News for presse
May 10, 2022
Blocking spike captors to counter Covid
UCLouvain Research
In brief:
It’s a very promising world first! Scientists at University of Louvain (UCLouvain) have managed to identify the key that allows the Covid virus to attack cells
Better still, they have also managed to close the lock to...
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March 15, 2022
To prevent human breast cancer recurrence and metastasis
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Scientists at University of Louvain (UCLouvain) have succeeded in preventing the recurrence and spreading of a human breast cancer in mice, in conditions very similar to clinical practice, thanks to a new drug (the molecule MitoQ)
What...
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January 24, 2022
UCLouvain team discovers link between sugar metabolism...
Press release - Research UCLouvain
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Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, but we still do not understand why this disease occurs.
Scientists from the UCLouvain de Duve Institute have discovered a new type of...
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July 29, 2021
The soft spaghetti of proteins
IN BRIEF:
University of Louvain (UCLouvain) scientists have identified destructured segments, still unexplored to date, in proteins necessary for the life of bacteria
The result? These segments, shaped like soft spaghetti, are essential for the life...
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June 11, 2021
An Omega-3 that’s poison for tumours
Press release - UCLouvain research
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3D tumours that disintegrate within a few days thanks to the action of a well-known Omega-3 (DHA, found mainly in fish) – this is the exceptional discovery by University of Louvain (UCLouvain) researchers,...
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