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Pharmacology - Chemistry - 22.08.2023

VUB chemist mimics natural protein to accelerate drug development
Professor Steven Ballet, head of the Organic Chemistry research group at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, has received the international Evotec Award for Excellence in Molecular Design from the French Société de Chimie Thérapeutique.

Pharmacology - Health - 14.07.2023

Health - Pharmacology - 27.04.2023

Clinnova to Launch Precision Medicine Initiative Across Europe
Inaugurating a new initiative to foster AI-driven precision medicine via data federation, standardisation, and interoperability.

Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 25.04.2022

EU funding for the development of technology towards a personalized treatment for depression

Pharmacology - Health - 17.03.2022

Health - Pharmacology - 09.02.2022

VUB Hematology and UZ Brussel win prizes
The Hematology-Immunology research group at VUB and the Hematology department UZ Brussel have received three awards for their research into better treatment of blood cancer.

Health - Pharmacology - 03.02.2022

Better communication should lead to more appropriate care for young cancer patients
"The goal is to improve communication between young cancer patients (between 10 and 18 years old), their parents and the medical staff, and thereby also optimise care," says Anne van Driessche, third

Health - Pharmacology - 03.02.2022

Researchers study partial failure of immunotherapy
The teams of VUB professors Bart Neyns, Sandra Tuyaerts and Karine Breckpot will join research groups from UCL, Bordet Institute and ULB in their search for factors that explain why current immunotherapies fail in all patients.

Health - Pharmacology - 01.02.2022

Helping cancer patients fulfil their desire to have children
Professors Michel De Vos and Ellen Anckaert work at UZ Brussel and are affiliated with VUB.

Health - Pharmacology - 31.01.2022

Pharmacology - Campus - 22.09.2021

Health - Pharmacology - 26.07.2021

Majority favour Covid vaccination
Flemish are more positive about vaccine than Walloons; half of non-vaccinated people do not want to be vaccinated The Vrije Universiteit Brussel and VUB spin-off iCense conducted a survey among Belgians to find out people's reasons for choosing to be vaccinated against Covid-19 or not.

Health - Pharmacology - 23.06.2021

ETheRNA and VUB expand strategic collaboration to engineer next generation mRNA therapeutics with TetraMix
Extension to proven TriMix adjuvant technology intended to boost dendritic cell activation eTheRNA immunotherapies NV ('eTheRNA', Niel, Belgium ), a clinical-stage company developing mRNA-based immun

Health - Pharmacology - 26.01.2021

Belgian initiative for AI lung scan analysis in fight against COVID-19 goes European
Icovid is being rolled out across Europe and is on the OECD shortlist for AI initiatives against current and future pandemics The Belgian initiative icovid, which supports radiologists in the assessm

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Pharmacology - Health - 01.12.2019

CRIG-researchers are granted 5 million euro by ’Kom op tegen Kanker’ 2019

Social Sciences - Pharmacology - 18.11.2019

Ghent University strengthens ties with ten top universities in China and signs six cooperation agreements

Pharmacology - 04.09.2019

Health - Pharmacology - 01.04.2019

Health - Pharmacology - 06.12.2018

Half a million for cardiovascular anomalies research
The first Generet Award, which was launched this year, has gone to Professor Miikka Vikkula (de Duve Institute - UCLouvain) for his research seeking a genetic explanation for vascular anomalies.