Vaccines save millions of lives. Yet they don’t work equally well everywhere. Protection is often weakest precisely in the countries hardest hit by infectious diseases. A new publication shows how a lack of knowledge and data slows the development of better vaccines. HypoVax Global aims to change that by pooling data worldwide and enabling researchers to collaborate on equal footing.
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A driving force
LUMC strongly underpins the idea that ‘Science is the driving force behind innovative healthcare’. Outcomes of top level fundamental, translational and clinical research by LUMC researchers form a strong basis for innovative and qualitative healthcare on a national, European and international level.
A real game changer was the development of the Dutch national research agenda (NWA) in 2015. The agenda reveals the complexity of the issues challenging Dutch society today. These issues are clustered in so called routes. LUMC is involved in many of these routes and contributes this way to solving important societal challenges.