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January 28, 2019
Health
South Africa: successful treatment of...
In 2006, South Africa experienced an tuberculosis epidemic that still leaves traces today. WHO quickly put in place recommendations to eradicate the disease. Dr Anandi Martin, a microbiologist at UCLouvain, was invited by WHO in November to visit the country and take stock of the...
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January 25, 2019
Society
Opening Brussels to everyone
Since 2016, Metrolab, a collective project coordinated by UCLouvain sociologist Mathieu Berger, has analysed our capital from the inside. Funded by European ERDF policy, this ambitious experiment engages UCLouvain and ULB in a unique applied urban research collaboration. Their recent...
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January 15, 2019
Environment
A new Belgian flora blooms
In the Flore écologique de Belgique (‘Ecological Flora of Belgium’), which uses current species classification, vegetation and ecological criteria-based identification keys, and simplified technical terms, Prof. Anne-Laure Jacquemart and Assistant Charlotte Descamps, of UCLouvain’s Faculty...
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December 18, 2018
Health
Teeth for the spinal cord
Using dental stem cells to treat spinal cord injuries: that’s what Prof. Anne des Rieux, a researcher at UCLouvain's Louvain Drug Research Institute (LDRI), has initiated. This week, she presents the progress of her group’s research at the Bioregate Forum in France, a forum that brings together...
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December 06, 2018
Health
Half a million for vascular abnormalities
On Thursday 6 December the King Baudouin Foundation presented to Prof. Miikka Vikkula of the UCLouvain de Duve Institute the €500,000 Generet Award for Rare Diseases for his research on genetic vascular abnormalities.
Such a sum is rarely allocated for research on rare diseases. The King...
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