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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...

Microbiome research in health – Interview with Nicola Segata, the winner of the ‘Institut Mérieux -Young Investigator Awards’, at Pharmabiotics2019

Apr 10, 2019 | Health, Microbiome

Pr Nicola Segata (Centre for Integrative Biology (CIBIO), University of Trento, Italy) received an award from Institut Mérieux, on March 13th.

A statement on Autism Spectrum Disorder: On the Autism Awareness Day 2019

Apr 2, 2019 | Health, Microbiome

On today’s Autism Awareness Day, we wished to discuss what the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is and some of the medical, social, economic, and scientific aspects that surround it.

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

Mar 12, 2019 | Health, Microbiome

An article about the effect of Cranberry' consumption for treatment of the Urinary Tract Infection’s (UTIs) was...

New medical device Regulation 2017/745: Impact in nutrition field?

by Administrateur Biofortis | Feb 15, 2018 | Food, Health, Nutrition

The new regulation 2017/745 on medical devices was adopted on spring 2017, replacing the existing directives. A transitional period is ongoing to May 2020, date of the implementation. According to the European Commission, this new text “establishes a modernised and...