Cardiovascular Tissue Regeneration
We focus on advanced heart failure and associated complications, including kidney disease and failing blood vessels.
Cilium and kidney disease
My inspiration grows from understanding how a gene works. Read about the reserach in Rachel Giles’group. Cilia are hair-like organelles present on almost every cell type in our bodies. They…
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Chronic kidney disease
Tackling chronic kidney disease. Read about the research in Marianne Verhaar’s group. Chronic kidney disease is a major burden for patients. In the department of Nephrology and Hypertension, we see…
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microRNAs and heart disease
What signaling mechanisms are important in heart disease? Read about the research from Eva van Rooij’s group. A major challenge in the field of cardiovascular biology is to decipher…
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Heart failure
Heart failure is a clinical problem with high societal relevance. Research in the group of Professor Pieter Doevendans at the UMC Utrecht tries to use stem cells to optimize the treatment…
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