Funds and projects

22q11 DS / Vecarfa Fund

1 in 4,000 newborns suffer from 22q11 DS, a congenital genetic disorder caused by the absence of a piece on the long arm of chromosome 22. Symptoms vary widely from child to child, but the main features are problems with the palate which in turn causes feeding difficulties and nasal speech, congenital heart defects, frequent infections, learning difficulties and/or intellectual disability and an increased risk of psychiatric disorders such as anxiety disorders, autism spectrum disorders and psychosis.

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ADPKD Fund

Much research is still needed at cellular level into the underlying mechanisms of the disease Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD). In addition, there is a need for guidelines for a structured care of families with ADPKD, in which all disciplines are involved together.

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Age Friendly Health Care

Our research focuses on various aspects of health in old age, ranging from research on optimizing medication management in the elderly, osteoporosis and muscle loss, cognitive impairment and dementia, as well as new models of health care organization for the elderly that have a clear impact on health.

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Albert Fund to improve quality of life for cancer patients

The Albert Fund stimulates research into optimised and personalised cancer treatments. At the same time, it focuses on the quality of life of patients, at a physical, emotional and social level.

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ALS Fund Alain Verspecht

Alain is now completely paralyzed and is on a ventilator 24 hours a day, talking is becoming increasingly difficult, but eating is still possible. It helps that he still has goals in mind. For example, he is committed to the fund that we set up in 2013 and which has already raised more than 800,000 euros. Alain is under no illusion that a drug will be found for him in time, but the idea that it will help others gives him great satisfaction.

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Alzheimer's research by Prof. Bart De Strooper

Bart De Strooper does research on the production of the amyloid-beta protein. This is the main component of the protein clots, so-called 'plaques', that typically occur in the brains of Alzheimer's patients. The results of this research are in turn used, in cooperation with the pharmaceutical industry, to think up new paths for the development of medication.

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Anaesthesia Research Project

With your support through a patronage project, the Anaesthesiology Department aims to conduct groundbreaking research to not only improve immediate postoperative care, but also mitigate the long-term consequences of surgical procedures.

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ARCK: Alzheimer Research Centre KU Leuven

Support research into better treatments for Alzheimer's disease through the Alzheimer Research Centre KU Leuven (ARCK).

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Arjan Fund for research into brainstem tumours

Arjan Betting was 21 when he died of a rare brainstem tumour. It was his great wish that more research would be done on such infrequent cancer variants. The Arjan Fund aims to significantly increase the knowledge about brainstem tumours, among other things by (co-)organising symposia, inviting international specialists to KU Leuven, awarding grants and paying researchers and administrative staff.

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Bart Verbeeck Fund for Sarcoma Research

Because it is such a rare form of cancer, the pharmaceutical industry and the government hardly invest in it. That is why the professors in Leuven find it such a relief that we support them through this fund.

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Bieke Wittebols Foundation

The Bieke Wittebols Fund has several objectives, including promoting scientific research on Locked In Syndrome (LIS) and similar diseases, organising further training and information campaigns, improving the possibilities of communication for LIS patients and reception facilities. However, the main objective is also to introduce people to LIS, to show them that a fund exists that cares for the victims of this disease.

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Bone4kids Fund

In pseudo-arthrosis, bones do not grow back together after a fracture. In Europe, 500 children are diagnosed with the illness each year. For some of them, amputation is the only way out. Scientists are working hard on less invasive and more efficient treatments than the ones that are available today. Scientists are working hard on less invasive and more efficient treatments than the ones that are available today. But the research requires a lot of time and money, an issue which the Bone4Kids Fund wants to address.

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Breast Cancer Research Fund Nadine de Beauffort

Nadine de Beauffort died in November 2011 from the effects of breast cancer. Shortly after, her husband decided to support the Breast Centre UZ Leuven, where Nadine had always been well followed up.

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Breast Cancer Research Project

This fund aims to promote and support research and the realisation of special projects in the diagnosis, treatment, support and follow-up of patients with breast cancer.

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BTV-fund for colon cancer research

Efficient screening for colorectal cancer is vital. Advanced research and new technologies can also optimise treatments. The BTV Fund wants to contribute to this as much as possible.

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Burn centre

The Burn Center at UZ Leuven is a leading reference centre for the specialised care of adults and children with severe burns, as well as other complex wounds such as infectious, traumatic or autoimmune-related injuries. With your support, we want to give our burn patients a future with prospects.

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Cancer Fund G. Van Der Schueren

The fund aims to promote scientific research within the Faculty of Medicine at KU Leuven in the field of neoplastic diseases and everything that can help combat cancer.

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Carpe Diem Fund for Diabetes Research

Timely detection, good follow-up and strict treatment of type 2 diabetes can bring relief, but more in-depth research is still needed for this. Scientists want to know more about causes and prevention in particular.

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Center for Human Genetics: Genetics and Society

Thanks to your financial support, we can coordinate all scientific efforts concerning genetics in society and help people, organisations and official bodies to formulate answers to the many questions that arise.

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Children's cancer fund Leuven

The Children's cancer fund Leuven provides the financial resources to offer meaningful guidance and support to children with cancer and their families.

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Children’s Fund for Kidney Disease and Transplantation – Prof. Van Damme-Lombaerts

Stimulating research into the survival and quality of life of young patients is one of the main objectives of the fund, an initiative of emeritus professor Rita Van Damme-Lombaerts.

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CHROMETA fund

The Fund for Chronic Diseases, Metabolism and Ageing (CHROMETA) supports and promotes the scientific research of the Department of Chronic Diseases and Metabolism, and seeks financial resources to appoint researchers and support staff, purchase research resources and equipment, develop international collaborations and knowledge sharing.

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Clinical Pharmacology Fund

The fund aims to promote high-quality clinical pharmacological research by supporting original drug research. An additional objective is to offer clinical pharmacological training at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

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COVID-19 Fund

In constant dialogue with international experts, top researchers at KU Leuven and UZ Leuven have joined forces to understand the effect of COVID-19 on humans, to develop and implement healing treatments and to develop an effective vaccine.

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DE MONDGENOTEN - Help ensure a healthy mouth for everyone, every day

People who struggle socio-economically, suffer from physical or mental problems or are dependent on care have significantly poorer oral health. For example, barely 15% of Flemish nursing home residents appear to have no inflammation in the mouth. Preventing this is our mission!

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Department of haematology

We are constantly searching for new medications and treatments. There is a need for further fundamental scientific and translational research in order to continuously improve care for haematological patients.

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Dieter De Cauderlier Fund for brain tumours

Dieter De Cauderlier passed away at age 32 from the effects of a brain tumour. To honour Dieter and provide better opportunities for fellow sufferers, his family and friends established a research fund for the Leuven Cancer Institute (LCI): the Dieter De Cauderlier Fund for brain tumours.

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Digestive Oncology Fund

A combination of innovative research, multidisciplinary expertise and high-quality care is crucial. It is exactly this that the Digestive Oncology Fund aims to achieve.

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Dirk en Sophie Kemps Fund

This Fund promotes and supports genetic research into the cause of congenital muscle disorders and in particular Duchenne muscle disease and limb girdle dystrophy in children and adults.

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Dominique Everaert Fund for Bowel Cancer Research

Each year, more than 2,500 Belgians are told they are suffering from rectal cancer. If we want to change that and ensure that the five-year survival rate of these patients improves from the current average of 64 percent, more research is needed. The Dominique Everaert Fund aims to accelerate research into the causes, diagnosis and treatment of rectal cancer.

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DoNATION Fund

We are looking for better ways to preserve kidneys and livers intended for transplantation and to improve the quality of these organs for transplantation. In addition, we are investigating whether medicines and stem cells can protect the kidney, liver and intestine from possible damage that occurs during the transplantation process.

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Dr. Arlette Wertelaers fund for fall prevention in the elderly

This fund promotes research into fall prevention in the elderly, an increasingly important topic to which Dr Wertelaers had devoted herself for many years.

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Dupuytren Fund

The Dupuytren Fund wants to facilitate groundbreaking research into Dupuytren's disease, a condition in which the fingers become crooked due to the formation of scar tissue in the hands. The Fund wants to support and promote scientific research, with a focus on optimising treatments and ultimately disease control.

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Eager Brains Fund to promote brain trauma research

The Eager Brains Fund supports research into better treatment methods for severe brain trauma.

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ECHO project

Fund that supports research into diseases of the pituitary gland and hormones (endocrinology), as to increase knowledge and improve the diagnosis, quality of life and the accompanying health issues.

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EDU-CONTACT Fund

To support education in oral anti-cancer therapy, such as the well received e-learning package and supporting material for patients.

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Eline4Kids Fund

This fund aims to give a sense of hope, well-being and happiness to the young patients in the Paediatric Oncology and Paediatric Psychiatry departments and to make their hospitalisation and treatment more bearable.

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Emile Rouffaer Fund for lung cancer research

In half of the people diagnosed with lung cancer, the disease already appears to be in an advanced or metastatic stage. More research is urgently needed to significantly improve their prognosis, to offer them more targeted therapy and to better understand the origin of lung cancer.

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Emilie van Heel Fund for lung transplantation

The Fund supports the treatment of lung transplant patients in UZ Leuven and stimulates research into (among other things) better treatment options and the prevention of chronic rejection after lung transplantation.

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Endometriosis Research

Endometriosis is probably caused by blood entering the abdominal cavity through the fallopian tubes during menstruation. Further research is needed to better understand endometriosis and improve treatments.

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Estée Lauder Fund: Moving Cancer Care Forward

The Fund focuses on the prevention, treatment and cure of breast cancer.

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Exceptional Kids' Fund

The Fund supports fundamental scientists who hope to gain more insights into rare genetic disorders so parents can be better guided and know what to expect. Every donation makes a difference.

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Fertility Research

The aim of this project is to support scientific research in reproductive medicine (reduced fertility, recurrent miscarriage, psychological and ethical aspects of fertility disorders, etc.).

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From data to better care: research in intensive care medicine

This patronage project supports innovative research into intensive care medicine that improves brain protection after acute injury. Through clinical studies and AI decision support (such as Monte), we help doctors intervene more quickly, thereby increasing recovery and survival rates.

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Functional Urology Fund

This fund promotes research in the field of urology in general and more specifically in the field of functional urology (such as incontinence, benign prostate disease, bladder dysfunction, neurology, reconstructive urology, cell-based therapy, pelvic floor dysfunction, etc.).

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Fund Child and Adolescent Mental Health

The fund aims to promote and support project work with young people in the departments of child and adolescent psychiatry at the UPC KU Leuven.

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Fund Constant Van de Wiel - Joanna Mathues rheumatology

New technologies that allow the evolution and impact of rheumatic diseases to be closely monitored offer opportunities to involve patients themselves more closely as partners in the management of their disease. The fund was set up to support research into rheumatic diseases on all these fronts.

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Fund for cancer research during pregnancy

The purpose of the Fund for cancer research during pregnancy is to investigate the consequences of cancer treatment in the mother for the health and development of the child. In addition, the fund contributes to an international advisory group that advises doctors worldwide on state-of-the-art treatment of cancer during pregnancy.

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Fund for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

In addition to research related to genetic predisposition, disease mechanisms and environmental factors, the focus is also on optimising therapy and developing new therapies.

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Fund for innovative cancer research

In Belgium alone, more than 27,000 people die each year from cancer. If we want to reduce that figure, we need to understand in detail how individual tumours arise and evolve. This is exactly what the oncology researchers at KU Leuven are doing.

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Fund for ovarian germ cell tumours

The Fund for ovarian germ cell tumours aims to increase knowledge about the prevention, pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of rare ovarian cancers such as germ cell tumours.

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Fund for Rare Diseases

The Fund for Rare Diseases focuses on four projects: experience experts, quality of life, dealing with a chronic illness and every diagnosis counts.

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Fund for research in structural and congenital heart disease

The fund aims to advance research in structural and congenital heart disease. In particular, we want to support research where the therapeutic potential of individualized treatment based on 3D technology, is validated.

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Fund for research into Multiple Myeloma - for MM

There is still no effective treatment for many plasma cell diseases. Scientific research is providing us with new insights into these rare diseases and their treatments. In order to develop better treatments, it is necessary to have a good understanding of the mechanisms involved in their development. This requires a great deal of scientific research.

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Fund for research into osteoarthritis treatment

The fund aims to develop and implement a plan of action to provide patients with (knee) osteoarthritis with optimal care at every stage and, by extension, to promote and support research into treatment options for osteoarthritis.

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Fund for research into Peyronie's disease

Support research into molecular and genetic abnormalities in scar tissue of patients with Peyronie's disease. With this research, we want to find new targets for treating this disease at an early stage, where until now these patients could only be helped with complicated surgery.

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Fund Herman Van den Berghe

The Fund invites a renowned foreign scientist every year, primarily to give a public lecture, but also to help beginning researchers find their way in the field.

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Fund Inès Costa

After the death of their 24-year-old daughter Inès, her parents wanted to support scientific research into neurofibromatosis type 1, the hereditary disease from which Inès suffered and which occurs in about 1 in 2,500 newborns.

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Fund Jos and Mieke Vandevordt-Gaul for the pathogenesis of rare lymphomas

Thanks in part to the fund's support, young, talented PhD students can get down to work. Together with the specialists at UZ Leuven, they come closer, via genetic-molecular research, to the genesis mechanisms of rare lymphomas and thus to better treatments.

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Fund Joël Hurlet

The systemic disease dermatomyositis has a major impact on the quality of life. The muscle weakness caused by the disease leaves patients unable to do day-to-day things, their skin is affected and they have to take heavy medication. Scientists do not yet sufficiently understand the mechanisms of development and therapy is still too often inadequate. This fund wants to do something about that.

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Fund Marc Boogaerts

The fund has two objectives: to provide social, financial and psychological support to UZ Leuven patients with blood disorders, and to promote scientific and clinical stem cell research at KU Leuven and UZ Leuven.

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Fund ME TO YOU

With the creation of this fund, we are consolidating the scientific branch of the ME TO YOU Foundation in support of blood cancer research and hope to add small pieces to the puzzle to eventually unravel this complex disease.

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Fund Multidisciplinary Breast Centre Leuven

The fund aims to promote and support research and the realisation of special projects in the diagnosis, treatment, support and follow-up of patients with breast cancer.

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Fund Myny-Vanderpoorten

The Fund Myny-Vanderpoorten supports and promotes scientific breast cancer research and in particular radiotherapy, a crucial part of the treatment. The fund is still active today and welcomes any support, as breast cancer remains the most common cancer in women. In Belgium, 1 in 9 women will be affected during their lifetime.

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Fund Optimisation of care and care models in trauma

The aim is to promote care in traumatology, both among adults and children. The Traumatology Department provides assistance to victims with injuries caused by accidents or violence.

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Fund Optimisation of radiotherapeutic treatment of head and neck tumours

This fund aims to finance groundbreaking research into better treatments for head and neck tumours. Researchers are joining forces to find new ways to combat this disease, with the ultimate goal of finding a cure and improving patients' quality of life.

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Fund professor Marc Boogaerts

The Fund Professor Marc Boogaerts combines the funds Sofhea and Sofhea Cruh under a new name, which is fantastic news for the many blood stem cell transplant patients now and in the future. Other patients will also be helped by basic stem cell research.

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Fund Respiratory Oncology

In Belgium, there are about 8,500 new cases of lung cancer every year. Research into its diagnosis and treatment is therefore crucial, as is the development of global support for patients. This is exactly what this fund aims to do. Among other things, it wants to support research, improve communication with patients, organise symposiums (and help organise them), and invite speakers and researchers to KU Leuven.

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Fund Tom Debackere for lymphoma research

Thanks to the support of an initiative such as the Tom Debackere Fund, researchers can gain a better understanding of lymphoma and talented young scientists can receive the financial support they need to help significantly improve the fate of these patients.

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Fund to promote scientific research on nutrition and metabolic disorders

The innovative aspect of this fund is that we are looking at the role of nutrition as a treatment option. The fund encourages both preclinical research (i.e. better understanding how certain mechanisms work) and intervention studies where nutrition is part of the treatment.

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Fund Translational Transplant Research Mark Waer

The aim of the fund is to promote and support research into transplantation as a therapy in the broad sense. Transplantation is the best treatment for patients with end-stage organ failure.

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Fund Transplantoux

Organ donation is the foundation on which the new life of many people rests. In order to continue to give that kind of second chance to as many people as possible, the Transplantoux Fund supports awareness-raising initiatives on organ donation and transplantation.

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Hans and Els Vandamme Fund for Personalised Cancer Research

The fund promotes and supports the new generation of cancer research that investigates the specific characteristics of tumour cells from individual patients, in order to develop and administer targeted medication to ultimately fight the cancer cells.

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Hardelingen fund

The Hardelingen Fund wants to offer adapted space, professional guidance, a programme with all kinds of lectures, the organisation of informative activities etc. to breast cancer patients.

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Healthy Heart Fund

As many healthy hearts and blood vessels as possible. That is the objective of the Healthy Heart Fund, which supports cardiovascular research in the broadest sense of the word.

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Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Fund

This fund aims to stimulate research into chronic rejection and will support studies into new forms of treatment for patients with end-stage heart failure, such as stem cell transplants and ventricular assist devices.

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Help solve murders

With her pioneering research, Dr Sofie Claerhout won the Flemish PhD cup, became Krak van Kortrijk and won the main prize at the world congress on forensic genetics. Promising research, but unfortunately no prize money. A pity, because such a large-scale forensic research requires resources that the judicial system cannot provide.

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Hepatitis B Fund

The fund aims to promote and support clinical and basic research on hepatitis B.

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Hippo & Friends type 1 diabetes fund

At present, there is no method to stop or cure type 1 diabetes. Scientists do believe that one day they will be able to stop type 1 diabetes, but long and intensive research is still needed.

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Immunotherapy for Cancer

With their research, the team wants to further develop immunotherapy into a worthy treatment for ovarian cancer, glioblastoma and uterine sarcoma.

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Insect-allergy Fund

An allergy to the venom of wasps, bees or bumblebees can usually be diagnosed with blood tests or skin tests with the venom. However, it is sometimes very difficult to identify the exact insect, and additional special (blood) tests are needed in the research laboratory to target the treatment to the correct insect venom.

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Integrative Oncology

The K.R. Integrative Oncology project (in memory of Kristine Rommens) supports initiatives endorsed by UZ Leuven that provide patients with the necessary information and tools to integrate a healthy lifestyle into their daily lives.

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Ipsen Fund for education in uro-oncology

This fund aims to promote and support research and educational projects on urology and uro-oncology in particular. Concrete projects that will be supported include the development of digital educational materials for professionals, patients and their environment, the organisation of refresher courses and symposia for professionals and the support of research on the implementation of digital educational materials.

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J. De Wever Prostate Cancer Fund

Good prevention, early diagnosis and improved treatments are crucial in the battle against prostate cancer. This fund encourages research and distributes scientifically sound information about the disease via all possible channels. UZ Leuven is one of the few centres in the world that tries to answer important research questions about fatal prostate cancer based on human tissue samples.

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Jaeken-Theunissen CDG Fund

The fund aims to promote research, diagnosis and treatment of an ever-growing group of rare metabolic disorders, namely Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (CDG), including Jaeken syndrome.

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Janssen Fund for Haematological Research

Our research into new therapeutic options will receive very welcome support from this fund for haematological research. It should also help us to choose the right drug for the right patient and to find an appropriate response when the patient does not react as expected.

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Janssen fund for uro-oncological research

Prostate cancer remains the most frequent cancer diagnosis in men and ranks third in cancer mortality. The Janssen Fund for uro-oncology research now enables researchers to study deadly forms of the disease, in order to better understand the essential molecular changes that underlie it.

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Joint Revival Project

The aim of Joint Revival is to establish research that takes a two-pronged approach to osteoarthritis, focusing on mechanics and biology. Our starting point is that corrective surgery in the future will not only be accompanied by more advanced diagnostics and treatment in terms of mechanics, but that the biology of the joint can also be mapped out and treated.

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Joris Henderickx LCH Research Fund

The rare and little-known disease Langerhans-Cel-Histiocytosis occurs mainly in young children and is in some cases life-threatening. Contact with fellow sufferers, information about the disease and treatment methods, and fundraising for scientific research are the main objectives of the association.

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Kan-Go! Fund

The Fund for Children and Adolescents with Neuromuscular Disorders (Kan-GO!) was established in cooperation with patient organisations and supports research into the underlying disease mechanisms and into meaningful therapeutic interventions.

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KID Fund

The KID Fund, which was established in 2014, promotes much-needed, thorough research that can take diagnosis and treatment of primary immune deficiencies to the next level. Timely diagnosis and targeted therapy can save many lives.

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KU Leuven Fund for childhood epilepsy

The Fund aims to create a leading European centre within KU Leuven for the research, diagnosis and treatment of children with epilepsy.

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KU Leuven Fund for Cardiac Surgery

To continue refining and improving surgical treatments for heart disease, researchers need your support. You can give it through this fund, which aims to help create opportunities for research into new and better techniques for heart failure, congenital heart defects and valve abnormalities

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Laevers Fund for ALS research

About half of those affected die within three years of the diagnosis. For Lorenz Laevers, a lively young man from Scherpenheuvel, the disease also became fatal. At his funeral, his friends came up with the idea of organising Lolands, a festival to remember Lo and to raise money for the Laevers Fund.

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Lara’s fund for research on cervical cancer

Lara's Fund aims to boost cervical cancer research by providing additional funding. Symptom relief is also an important focus. In addition, the fund aims to raise awareness of the importance of early detection.

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Leuven Brain Institute (LBI)

The Leuven Brain Institute commits itself to broaden the knowledge on the brain, and to find solutions for brain diseases by supporting scientific projects, actions and research that will eventually enable people to live better lives.

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Leuven Cancer Institute

The LKI aims to offer researchers, doctors, and other healthcare professionals the best possible opportunities to advance their field. Thanks to your support our institute can continue to push boundaries. The additional funds go directly to the projects that need them most. You can also indicate which clinical or scientific project you would like to support.

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Leuven Children's Hospital Fund

In October 2018, the first part of the new Leuven Children's Hospital opened its doors. Being sick is never pleasant, and certainly not for children who have to stay a long time due to a serious illness and heavy treatments. These also threaten their development.

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Leuven Uro-Onco Research Fund (LUOR)

The fund aims to promote and support research and education in urology. This includes early detection, optimal diagnostics, local and systemic treatment, payment of research and administrative staff, setting up or helping to set up symposia, inviting speakers, awarding scholarships, inviting qualified researchers to KU Leuven.

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Liver Diseases Project

One cannot live without a liver. Liver diseases occur in all age categories and can have major consequences for patients and families. Ultimately, some patients may even need a liver transplant. By donating to this project, you promote and support research into the development, detection and treatment of liver diseases.

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Luc Vuylsteke-Flipts Christiane Fund for liver cancer research

The fund aims to promote and support translational research of hepatocellular carcinoma. The fund wants to advance knowledge about the origin, diagnosis and treatment of malignant tumours in the liver.

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Mady Browaeys' Fund

Would you like to support specific research into frontotemporal degeneration? You can do so by making a donation to the “Mady Browaeys' Fund for research into Frontotemporal Degeneration”.

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Martine Goublomme Fund for NET Research

This fund aims to support research into Neuro-Endocrine Tumours (NET), rare tumours that usually arise in the gastrointestinal system or pancreas.

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Mathieu Reusens' Fund for brainstem and brain tumours

The purpose of this fund is to financially support research into brainstem and brain tumours, and thus to keep Mathieu's memory alive.

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Metabolic diseases unravelled

As each individual metabolic disease is very rare, it is difficult to conduct scientific research in this field. Nevertheless, this research is desperately needed to give our patients the best possible treatment.

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Multiple Sclerose Fund

The aim of the fund is to promote and support continuing education initiatives on Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in the medical and paramedical fields. The initiators want to support this through projects that benefit the treatment of people with MS and scientific research on MS.

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MyFetUZ.be Fund

The fund aims to support clinical, translational and basic research in perinatal and in particular foetal medicine. It is primarily concerned with disorders in the mother and/or child, where interventions before or around birth could potentially improve outcomes.

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Nicolasfonds for Neonatology

When a child is born prematurely, it not only has a huge emotional impact on the parents, there are often financial and practical implications as well. The Nicolas Fund provides assistance to parents of children who stay at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of UZ Leuven for a long time and who still need extra care after discharge.

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OriGENE Fund

This fund supports the research into the causes of and genetic risk factors for the development of cleft lip, and use that knowledge to design strategies for prevention.

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Pancreatic Cancer Fund

Projection studies for the next decade show that pancreatic cancer will be the second leading cause of cancer mortality. Also, most researchers don’t expect a remedy will be found in the meantime that will be viable against metastatic pancreatic cancer. This reality makes the role of surgical treatment – and especially the importance of research into new treatments – all the more prominent.

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Parel

Many expectant mothers in Belgium are on their own, struggling to make ends meet, living in poor conditions or not getting the care they need. Parel (Pearl) wants to dedicate itself to them, because everyone is entitled to a beautiful maternity time with the right support.

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Parkinson Fund

There is still no effective therapy for Parkinson's disease. This is mainly because we do not yet understand enough what exactly goes wrong in the nerve cells of Parkinson's patients. These cells gradually get sick, start to function badly and eventually die. We want to do something about that, but first we need to understand the molecular mechanisms that make those cells sick.

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Patient-tailored cancer immunotherapy

Each body reacts differently to immunotherapy. That is why our research group believes in a personalized approach. With your support, we want to help more cancer patients in the future.

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Phelan-McDermid syndrome (22q13 DS) Fund

Life for children with Phelan-McDermid, also known as 22q13 deletion, is an ordeal. It is a rare genetic disorder resulting in developmental delay. Early diagnosis and intensified research can make all the difference for these patients. That is why this fund was set up.

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Pieter Van Loon Fund for research of brainstem tumours

Barely 29 years old, Pieter Van Loon died from the effects of brain cancer. Two years later, his parents gave his name to a new fund that supports research into the disease. Through the fund, they contribute to the work of all the people who cared for Pieter and give the specialists every opportunity to increase their knowledge of brain stem tumours.

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Professor Guy Molenaers' Move to Improve Fund

Children with neuromotor problems, mainly due to cerebral palsy, exhibit a multitude of problems. The more and the better we can get these children to move, the fewer abnormalities will occur and the more independently they can function in society. In addition, better physical functioning gives these children a significant psychological boost and that can only be positive.

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Promedionics Fund for Shoulder Research

Promedionics promotes and supports innovative shoulder research within the "Institute for Orthopaedic Research and Training" (IORT). This includes payment of research and administrative personnel, purchase of research material, setting up or helping to set up symposia, inviting speakers, awarding grants, and inviting qualified researchers to KU Leuven.

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Rare Cancer Surgery

The fundraising project of UZ Leuven's Oncological Surgery department supports the treatment of rare tumors in children and adults.

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Rehabilitation Fund UZ Pellenberg

Technological innovation is advancing at an ever-increasing pace. This means that the rehabilitation centre must continue to invest in new and high-tech equipment. We seek additional funding through various activities, donations and sponsorship so that we can offer the best possible care to our rehabilitation patients.

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Research Fund Palliative Care

This research fund supports palliative care for UZ Leuven patients, stimulates scientific research on palliative care and contributes to the interaction between research, education and clinical care. It does this by combining the expertise of researchers and caregivers from medicine, nursing, psychology, sociology, ethics, and religious sciences.

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Research into cot death (SIDS)

We refer to cot death when healthy children die suddenly and unexpectedly and no physical abnormality can be found. Given that this still occurs today, research is needed into its causes and prevention.

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Research into mucinous ovarian cancer

Understanding the origin and development of the precursor to mucinous ovarian cancer, namely mucinous borderline tumors, is of great importance in the development of preventive and therapeutic strategies.

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Research Nephrology Department

The Nephrology Department examines and treats kidney diseases. Kidney failure is treated with dialysis and possibly a kidney transplant.

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Research on hearing health KU Leuven

Hearing problems have a major impact on their quality of life and can lead to anxiety, depression and social isolation. A great deal of research is still needed with respect to the timely detection of hearing loss among young people and the elderly. Would you too like to support research into hearing health?

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Research on Rendu-Osler-Weber disease (ROW/HHT)

The research into ROW/HHT aims to find 'tailor-made solutions' for every person and every family with this bleeding and vascular disorder.

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Research project: breast cancer in the elderly

This research project aims to improve the prognosis and quality of life of elderly people with (breast) cancer.

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Rondou Fund for Duchenne Research

Due to the high incidence, the terrible course of the disease and the absence of a curative treatment, there is an urgent need to develop a therapy that can improve the quality of life and expectations of these young patients.

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Rune Fund for Paediatric Cardiology Research

The fund aims to promote and support research into treatment for children with a congenital or acquired heart defect by conducting research into heart defects and co-financing treatments for which there is no standard or alternative financing.

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Second Breath – Project for Innovation in Transplantation and Thoracic Surgery

Second Breath supports groundbreaking research into solutions for chronic lung and intestinal failure, always with one goal in mind: to give patients new prospects when all other options have been exhausted.

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Sequoia fund

The Fund for research into ageing and mental health aims to support research that contributes to the detection, understanding and treatment of mental or cognitive problems in the elderly. The aim is to improve the quality of life and well-being of older people.

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Stand up against Muscle and Nerve Diseases!

With your valuable support, our team can conduct targeted research to optimise care and treatments for patients with muscle and nerve diseases, improve their quality of life and offer them new hope for the future.

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Star fund

We will use the financial support from this patronage project for research, literature and further training. We want to offer well-developed psychosocial support to parents whose child has a congenital defect.

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Stefanie’s Roses Fund

Thanks to the proceeds of numerous benefit campaigns and donations from sympathizers, this fund succeeds in accelerating research into lymphoma.

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Support Ped IMID

Paediatric Immune-inflammatory diseases (Ped IMID) refers to a group of rare diseases which most often start at children's age. The specific genetic causes are still unknown for many of these diseases, and the exact role of interactions between the cells and proteins of the immune system is not completely clarified either.

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Support the Mucocentre

Would you like to support research into cystic fibrosis (mucoviscidosis)? You can do so by making a donation to the Mucocentre via KU Leuven.

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Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) Fund

The fund aims to further expand and deepen scientific research into this rare disease by elucidating the unknown cause of the development of TTP, developing a less invasive treatment for the disease and developing a hitherto non-existent rapid diagnostic test.

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Venceremos Fund

The Venceremos Fund was established to support clinical studies that focus on breast cancer.

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Verelst Womb Cancer Fund

The fund aims to support and promote research into the cause, early diagnosis, prevention and treatment of uterine cancer.

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Vesalius Museum

Vesalius will be a new museum in Leuven. This modern museum tells the story of medicine and healthcare, with the human life cycle as its central theme. Located in the former anatomical theatre and pathological institute, Vesalius presents an interactive narrative, featuring heritage that appeals to the imagination, innovative installations and contemporary art.

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Walter Vandeputte Head and Neck Cancer Fund

You can make a difference for patients who need to relearn how to speak, eat and/or swallow, increase their chances of a new quality of life, give researchers that decisive push and enable prevention among young people.

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WILL Pulmonary Fibrosis Fund

Pulmonary fibrosis is just as serious as lung cancer, but less well known to the general public. While current therapies do slow down the disease, the damage cannot be repaired. Pulmonary fibrosis is in many cases a disease for life. Under the impetus of the WILL Pulmonary Fibrosis Fund, scientists are studying the causes of pulmonary fibrosis to detect the disease early and they are developing treatments that will repair the damaged lung tissue.

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