans van Pelt (AR&D-affiliate) and Prof. Dr. Ellen Goossens of Amsterdam UMC and Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
