A publication on the ten years' existence and scientific research of the Flanders Inter University Institute for Biotechnology (VIB). With the help of gene technology, VIB scientists have in this period studied the workings of te human body, plants and micro-organisms. This book describes in an understandable way the different domains of life science and the discoveries to which different VIB studies have led (in, among others, genetics, cancer biology, inflammatory diseases, immunology, microbiology, neurobiology, Alzheimer's disease...). With a wider focus than research alone, this publication is accompanied by individual photos of the prime researchers in every department.