Clinical sciences Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The department of Clinical Sciences
The department of Clinical Sciences
The Moki Department deals with the aspects of maternity care. The domains into which research has been conducted so far are:
- The study of congenital infections
- research into the causes of premature birth
- research in the prenatal diagnosis of aa, igeboren and acquired conditions.
NEGE will focus on the research of mitochondrial diseases and of genetic malformations of the brain.
Deficiencies of oxidative phosphorylation are at the basis of a heterogeneous group of hereditary disorders, better known as mitochondrial cytopathies. The incidence was long underestimated, but the morbidity and mortality of these conditions have an important impact on public health.
Hundreds of proteins involved in the formation ...