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Mar 27, 1957 Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands 67 years old
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About Hans Clevers
- Johannes Carolus (Hans) Clevers is Principal Investigator at the Hubrecht Institute for Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Research (KNAW) and the Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Professor of Molecular Genetics at the UMC Utrecht and Utrecht University, and Oncode Investigator.
- Clevers was the first to identify living stem cells in the intestine and is one of the world's leading researchers on adult stem cells, their role in cancer and their potential for regenerative therapy.By culturing living stem cells from the intestinal tract, he developed the first organoids: 3D-mini-organs that behave cellularly and molecularly like the organ the stem cell care derived from.
- Organoids can be grown from a large number of tissues and used to study the physiology and pathology of many human organs and to develop personalized treatments and new drugs.
