Health

How does our platform AnonyMine solve the problem of Data Anonymisation?

Would you like to reuse data for other studies, communicate on internal research, or just publish sensitive data? By becoming GDPR-compliant, our anonymisation platform AnonyMine, specialized in high-dimensional data such as clinical and microbiome, gives a second...

[ARTICLE] – How is microbiota involved in childhood mental illnesses such as ADHD and ASD? 

There is growing evidence that the gut and the brain are linked. First observation: mental illnesses are commonly associated with gastrointestinal disorders, patients with neurological diseases often experience constipation, abdominal pain, or diarrhoea. Second: the...

[ARTICLE] Long chain unsaturated fat is cytotoxic for cancer cells

Killing tumour cells by fatty indigestion: here is the strategy to fight cancer, explored by Belgian scientists from Louvain University. Their work, recently published in Cell Metabolism(1), provided many convincing arguments from in vitro and animal experiments. Not...

[WEBPAPER] Patient Reported Outcomes: how to develop it and why use it in clinical studies?

« On a scale of 1 to 10, how do you feel today? » This is one of the questions that many patients may be confronted with in a clinical trial. Indeed, the state of a patient's health can be assessed by taking into account the opinion of patients on various themes. When...
Belly bugs & Autism

Belly bugs & Autism

For April’s Autism Awareness month, we wanted to return to the role of our gut bacteria in this neurodevelopmental disorder. Autism is not a psychiatric/psychological disease. It is a pervasive neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by a dyad of impairing signs...

About coronavirus detection methods

About coronavirus detection methods

Today, a global pandemic affects the world and it is the defining global health crisis of our time. Since its emergence late last year, the virus has spread to every continent in the world. Our governments are taking stronger measures to tackle the spread of the...