News from the Institute
Announcements, press releases, conference appearances, software releases and research news from the Glycocalyx Research Institute.

PRESS RELEASE: ReVasca™ Capsules Achieve Informed Sport Certification
ReVasca™ Capsules Achieve Informed Sport Certification The Glycocalyx Research Institute is proud to announce that ReVasca™ Capsules are now certified with the Informed Sport programme. Informed Sport certification provides the highest level of quality assurance by testing every batch for...
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Healthy Aging – An Euregional Opportunity
GlycoCheck is part of the Healthy Aging consortium that uses their knowledge and expertise to cope with the expected increase of age-related diseases....
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Dietary Interventions on Glycocalyx Dimensions in South Asian Patients With Diabetic Nephropathy (Glycotreat)
This study valuates the effect of a fasting mimicking diet and a food supplement on the microvascular health and urinary heparanase levels in...
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News from the Crucial Project
A new 6-million-euro project will investigate a possible common cause of heart disease and dementia using GlycoCheck. READ MORE: https://www.crucial-project.eu/ku-leuven-leads-e6-million-research-project-on-heart-disease-and-dementia/
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The Crucial Project
GlycoCheck is one of a dozen partners in The Crucial Project, studying vascular dementia and heart failure as they impact morbidity, mortality, and...
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Research into Mutual Causes of Heart Failure and Vascular Dementia
Researchers at Maastricht UMC+ are receiving almost one and a half million euros in funding to study the possible mutual causes of vascular...
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The Glycocalyx as a “Physiological Organ”
By Donald McGee, MD, Ph.D | Chief Medical Officer Arthur Schlesinger Jr. included William Harvey in a list of “The Ten Most Influential People of...
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Are Underlying Conditions Linked to COVID-19 Mortality Rates as a Result of Poor Glycocalyx Health?
Discovery Breakthrough Opportunities Underlying chronic conditions can be deadly for people with COVID-19. Answers are needed now. So it’s vital to find solutions...
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Uncoupling of Microvascular Blood Flow and Capillary Density in Vascular Cognitive Impairment
New Peer-Reviewed Research Published in Frontiers of Neurology New peer-reviewed research, using GlycoCheck, reveals the rest of the story about why blood flow...
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2021 Prediction: Micro Gets Tinier
We see the definition of “micro” getting even tinier, impacting how we look at health in three ways. First, we know the capillaries...
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GlycoCheck Named in Top 10 Diabetes Testing Devices for 2020
GlycoCheck has been named one of the Top 10 Diabetes Care Solution Providers in 2020 by MedTech Outlook. “With its commitment to enhancing...
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Microvascular Dysfunction in COVID-19 Patients: MYSTIC Study
Research reveals that COVID-19 patients have severe damage to microcirculation and the endothelial glycocalyx. The data in a newly released study clearly show severe...
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New Aortic Stiffness and Endothelial Glycocalyx Study Released
A new study has been published in MDPI, the scholarly open access publishing journal, using GlycoCheck. The study also includes citations from GlycoCheck...
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