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Myriagon wins Venture Challenge Fall 2025!
20 November 2025, The winner of the Venture Challenge Fall 2025 was announced at the Dutch Life Sciences Conference. We are proud to share that Myriagon has been selected as this year’s winner! Myriagon is developing a completely novel class of analgesics to help...
LUMC and KickstartAI develop the first AI model for faster and more consistent wound reporting
The Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and KickstartAI are taking an important step today toward reducing administrative tasks in healthcare. They are starting the development of the first AI model in the Netherlands that can automatically generate wound reports...
Cure One research center in Leiden to accelerate research into a cure for type 1 diabetes
Leiden, 14 November – Today, on World Diabetes Day, the new Cure One research center was officially opened by Peter Heijkoop, the mayor of Leiden. Cure One is an initiative of LUMC and Stichting DON. The center focuses on accelerating the development of a cure for...
Leiden researchers discover how a promising antibiotic works against intestinal infections
Researchers at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) have mapped the mechanism of action of a promising new antibiotic. Under a cryo-electron microscope, researchers Mia Urem et al. observed that the drug attaches to bacterial DNA with a kind of molecular hook. The...