December 2019

The Christmas concert of L’Hospitalet and IDIBELL closes the first edition of the campaign Save lives and the 15th anniversary of the Institute

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On December 20th, the Joventut Theater hosted the extraordinary Christmas concert of L’Hospitalet and IDIBELL, starring this year by the Vallès Symphony Orchestra. About 500 spectators enjoyed a show that, as it is traditional, had a solidarity character, since all the raised money will go to biomedical research, specifically, to cancer research projects led by …

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Gabriel Capellá takes stock of the year in the IDIBELL transparency session

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IDIBELL has held its annual transparency session, by the director of the institution, Dr. Gabriel Capellá. Before an audience of 170 people, gathered in the Pau Viladiu Conference Hall of the Duran i Reynals Hospital, Capellá has pointed the various items of a detailed and exhaustive report that, in summary, has laid special emphasis on …

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State of ‘hibernation’ keeps haematopoietic stem cells young

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All tissues age. The blood-forming system is especially affected by ageing processes. Haematopoietic stem cells, the precursors to blood and immune cells, age exceptionally fast, losing the ability to divide and regenerate. This weakens the immune system and increases the risk of blood cancer. An international team led by researchers from Ulm and Barcelona has …

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An IDIBELL and UB research team demonstrates the involvement of glucose in the growth of tumor cells

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Tumors take a great energy expenditure to grow and proliferate. Cancer cells are, in fact, addicted to the main fuel of cellular metabolism, glucose. The molecular machinery that degrades this sugar for energy (the so-called glycolytic enzymes) is overexpressed in tumor cells. But this is not the only characteristic that differentiates the metabolism of tumor …

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IDIBELL and Alba Pérez Foundation take a new step forward to develop a treatment for Ewing’s sarcoma

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The Alba Pérez Foundation has signed a framework collaboration agreement with the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute that aims to support research projects related to Ewing’s sarcoma, an investigation led by Dr. Òscar Martínez-Tirado, head of IDIBELL’s Sarcomas group. Along the same lines, and making a new step forward, both entities have also signed a specific …

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