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Grasping the regenerative capacity of the zebrafish heart at a systems level

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The zebrafish is a key model system for vertebrate tissue regeneration after injury.
June 02, 2016   In Our News  

LIH hosted a COST PhD school

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From 25th to 27th April 2016, Dr Chantal Snoeck from the Department of Infection and Immunity organised a PhD school at LIH.
May 19, 2016   In Our News  

LIH contributed to large-scale studies on worldwide obesity and diabetes estimations

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LIH’s Department of Population Health contributed to two major worldwide public health studies that led to high-impact publications in “The Lancet”.
May 18, 2016   In Our News  

HuMiX, an in vitro model to study the human gut microbiome and immune system

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LIH’s Department of Infection and Immunity collaborated in a research project led by the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine.
May 12, 2016   In Our News  

Could chocolate prevent cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes?

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A new study conducted at LIH’s Department of Population Health appears to back up the adage that “a little of what you fancy does you good”.
May 03, 2016   In Our News  

Cancer Foundation supports study of brain tumour resistance to chemotherapy

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Luxembourg’s Cancer Foundation finances a new research project of the NorLux Neuro-Oncology Laboratory at LIH’s Department of Oncology.
May 02, 2016   In Our News  

Hypertension in Luxembourg’s population: not the same in the North than in the South

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Cardiovascular disease represents the main cause of death in Luxembourg, and hypertension is one of its modifiable risk factors.
April 28, 2016   In Our News  

Luxembourg seeks to recruit a Chair in Neuropathology

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Luxembourg is recruiting for a Chair in Neuropathology. This position is endowed with funding from the PEARL programme ...
April 27, 2016   In Our News  

Launch of ORISCAV-LUX 2 study to assess cardiovascular health in Luxembourg

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LIH’s Department of Population Health launched the second wave of the ORISCAV-LUX study.
April 11, 2016   In Our News  

NCER-PD - Meet Dany, our control person #100

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NCER-PD stands for National Centre of Excellence in Research on Parkinson’s Disease.
April 11, 2016   In Our News  

Multiple exposure of children to endocrine disruptors revealed by hair analysis

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Many chemicals contained in daily-used hygiene and cleaning products or used in agriculture can act as endocrine disruptors.
March 22, 2016   In Our News  

Early allergy diagnosis: LIH collaborates with an established clinical centre of excellence at the University of Southern Denmark

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Since last year, LIH’s Department of Infection and Immunity has established a strategic partnership with the Odense Research Centre for Anaphylaxis.
March 07, 2016   In Our News  

Sports medicine study: Motion control shoes decrease injury risk in regular leisure-time runners

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The Sports Medicine Research Laboratory at LIH’s Department of Population Health, in collaboration with the Movement Sciences Department ...
March 03, 2016   In Our News  

LIH’s cardiovascular research presented to the Business Club France-Luxembourg

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Dr Yvan Devaux, Associate Head of the Cardiovascular Research Unit, presented LIH and the research topics of his unit...
February 19, 2016   In Our News  

LIH teams up with Ayasdi to advance precision medicine research in cancer

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LIH is pleased to announce that it has teamed up with Ayasdi, a US company that provides advanced data analytics solutions to Fortune 500 companies.
February 09, 2016   In Our News  

Retrospective 2015: LIH’s achievements and major events

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2015 was an eventful and scientifically active year for LIH.
January 28, 2016   In Our News  

Health Economics and Evidence Synthesis - a new research unit at LIH

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Since July 2015, Prof Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala is head of the newly created Health Economics and Evidence Synthesis Research Unit (HEESRU).
January 28, 2016   In Our News  

The Cancer Foundation supports a research project from LIH

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Luxembourg’s Cancer Foundation (Fondation Cancer) funds a research project of LIH’s Department of Population Health.
January 21, 2016   In Our News  

Cardiometabolic risk factors prediction in youth: Body mass index is not enough…

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A recent article from LIH’s Department of Population Health, first authored by Dr Hanen Samouda, appeared in the international journal BMC Pediatrics.
January 18, 2016   In Our News  

PhD findings of Yue Zheng: An African medicinal plant inhibits HIV-1 entry into immune cells

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Beginning of December, Yue Zheng, who has been PhD candidate at LIH for four years, successfully defended her thesis.
January 13, 2016   In Our News