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Next step in corrosion prevention for cars
Nowadays new cars mainly consist of the very light metal aluminum and magnesium, which are not directly connected to corrosion. But that isn't quite right.
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VUB scientists can re-implant previously collected testicular tissue in men after cancer treatment
The VUB research group Biology of the Testis (BITE) of Prof. Ellen Goossens (together with UZ Brussel) will be the first worldwide to re-implant previously collected testicular tissue in men, who do not produce sperm cells as a result of cancer treatment at a young age.
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Start-up Esobiotec pursues affordable cancer immunotherapy
The VUB is an Urban Engaged University that is firmly committed to the fight against cancer through scientific research.
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eTheRNA announces research agreement with Merck to access mRNA technologies
eTheRNA immunotherapies announces the start of a strategic partnership with Merck with the signing of a Research Agreement. The partnership will investigate the application of eTheRNA’s proprietary mRNA design expertise and LNP-delivery platforms to disease areas selected by Merck.
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Brussels grants spin-off Axiles Bionics
VUB spin-off Axiles Bionics won the Innovative Starters Award 2021. With the Innovative Starters Award (ISA) programme, Innoviris annually supports ambitious start-ups & scale-ups that are striving for an effective strategic breakthrough. Axiles Bionics aims to deve...
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Interuniversity project uses light technology to detect and visualize cancer cells
Belgian and Polish world-renown experts and professors have teamed up in the project named “CHARMING”, an Excellence of Science project funded by the Research Foundation - Flanders that uses the latest light-based technologies to detect cancer in a very early stage.
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Get more out of your designs with new VUB spin-off weave.ly
Turn your designs into prototypes that are fully functional, deployable in the field and gather usability data for you … without writing a single line of code! Weave.ly enables companies to quickly create new digital products and validate their ideas before launching and thus before alloca...
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Job offer: spin-off coach
We are looking for a technology transfer officer focused on spin-off coaching.Read the job description here . Send your CV and motivation letter to hugo.loosvelt@vub.be before February 28.
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Share your expertise on alternative methods to animal testing
RE-Place is a scientific project coordinated by the VUB and Sciensano that aims to collect the available expertise on alternative methods to animal testing, also known as “New Approach Methodologies (NAMs)”, in one central database. Recently, an optimized version of the online to...
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Nanobodies to target Parkinson's disease
Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder, affecting more than 10 million people worldwide. This number is likely to increase as the population ages, and unfortunately there is no cure to date.
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