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Stress affects many systems in our body and biologists Marcel Schaaf and Erin Faught at Radboud University are figuring out how that works. A recent study by them showed how stress changes behavior by using two different receptors. Previously they unraveled how stress can have positive effects on the immune system.

An observational study of 103 patients suggests that an innovative, lidocaine-based treatment reduced Long COVID symptoms. Eighty per cent of participants reported an improvement in quality of life. Physicians at Excellent Care Clinics had their data analysed for this purpose by researchers at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Amsterdam UMC.

Hilhorst focuses on the cardiovascular domain, specifically on blood vessels. What if new medical treatments could be tested entirely on a computer-without involving a single human or animal? With his PhD research, Pjotr Hilhorst is taking the first step in that direction. The TU/e researcher develops computer models and uses data from "virtual patients" to improve medical diagnostics and predict the effectiveness of procedures and medications.

A cat is not a small dog and a sheep works differently than a goat. At the Pharmacy of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, they know that no animal is the same and therefore every animal reacts differently to medication. The pharmacy provides customization, but the future lies with personalized medicine.

Sophie Adelaars researches sweat and saliva testing as an alternative to blood sampling. What if we could monitor patients in the future without taking blood samples every time? TU/e researcher Sophie Adelaars investigated a promising alternative: measuring biomarkers in sweat and saliva. This week, she defended her thesis at the Department of Electrical Engineering.

Study into combining microbubbles and radioactive microspheres for more accuracy and effectiveness  Primary liver tumors are among the most common cancers worldwide. Unfortunately, only 10-20% of patients can undergo potentially curative treatments like surgery or transplantation. For most patients, the options are palliative treatments, such as radioembolization (RE).

TU/e scientists collaborate on a method to protect insulin-producing cells. Scientists at Eindhoven University of Technology, among others, have developed a promising method to protect the cells in the pancreas that produce insulin - the beta cells - from damage related to type 2 diabetes. This method was recently published in the journal Nature Communications.

For patients born with a congenital genetic kidney disease, finding treatment is often difficult. The complex structure of the kidney tubules makes it difficult to research to find solutions for this. Through close collaboration between researchers from the Radboudumc and the University of Twente (Technical Medical Centre) and with the help of a grant from the TURBO program, treatment for these patients can get closer.