Radboudumc researchers Jeroen de Baaij and Felix Hol both receive an NWO Vidi grant for their research, respectively on magnesium deficiency in type 2 diabetes and on malaria.
The kidney in the picture: magnesium deficiencies due to genetic causes and diabetes
Physiologist Jeroen de Baaij receives a Vidi grant with which he will investigate how it is possible that some ten to thirty percent of people with type 2 diabetes develop magnesium deficiencies. This shortage occurs because the kidneys do not absorb magnesium and it leaves the body through the urine. With this grant De Baaij wants to develop cells in the lab that allow him to map what goes wrong in the absorption of magnesium, after which he can test it via animal experiments. With this knowledge he can test medications in order to find a treatment for this large group of patients. He will receive a grant of 800,000 euros.
Kidney Physiology 