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Insights into melanoma initiation offer new therapeutic opportunities
29 October 2018
Researchers from VIB and KU Leuven uncovered a key vulnerability of melanoma. While studying the role of the melanoma-specific long non-coding RNA SAMMSON in tumor initiation, they found that it boosts protein synthesis in different cellular compartments.
A protective role for progranulin in frontotemporal dementia and ALS
26 October 2018
In a recent study in Molecular Neurodegeneration, researchers from VIB-KU Leuven led by prof. Philip Van Damme, reveal neuroprotective effects of progranulin against TDP-43 accumulation and neurodegeneration.
Puzzling link between miRNAs and Alzheimer’s disease
26 October 2018
A team of scientists led by Bart De Strooper (VIB-KU Leuven) set out to identify small regulatory molecules called miRNAs that are involved in the development of Alzheimer’s disease.
Belgian researchers discover a novel method to block immunosuppression in cancer
25 October 2018
Belgian research groups from the UCLouvain and WELBIO, VIB and Ghent University, and the biotechnology company argenx elucidated the three-dimensional structure of an assembly of proteins operating on cells that dampen immune responses.
European scientists unite to safeguard precision breeding for sustainable agriculture
24 October 2018
Leading scientists representing more than 85 European plant and life sciences research centers and institutes have endorsed a position paper that urgently calls upon European policy makers to safeguard innovation in plant science and agriculture.
Our immune systems are incredibly diverse. How much of that diversity is due to our genes?
16 October 2018
Each of our immune systems acts differently. Environmental factors have an impact, but so do our genes. A team of researchers in Leuven went looking for links between more than 10 million genetic variations and more than 50 immunological traits.
Quickscan III
13 October 2018
VIB's scientific publications third quarter 2018
Scientists identify chromosomal instability as a novel predictive biomarker for cancer drug Avastin
10 October 2018
The study, led by researchers at RCSI and the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology in Belgium, is a further important step in the global effort to move towards a more personalised treatment approach for colorectal cancer patients
Making the right connections
2 October 2018
VIB-KU Leuven researchers have uncovered a new molecular interaction that governs the formation of specific functional connections between two types of neurons.
Expand your insights in BioBusiness
28 September 2018
Would you like to advance yourself and your career in the BioBusiness? Then join the first edition of the BioBusiness Winter Retreat from 11-13 December in Ghent and invest in your own development and professional career in Life Sciences.
Dawn of the single-cell era
22 September 2018
Novel technologies allow the genetic profiling of every single cell within a tissue sample, whole organ or even complete organism. This is quickly revolutionizing our knowledge of biological systems across distinct research fields.
The Single Cell Accelerator drives VIB to the forefront of single-cell research
22 September 2018
VIB was one of the earliest adopters of disruptive single-cell technologies. In April, the VIB ‘Single Cell Accelerator’ program was launched to aid access to multiple innovative single cell platforms & to foster technology development tools
Quickscan Single Cell
22 September 2018
Quickscan articles on Single Cell Technology
Creating the world’s first complete fruit fly ‘cell atlas’
22 September 2018
Stein Aerts (VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research) and his team have accomplished a world first: a gene expression map of every cell within the brain of an aging fly.
Zeroing in on drug-tolerant cancer cells
22 September 2018
Identifying new ways to treat cancer is all in a day’s work for Jean-Christophe Marine and his team at the VIB-KU Center for Cancer Biology.

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