Basic (bio-) Medical Sciences Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Basic and applied biomedical research, and biomedical science-based higher education.
Basic and applied biomedical research, and biomedical science-based higher education.
Our team wants to find ways to generate new insulin-producing, glucose-regulated "beta" cells that can be used for transplantation in diabetes patients and ways to regenerate beta cells in the pancreas. We study rodent experimental models as well as human cells. The first aim is based on tissue engineering starting from: 1. Exocrine pancreatic cells: reprogramming of adult exocrine cells to endocrine cells, or transdifferentiation in culture. ...
Diabetes is increasing worldwide. There is currently no curative treatment available, but strict monitoring of sugar levels and care can help significantly reduce the discomfort and the effects of the disease. At the Diabetes Clinic patients are welcomed and treated every day by an extensive team of specialists, including diabetologists, diabetes educators, dieticians, psychologists and administrative staff.
The multidisciplinary ...
The EXPA research group brings together the clinical-pathological expertise of Prof. Ramses Forsyth and the more fundamental histopathologically oriented expertise of Prof. Peter in't Veld, thereby restoring the traditional interaction between a clinical UZ department and the Faculty in this (translational) biomedical research important domain. It will serve not only as a core facility for histopathology, but also as a platform for developing ...
The department URVO houses the research units gynaecology, obstetrics and urology, which have as main research topics the following: 1. Gynaecology (J.J. Amy, Ph. De Sutter): - Chromosomal deviations in ovarial tumours; - Imaging of the cervix in the screening and prevention of cervical (pre-)cancer (e.g. cervicography); - Development of laparoscopy in gynaecological oncologic surgery; - Clinical trials on hormonal replacement therapy in ...
Endocrinology: The ovaries and other reproductive organs are in continuous interaction with the pituitary and the thyroid. The interplay may account for infertility occurring at different levels and may render the diagnosis difficult. Thyroid disorders, both hyperthyroidism and hypthyroidism, can interact with the ovaries, through a direct effect on the and indirect through alterations of the SHBG levels, the PRL levels and the coagulation ...
The department INTG does clinical research concerning pathogenesis, diagnostical and therapeutical interventions in the domain of internal medicine, nephrology, onco-hematology, endocrinology-diabetes, cardiology, geriatry, neurology and pneumology.
The department of Pathologic Biochemistry and Physiology is responsible for (post)graduate teaching in this field. It also plays a co-ordinating role in the organisation of courses and training in medical research. Within its own laboratories, the department offers training to Master and Ph.D. students in research projects in the field of diabetes. The research activities are undertaken within the broader framework of the Diabetes Research ...
The department is responsible for graduate teaching in Pathologic Anatomy and (post)graduate training in Experimental Pathology. The goal is to train (bio)medical students and graduates in projects which address questions in Tissue and Cell Pathology. Technical expertise is mainly in the areas of histology, immunocytochemistry, mechanisms of cell death and regeneration, in situ hybridisation, electron microscopy. Issues in surgical pathology ...