Bio-marker set forms the basis for new blood test to detect colorectal cancer

01-Apr-2015 - Colorectal cancer is the third most common form of cancer globally and the second most common cause of cancer deaths. The chance of a cure is high if the cancer is detected early enough, but early detection is not a given. Researchers from VIB and KU Leuven - together with various European ...

New insights in survival strategies of bacteria

16-Sep-2014 - Bacteria are particularly ingenious when it comes to survival strategies. They often create a biofilm to protect themselves from a hostile environment, for example during treatment with antibiotics. A biofilm is a bacterial community that is surrounded by a protective slime capsule consisting of ...

VIB scientists present method to reduce error rate in detecting genomic variants by short-read sequencing

21-Dec-2011 - Despite advanced genome technologies, it remains a major challenge to identify small variations between the hereditary material (DNA) of different individuals. VIB scientists connected to the K.U.Leuven and the University of Antwerp describe in Nature Biotechnology a method that makes it possible ...

VIB and UGent researchers identify key mechanisms of cell division in plants

New technology can be applied to boost crop yields

12-Aug-2010 - Scientists from VIB and Ghent University have developed a technology that may contribute to the increase of crop yields in agriculture. The technology platform based on ‘Tandem Affinity Purification (TAP)’ was developed to map the basic machinery of cell division in plants much faster than ...

Flemish researchers provide the first experimental evidence of dynamic allostery in protein regulation

12-Jul-2010 - The brand-new Jean Jeener Bio-NMR Center at the VIB Department of Molecular and Cellular Interactions, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, has already played a role in a scientific breakthrough that made it into the journal Cell. Thanks to NMR technology, it is possible to determine the dynamic structure ...

New technique enables faster genetic diagnosis for hereditary diseases

11-Dec-2008 - VIB researchers connected to the University of Antwerp have developed a new method that enables them to track down the cause of hereditary diseases more quickly and efficiently. By means of this technique, genetic tests that take a long time today - such as screening for hereditary forms of ...

VIB and UZ-K.U.Leuven join forces and bring state-of-the-art technology to Flanders

Genome research can now be done 100 times faster

09-Nov-2007 - Flemish biotechnologists have a world-wide reputation for deciphering genetic code. In order to further strengthen this leading position, two Flemish research institutes are joining forces and bringing new technology to Flanders which will record DNA 100 times faster than current methods. This is ...

New test improves detection of liver cancer

09-Aug-2007 - VIB researchers connected to Ghent University, in collaboration with research centers in Beijing and Shanghai in China, have developed a test to detect liver cancer in an early stage. A small blood sample is the only requirement for the test. The new test enables accurate detection of liver ...

New technology makes clinical research more precise

13-Dec-2006 - The Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) and AlgoNomics have joined forces to develop a technology that verifies whether certain proteins induce an immune response in humans. The collaboration between VIB and AlgoNomics has yielded a biological test that supplements the ...

Poplar DNA code cracked new possibilities for sustainable energy

15-Sep-2006 - Sustainable or renewable energy in the form of bio-ethanol, for example can be produced for us by trees. Now, an international consortium, which includes researchers from the Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) at Ghent University, has succeeded in unraveling the first tree ...