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A new method enables Erasmus MC to detect the stress hormone cortisol in hair. This allows you to look back months – or with long hair, years – in time. A bit of stress is good for a person. If you have to sit an exam for example, stress gives you a better memory beforehand. […]

Looking at both tumor and patient. “In tailored therapy the focus must lie on the tumor and on the patient,” says professor Ron Mathijssen of Erasmus MC Cancer Institute. “It is the knowledge of both that will make the therapy more effective.” The professor of Individualized Oncological Pharmacotherapy emphasizes: “We can increase the effectiveness of […]

A breakthrough under reservation In 2014 researchers of the department of Hematology unraveled a very serious form of acute myeloid leukemia and published about it in Cell. A breakthrough, says research leader professor Ruud Delwel, although he does warn against too much optimism. What is so special about the discovery? Professor of Molecular Leukemogenesis Ruud […]

Clarify mechanisms and develop therapies that will become the standard worldwide. That is what the Department of Internal Oncology of Erasmus MC Cancer Institute did for several types of cancer. An interview with department head Stefan Sleijfer. “The concept of tailored therapy, or personalized medicine, is used so much nowadays that we almost forget that […]

‘If this disease occurred in the Western world, there would already be a cure’ Insufficient knowledge of the tropical infectious disease Mycetoma is hindering an effective treatment. Thanks to the official status of ‘neglected disease,’ this might now change. A quarter of Mycetoma patients need to have their foot amputated. Yet there is little scientific […]

“The safe learning environment we offer here, eventually leads to safer care. Safety squared, we call it.” So says Madelon Panman. She is manager of the SkillsLab at Erasmus MC. The SkillsLab is intended for three groups. First of all doctors who are in training for a surgical specialism. They train basic skills there, like […]

The chances of a healthy baby are not equal for everyone. Lifestyle, but also the social circumstances of the parents – such as poverty – play an important part. This was shown by a study at Erasmus MC and led to a prevention program that caught on. When Eric Steegers came to work in Rotterdam […]

Thijs Spigt, Director of the Technology Transfer Office (TTO) of Erasmus MC, warns against too much openness: “On a global scale we all miss out on many billions.” Spigt: “Many scientists are very willing to share their knowledge. But if you share too much, the chances are your discoveries can no longer be protected, for […]