On Sunday, August 31, 2025, Vuelta a Utrecht will take place. This is a tour in Spanish spheres, on Dutch soil. A wonderful moment when the Netherlands Heart Institute team…
For this study, the UMCG (UMC Groningen) is asking for help from women who are carriers of the PLN gene mutation (p.(Arg14del) variant). With this research they want to learn…
Original article: Haghighi, 2006, PNAS A mutation in the human phospholamban gene, deleting arginine 14, results in lethal hereditary cardiomyopathy The first scientific article on the R14del mutation appeared in…
During the successful information afternoon in Sneek, on Saturday, January 25, 2025, our mobile blood bus was also present. The bus has been driving around the country since 2023 and…
The end of the year is approaching and that is a great time for reflection. At PLN Foundation, we look back again on a year in which we made breakthroughs…
Animal testing is a sensitive issue. Fifty years ago, we placed less value on animal life than we do today. Today, we therefore view the use of animals for laboratory…
Wednesday, October 24, Pieter graduated from his Patient Expert course. The last four days of this course took place in Madrid, where about eighty-five students from around the world gathered…
On October 1, 2024, the Dutch Association of (Bio)Medical Laboratory Staff (NVML) organized the Congress "The Beating Heart" at the Eenhoorn in Amersfoort, the Netherlands. The congress focused on the…
Extremely high prices, exclusive rights to a drug and promoting drugs to doctors. 'Big Pharma,' as the collective name for the big companies in the pharmaceutical industry, gets a lot…
Commissioned by UMC Utrecht, director Max Baggerman and producer Room for Film, are making a documentary. This documentary is about treatment options for people with PLN. Very specifically, research is…
