Professor of Medicine Dirk Elewaut (UGent) was the first Belgian to receive the world's most famous prize for rheumatology research, the German Carol Nachman Prize.
Thanks to 3D images of our defence system, researchers at the University of Louvain (UCLouvain) have made a discovery that paves the way for the development of new, more effective antibiotics.
A large-scale clinical study has been started in Belgium to determine if the plasma of patients who have recovered from COVID-19 could help to keep the condition of sick patients from worsening.