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Despite progress in women's rights, gender inequalities persist in many areas, including healthcare.

A team of scientists led by researchers from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and the Flemish Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) has developed a new technology to precisely predict and monitor cancer patients' responses to immunotherapy. Immunotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that stimulates a patient's immune system to attack tumors.

Brussels, December 9, 2024 - Therapeutic mRNAs offer great potential as a versatile and precise tool against cancer and various other diseases.

With the help of a science-based smartphone app, psychotherapists and psychologists can now enhance their patients' treatment with interventions and assessments in everyday life.

Gene therapy uses safe viruses to fix or replace faulty genes, making it possible to correct the genetic cause of a disease - something that was not possible before.

Although the left-wing coalition of the New Popular Front won the early legislative elections in France this Sunday, the far-right, through the National Rally, nonetheless achieved the most significant breakthrough in its history.

The Belgian-led consortium consisting of groups from The Queen Astrid Military Hospital (QAMH), KU Leuven and the public health institute Sciensano recently made the cover of Nature Microbiology.

Crohn's disease, affecting approximately 2 million people around the world, manifests with intestinal inflammation and abdominal pain.

The Vrije Universiteit Brussel research group NEUR , the Neurology Department of the UZ Brussel and Professor Sebastiaan Engelborghs are taking part in an international research project led by Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands.

A team of engineers and physiotherapists from the Robotics and Multibody Mechanics laboratory (R&MM) and the research group Human Physiology and Sports Physiotherapy (MFYS) is busy preparing for the 2024 CYBATHLON.

The success rates in securing European funding demonstrate that the Vrije Universiteit Brussel is committed to research and innovation.

A team of researchers from the Spatial Epidemiology Lab ( SpELL ) of the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and the bclimate group of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) demonstrate in a new publication the contribution of climate change to the geographical expansion of West Nile virus in Europe.

VUB professor Claudia Spits, of the Reproduction and Genetics research group, has identified a genetic cause for the increased risk of low birth weight in babies born following assisted reproductive technologies such as IVF.

The World Health Organization reveals a sombre reality: cancer ranks as the world's second-leading cause of death.

Flemish Minister for Economy, Science and Innovation Jo Brouns has inaugurated a new research facility for innovative gene therapy at KU Leuven.

KU Leuven and the Danish BioInnovation Institute (BII) will jointly look for new therapeutic drugs for the gynecological disorder endometriosis over the next three years.