VUB-KUL researcher develops mouse model to study tumour development as well as interaction with the immune system and metastasis of ovarian cancer cells. For her PhD at VUB and KULeuven, Aarushi Caro, also at VIB, created a kind of systematics for dentritic cells, a special group of immune cells in the fight against cancer.

VUB researcher at the forefront of the fight against neurodegenerative diseases . BRUSSELS - An international consortium has achieved a major breakthrough in the diagnosis of neurological diseases.

How can we better understand and measure the quality of life of children living with life-limiting or life-saving conditions? While research on this topic exists, it too often excludes the very individuals most affected: the children themselves, a group frequently considered "too vulnerable" to participate ( Namisango et al.

New research reveals that, in space, certain heart muscles are put to the test by weightlessness. In just a few months, they atrophy. The consequences of this process, which takes decades on Earth, on astronauts' health remain to be assessed. On a positive note, these results could advance our understanding of certain mechanisms behind mitral valve insufficiency. An article by Cyril Tordeur, Faculty of Human Motor Sciences, in The Conversation.

For many people, cancer treatment still means surgery, chemotherapy, or radiotherapy. But today, for a growing number of patients, treatment can involve something very different: their own immune cells.

VUB Data Analytics Lab solves mathematicians Ran and Teng's 2024 conjecture with commercial language model. VUB's Data Analytics Lab publishes new results showing that it is possible to develop original mathematical proofs using commercial language models.

BRUSSELS 03/03/2026 - An international team of scientists, led by researchers from the Free University of Brussels (VUB) and UZ Brussel, has made a major breakthrough in the study of how our bodies maintain healthy blood sugar levels.

"We want our models to understand the underlying structure of tables, just like humans do". The growing volume of reports, invoices, scientific publications and other business documents increasingly challenges companies and institutions to process information quickly and reliably.

An international team of scientists has just demonstrated that major Himalayan earthquakes occur randomly over the long term, with no predictable pattern. Published in Science Advances, the study is based on the analysis of sediment cores taken from the bottom of Nepalese lakes, reconstructing 6,000 years of seismic activity. For the 50 million inhabitants of the Himalayan arc and, more broadly, for all the world's seismic regions, the results call for a rethink of risk management.