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...

The positive role of nutritional support in the treatment of COVID-19 (Part 2)

Jun 9, 2020 | Food, Health

Route of Nutrition Support The last article sets forth the rationale for utilizing nutrition support among patients...

The positive role of nutritional support in the treatment of COVID-19 (Part 1)

Apr 28, 2020 | Health, Nutrition

Presently, no drug has been officially and specifically approved for COVID-19 treatment, and symptomatic treatment...

Belly bugs & Autism

Apr 21, 2020 | Health, Microbiome

For April’s Autism Awareness month, we wanted to return to the role of our gut bacteria in this neurodevelopmental...

Cranberry consumption: a natural approach for Urinary Tract Infections’ treatment

by Administrateur Biofortis | Mar 12, 2019 | Health, Microbiome

An article about the effect of Cranberry' consumption for treatment of the Urinary Tract Infection’s (UTIs) was published, in the magazine ‘La Phytothérapie Européenne’ (Nov.-Dec. 2018), by Arkopharma Laboratoires in collaboration with Biofortis Mérieux...

Genes and Gastro-Enteritis

by Administrateur Biofortis | Jan 21, 2019 | Health

Thomas Carton R&D / Clinico-microbiota lab manager, Biofortis Mérieux NutriSciences. The main culprits of your gastroenteritis are your parents, and this is not only due to a lack of hygiene education, as is commonly believed. Did you know this is also related...

Biobank in oncology: Biofortis & IMODI project

by Administrateur Biofortis | Nov 23, 2018 | Health

Biofortis has been a partner for 7 years in the IMODI project, a public-private consortium of 18 partners aiming at some developing experimental models for human cancers (liver, prostate, ovarian, breast, lung...) to accelerate the discovery of innovative treatments...

Interview with Pr Vassili Soumelis, MD-PhD, Hôpital Saint-Louis (Paris, France)

by Administrateur Biofortis | Nov 9, 2018 | Health

Pr Soumelis is a medical doctor specialized in hematology. He received his medical training in Paris, followed by a residency in clinical hematology in Lyon, and a PhD in immunology in the USA (DNAX Research Institute). Since 2011, he has coordinated with Dr....

Interview with OCR (Oncovet Clinical Research), Dr Dominique Tierny, DVM, CEO at OCR and Dr Agata Rybicka, DVM, PhD, Head of R&D at OCR

by Administrateur Biofortis | Nov 2, 2018 | Health

OCR is a veterinary Contract Research Organization specialized in the design and monitoring of clinical trials on companion dogs and cats that spontaneously develop various chronic diseases like humans, including cancer. As coordinator of the “Animal models Platform”,...

Interview with Dr Béatrice Perron, Oncology Portfolio Management Director at Servier

by Administrateur Biofortis | Oct 26, 2018 | Health

Dr Perron holds a MSc Engineering and a PhD in biotechnology from Ecole Centrale Paris. She joined Servier in November 2015 as Strategy and Portfolio Director in the Center for Therapeutic Innovation Oncology. She is involved in the management of the 13 oncology...