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March 22, 2018
Environment
What killed the saiga antelopes?
In 2015, in Kazakhstan, nearly 200,000 saiga antelopes died in less than a month. A multidisciplinary and international team of researchers investigated this mysterious hecatomb.
The saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica) is an emblematic species. And not only because of its funny snout! It’s also...
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January 16, 2018
Health
Aggressive leukaemia
The Belgian federal government supports fundamental research by conferring Quinquennial Awards to two Belgian researchers. This year, the francophone winner was Stefan Constantinescu, a University of Louvain professor and member of both the UCL de Duve Institute and the Brussels Branch of the...
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January 09, 2018
Health
Promoting appropriate prescriptions for the elderly
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...
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December 19, 2017
Health
Weakening the defences of bacteria
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.
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December 19, 2017
Health
A new molecule for preventing metastasis
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...
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