Research Team
FYSP : Physiology
Address :
Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Laarbeeklaan 103, 1090, Jette
Tel:+32-2-4774569
Fax:+32-2-4774568
URL: http://www.vub.ac.be/infovoor/onderzoekers/research/team.php?team_code=FYSP
Head: THIELEMANS KRISTIAAN ( mail )
Contact: THIELEMANS KRISTIAAN ( mail )
Objectives:
The focus of the Department of Physiology - Immunology is
directed
towards the application of basic immunological knowledge and
molecular biotechnology for the understanding, diagnosis and
treatment of human diseases, in particular haematological
malignancies and solid tumors. Molecular techniques and tools
developed in a research setting are made available for the
diagnosis and the follow-up of patients. Studies in pre-
clinical
animal models are performed with the aim to develop strategies
for
immune intervention in human malignancies. Several phase I-II
clinical trials of 'active specific immunotherapy' of cancer
patients (i.e. cancer vaccine trials) have been initiated and
are
co-ordinated by the Laboratory of Physiology-Immunology. The
Laboratory participates actively in a collaborative project of
'Cell Therapy', using genetically modified dendritic cells as
therapeutic cancer vaccine. Since a major part of the laboratory
activities and efforts are oriented towards the application into
the clinic, the research can be best described as 'translational
R
& D'.