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New treatment for rare diseases

A fundamental research discovery is leading to treatments for rare diseases affecting the immune system. Patients around the world are being treated thanks to this success story authored by researchers at the UCLouvain de Duve Institute. Neutrophils are white blood cells that play a...
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Health

‘Bacterial soldiers’ against tuberculosis?

While everyone is watching COVID-19, another lung infection continues to take its toll: tuberculosis. Dr Anandi Martin, a visiting researcher at UCLouvain, is interested in bacteriocins. These bacterial ‘soldiers’ could act in place of or in addition to the antibiotics to which tuberculosis...
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Health

Broad spectrum antivirals: a complicated mission … but...

Between their parasitic activity and ability to mutate, viruses are difficult to target effectively with antivirals. But scientists aren’t giving up. The team of Thomas Michiels (de Duve Institute) is on a promising track to develop a broad-spectrum antiviral. When a bacteria infects us...
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Environment & Technology

Decarbonising our planet with ammonia

Green energy, yes, but on the condition that we can use it when we need it! Current research in the field is all about green energy storage and delivery. At UCLouvain, Francesco Contino is exploring the possibility of storing electricity in the form of ammonia. ‘To meet climate and...
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Technologie

‘All-organic’ batteries for sustainable mass storage

Conventional batteries aren’t a sustainable solution for our planet. Prof. Alexandru Vlad is currently working on an alternative for storing energy: all-organic batteries. Today’s all-electronic devices use lithium-ion batteries. Their production consumes a lot of energy owing to their...
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