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  • Deferring PCI Before TAVI Is Safe: New Evidence from PRO-TAVI Trial
    Deferring PCI Before TAVI Is Safe: New Evidence from PRO-TAVI Trial A major Dutch study, the PRO-TAVI trial, shows that skipping routine percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) before transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is just as safe as doing PCI first. This finding could change how doctors treat older patients with both aortic valve disease and coronary artery disease.
  • Work Visit Grant / Meliawati Poniman’s Research on HCV mRNA Vaccine  at Imperial College London
    Work Visit Grant / Meliawati Poniman’s Research on HCV mRNA Vaccine at Imperial College London The Amsterdam institute for Immunology and Infectious diseases (AI&I) is committed to supporting innovative research and fostering international collaboration. In 2025, the AI&I International Work Visit Grant enabled research technician Meliawati Poniman (Department of Medical Microbiology, Amsterdam UMC) to spend 3.5 months as a Visiting Researcher at Imperial College London, under the supervision of Prof. Robin Shattock.
  • Immune dysfunction linked to persistent post-COVID symptoms
    Immune dysfunction linked to persistent post-COVID symptoms In a study led by researchers from Amsterdam UMC and UMC Utrecht, antibodies from patients with post-COVID were found to trigger long-lasting symptoms in mice. The research builds on data and biological samples from the NMCB cohort, one of the cohorts within Amsterdam Cohort Hub.