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Many people aged 75 or older, including those in nursing and care homes and hospitals, receive inappropriate treatment. This is the research subject of Prof. Anne Spinewine, who on 12 December 2017 received the AstraZeneca Foundation’s Healthy Ageing Award. Prof. Anne Spinewine is the head of...

Antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains are multiplying. To forestall a serious public health problem, new molecules must be developed. At the de Duve Institute, Jean-François Collet and his team made a discovery, published in PloS Biology, that could disarm antibiotic-resistant bacteria. We...

Prof. Pierre Sonveaux and his team at the UCL Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research (IREC) identified a new molecule that can prevent metastasis. Three years ago, he had confirmed a first molecule via tests on mice. Thus the team has doubled the chance of finding a treatment that...

On 24 November, Xylowatt will begin operating a gas generator at CHU UCL Namur. Fuelled by biomass, it will supply the hospital with heat and electricity. This is a direct consequence of 20 years of research at the Louvain School of Engineering. When it came time in 2001 to christen the young...