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First report on lung cancer care in Luxembourg

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In Luxembourg, lung cancer accounts for 22% of all cancer deaths.
April 03, 2019   In Our News  

Antoun Al Absi awarded for his excellent PhD thesis by the Strasbourg Society of Biology

On 22nd March 2019, Dr Antoun Al Absi, was handed a prize for his outstanding PhD thesis by the “Société de Biologie de Strasbourg”
April 01, 2019   In Our News  

New triennial report on perinatal health

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On 1st March 2019, the Ministry of Health and LIH published the latest report on national perinatal health.
March 12, 2019   In Our News  

First Phase I clinical study conducted in Luxembourg

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For the first time, the Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg (CHL) is taking part in a Phase I international clinical trial, involving as well LIH.
February 26, 2019   In Our News  

How the immune system “thinks” with acetylcholine

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T cells produce acetylcholine, classically known as a neurotransmitter in the brain, to be able to fight off viral infections.
February 25, 2019   In Our News  

Revision of consensus on biomarkers of alcohol consumption in hair

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International experts in hair analysis gathered in Rome from 8th to 10th February 2019 in a meeting organised by the Society of Hair Testing (SoHT).
February 14, 2019   In Our News  

Launch of new LIH lecture series on e-health

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A brand new thematic lecture series is organised at LIH by the Department of Population Health.
February 06, 2019   In Our News  

Launch of a large health survey with Luxembourg residents

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On 21st January 2019, the Ministry of Health announced the launch of a nationwide survey that will be conducted with LIH’s Department of Population Health.
January 24, 2019   In Our News  

Reprogramming the tumour immune landscape: new project funded by Cancer Foundation and FNR

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The Luxembourg Cancer Foundation “Fondation Cancer” and the Luxembourg National Research Fund are jointly funding a research project on cancer immunotherapy.
January 21, 2019   In Our News  

Supporting cancer research: Legs Kanning Prize awarded to Dr Jérôme Paggetti

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On 10th January 2019, Dr Jérome Paggetti, Principal Investigator at LIH, received the Legs Kanning Prize from the association Action Lions Vaincre le Cancer.
January 16, 2019   In Our News  

New hope for fish allergy sufferers: ray consumption can be safe

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Fish allergy is one of the most dangerous food allergies as it can cause potentially life-threatening symptoms such as anaphylactic shock.
January 11, 2019   In Our News  

Presenting TNF signalling: 19 ligands, 29 receptors, multiple effects in health and disease

tnf signalling, tumour necrosis factor, dirk brenner, catherine dostert, melanie grusdat
What did we learn over the past 30 years and what is our present knowledge on cell signalling involving the key pro-inflammatory cytokine TNF?
December 20, 2018   In Our News  

FNR CORE funding - three LIH research projects will tackle disease mechanism and treatment

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The Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) finances multi-annual thematic research programs with its central funding instrument CORE.
December 19, 2018   In Our News  

Natural Killer cells in the spotlight - NK meeting 2019 taking place in Luxembourg

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The 18th edition of the NK meeting dedicated to research on Natural Killer cells will be organised from 30th September to 3rd October 2019 in Luxembourg.
December 18, 2018   In Our News  

Connecting the public with science at the Researchers’ Days

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At this year’s edition of the Researchers’ Days on 30th November and 1st December 2018, around 6,500 visitors came to the Rockhal in Esch-sur-Alzette .
December 14, 2018   In Our News  

Pump Prime Fund Awardees announced at the PMC Retreat 2018

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On 10th December 2018, Luxembourg’s researchers and clinicians gathered at the 8th edition of the annual retreat of the Personalised Medicine Consortium (PMC).
December 12, 2018   In Our News  

Who is ‘at steak’? New detection method developed for red meat allergy

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With substantial involvement of LIH, a German-Luxembourgish research team has developed a new test for a rare allergy related to red meat consumption.
December 05, 2018   In Our News  

Prof Dirk Brenner receives STS Science Award 2018 for his immunometabolism research

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Prof Dirk Brenner, Principal Investigator at LIH, was honoured with the Science Award 2018 by the Signal Transduction Society (STS).
December 03, 2018   In Our News  

Microglia react distinctively during inflammation

microglia, alessandro michelucci, carole sousa, inflammation, cns
LIH researchers conducted a pioneering study to unravel the genetic programs that are triggered upon inflammation in microglia.
November 27, 2018   In Our News  

National PhD Welcome Day 2018: Integrating Luxembourg’s young researchers

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On 22nd November 2018, the third edition of the National PhD Welcome Day gathered over 110 doctoral candidates who recently started their PhD in Luxembourg.
November 26, 2018   In Our News