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Reflecting on 30 years of research and paradigm shifts around the major house dust mite allergen

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Der p 1, a cysteine protease from the house dust mite that can cause allergy, was the very first allergen to be identified by biologists.
September 27, 2018   In Our News  

LIH publishes its Annual Report 2017

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LIH is pleased to present its Annual Report 2017. New leadership, strategic reorientation, important project starts, scientific discoveries…
September 19, 2018   In Our News  

ATTRACT fellow Dr Johannes Meiser: setting up a new research group to study cancer metabolism

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On 1st September 2018, LIH welcomed Dr Johannes Meiser as new junior group leader.
September 11, 2018   In Our News  

LIH PhD candidate made 39 inspiring encounters at the 2018 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

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Meeting a Nobel laureate is special. Seeing dozens of them at once is stunning …and only possible at the yearly Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau, Germany.
August 13, 2018   In Our News  

Outstanding PhD findings: actin remodelling drives tumour cell immune evasion

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Antoun Al Absi has carried out a four-year PhD project at LIH studying the role of the actin cytoskeleton in breast cancer cell resistance to NK cells.
August 10, 2018   In Our News  

Lecture series in biomedical research: stimulating closing lecture on entrepreneurship

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The LIH lecture series “Biomedical Research: from discovery to patients” was closed with an inspiring session on entrepreneurship on 29th June 2018.
July 18, 2018   In Our News  

CARES, a new research project on sexually transmitted diseases treatment in Africa

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On 28th June 2018, the Minister of Cooperation and Humanitarian Action, Mr Romain Schneider, signed an agreement with LIH for an operational research programme.
July 12, 2018   In Our News  

“Espoir en tête” donation for brain research from the Rotary Club Luxembourg

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For the sixth time, the Rotary Club Luxembourg gave donations for brain research in the framework of its initiative “Espoir-en-tête”.
July 10, 2018   In Our News  

LIH’s science communication ingenuity applauded at the European Communication Summit

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From 13th to 14th June 2018, professionals in communication from all over Europe gathered at the European Communication Summit (ECS) in Berlin, Germany.
June 21, 2018   In Our News  

LIH researcher receives medal in Japan for excellent contributions to research on intestinal microbiology

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Prof Mahesh Desai, Principal Investigator, has been honoured with the “Dr Tissier’s medal” by the Japanese Bifidus Foundation.
June 18, 2018   In Our News  

How do the tiny friends and foes in our intestine communicate with us?

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A high-profile review published by LIH researchers sheds more light on this question: How does the gut microbiome interact with our intestinal mucosal barrier
June 15, 2018   In Our News  

A new treatment against river blindness: LIH contributed to clinical trials for moxidectin

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LIH’s Competence Centre for Methodology and Statistics has been involved in the Phase III trial of a new drug against the parasitic disease onchocerciasis.
June 12, 2018   In Our News  

Highlight of LIH’s Biomedical Research Lecture Series: Personalised medicine with patient involvement

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Since 2017, LIH’s Research Knowledge Transfer Office is running the Lecture series “Biomedical research – from discovery to patients”.
May 02, 2018   In Our News  

LIH develops artificial antibodies that boost immune defences against cancer

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Researchers from LIH have developed innovative artificial antibodies for cancer immunotherapy.
April 23, 2018   In Our News  

State visit: LIH was part of the Luxembourg delegation in France

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From 19th to 21st March 2018, Their Royal Highnesses the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Luxembourg were invited to France for a state visit.
April 18, 2018   In Our News  

Efficient control of leukaemia with treatment by dual immune-checkpoint blockade

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Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) is a haematological malignancy that originates in the blood-forming cells of the bone marrow.
April 17, 2018   In Our News  

Associating frailty to cardiovascular disease and mortality

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Frailty is common in elderly people with cardiovascular disease and goes along with elevated mortality.
April 09, 2018   In Our News  

Funding from Lions Club Luxembourg for a research project on lung cancer

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Dr Victoria El Khoury and Prof Rolf Bjerkvig from LIH's Department of Oncology were granted funding by “Action LIONS Vaincre le Cancer”.
April 06, 2018   In Our News  

LIH researchers report the current knowledge on immune-metabolism in two prestigious reviews

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The Experimental and Molecular Immunology research group at LIH’s Department of Infection and Immunity recently issued two review articles in Cell press.
April 05, 2018   In Our News  

Creation of LuxGen: a sequencing centre for Luxembourg

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To accelerate biomedical research in Luxembourg, LIH and the “Laboratoire national de santé” (LNS) teamed up to create LuxGen, a national sequencing centre.
March 28, 2018   In Our News