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January 23, 2020
Preventing metastasis by stopping cancer cells from...
Press release - UCLouvain research
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Olivier Feron, a UCLouvain researcher, studies how cancer spreads through the body via metastasis
His major discovery was that cancer cells multiply by using lipids as food. His...
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December 16, 2019
Immunotherapy: a promising alternative
Press release - UCLouvain research
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Since 2004, Sophie Lucas, a researcher at the UCLouvain de Duve Institute, has been studying the immune responses that cancer patients can develop against their own tumour
She is...
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November 18, 2019
UCLouvain connects our smartphones to the Internet
Press release - UCLouvain Research
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1 in 8 smartphones in the world uses a UCLouvain technology
It combines separate Internet access networks, fixed and mobile, to allow a stable (uninterrupted), fast and secure connection
Practical...
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November 06, 2019
UCLouvain makes the heart of Mars speak
Press release - UCLouvain research
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Exploring the heart (core) of Mars will elucidate the red planet’s evolution and thus determine whether life would be possible in the future
In 2020 the ExoMars mission will send a platform with the LaRa, a...
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November 06, 2019
132 grams to communicate with Mars
Press release - UCLouvain research
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On behalf of the ESA, UCLouvain has developed antennas for the LaRa instrument that will go to Mars in 2020 to study the red planet’s habitability.
From concept to creation, the antennas were manufactured in...
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