Projects
The implementation of big data policing in the infrastructure of security services: towards an industrial Proof of Concept Ghent University
Prof Dr Wim Hardyns has conducted pioneering research into the use of big data and predictive analytics within the fields of security, making him one of Europe's foremost experts on big data policing. As evidence of his expertise, a big data policing model (a statistical script) has been built from scratch as part of different academic research projects into big data policing. This script includes data input pipelines, pre-processing, and ...
IOF Proof of concept project: Innervate 3D ultra-stretchable electronics low volume fabrication Hasselt University
In-vivo proof of concept of microbubbles based non-invasive dosimetry for radiotherapy treatment. KU Leuven
Cancer remains a major public health problem in the world which necessitates the need for further technological innovation towards effective treatment strategies. Next to surgery and chemotherapy, an important treatment option is radiotherapy in which tumor cells are destroyed by ionizing radiation. Although modern radio therapeutic treatment strategies have become very efficient by reducing radiation to adjacent (healthy) tissue whenever ...
Clinical proof of concept through a randomised phase II study: a combination of immunotherapy and stereotactic ablative radiotherapy as a curative treatment for limited metastatic lung cancer KU Leuven
IMMUNOSABR is geared towards opening up a new paradigm in treating metastatic cancer by obtaining clinical proof of concept for a novel bi-modal curative treatment strategy. High precision stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) is combined with immunotherapy to form a powerful synergistic anti-tumour strategy. The approach relies on the direct cytotoxic effect of SABR, the abscopal effect of radiation observed at distance from the ...
A proof of concept study for a novel mechanism of action to combat osteoporosis by inhibiting osteoclastogenesis Ghent University
Excessive bone resorption by osteoclasts can lead to disability as well in inflammation induced bone erosion such as Rheumatoïd Arthritis as in non-inflammation dependent bone diseases such as postmenopausal osteoporosis. We have shown that sialoadhesin has a role in osteoclastogenesis as its deficiency or blocking inhibits osteoclastogenesis ex vivo in mouse and human and in vivo in mice, either non-diseased or during arthritis. Based on ...
NEw opeN Strategy for impUrity suRveillance of commErcial microbial fermentation fooD products: Food supplements and vitamins as proof of concept Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Microbial fermentation products are massively used and consumed. Purity of these products is thus crucially important, especially in case of direct intake, as usually occurs for food supplements and vitamins. Currently, the industries are responsible for the quality of their commercialized microbial fermentation products. However, several unexpected impurities of biological origin, including ...
Role of mechanical strain in spondyloarthritis: a proof of concept study Ghent University
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Exploring the role of non-coding variation in inherited retinal dystrophies: NMNAT1 regulatory mutations as a proof of concept Ghent University
Inherited retinal dystrophies (RDs) are a major cause of early-onset blindness worldwide. The
currently known genetic defects account for ~50% of RD cases and are mostly located in the coding
portion of the genome. However, there is accumulating evidence that a large proportion of
mutations reside in non-protein-coding regions, the so-called “unk DNA” Thus far, several deepintronic
mutations have been ...