No more dry eyes and painful joints
Earlier this year, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) awarded a grant to the research group of Prof. Henny van der Mei. The grant enabled her research group to study a common complaint among the elderly: dry eyes and painful joints.
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