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3D-printed swabs “Made in UNamur”: less painful and equally effective for the molecular detection of SARS-CoV-2

New book release « Introduction à l'éthique de la santé publique » by Prof. Laurent Ravez

Cell biologist Prof. Henri-François Renard awarded a "Francqui Start-up Grant" of 200.000 EUR

SANA (SARS-CoV-2 NAmur): alternative methods for diagnosing Covid-19 based on RT-qPCR or LAMP technology

The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 virus and the growth of COVID-19 cases confront the public health system to a major crisis. The diagnostic capacity is key to the monitoring of the epidemic. However, shortage of specific detection kit components or lack of robotic platforms are seriously impeding the diagnostic throughput in numerous countries.

Urgent research credits allocated by the FNRS for ongoing efforts in the fight against coronavirus

To mobilize researchers from the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles and help them contribute rapidly to responses to the coronavirus crisis, the Fund for Scientific Research-FNRS launched early April a “Special Coronavirus Call”.

NARILIS among key partners of INSPIRE, a European project that aims at sharing Proton Beam Therapy research

Proton beam therapy (PBT) is a new type of advanced radiotherapy capable of delivering a targeted dose of radiation to the tumor while causing minimal damage to the surrounding healthy tissue. In recent years there has been a huge investment in PBT across Europe and eleven countries now either have PBT in operation or are developing this capability. In addition, the two largest manufactures of PBT equipment (IBA and Varian) have based their manufacturing in Europe.

New collaboration between UNamur and Hôpitaux Iris Sud to support Covid-19 serology-based surveillance