December 2021

We close a 2021 full of science!

When the year ends it is a good time to look back and review the challenges achieved in the last twelve months. More than 1,300 scientific articles, of which 550 are led by IDIBELL, show that there many objectives have been achieved, but there are also many questions that remain to be answered.

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Immunotherapy with genetically modified immune cells increases survival of patients with aggressive B lymphoma who do not respond to chemotherapy

Two studies published in The New England Journal of Medicine, with the participation of IDIBELL and the ICO, present the results of two phase 3 clinical trials comparing treatment with CART lymphocytes versus conventional treatment with chemotherapy and bone marrow transplantation.

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Scientists identify two genes involved in the cerebral effects of boys and girls with obsessive-compulsive symptoms

A team from IDIBELL, the Bellvitge University Hospital and CIBERSAM, in collaboration with ISGlobal and Harvard Medical School, have described alterations in two genes that would explain the abnormally reverberant behavior of the brain circuits involved in OCD.

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Researchers discover a new genetic regulation pathway associated with obesity

The results of the study, published in the journal Advanced Science, show that reducing the expression of a group of microRNAs in fat tissue causes an increase in the number of fat-storing cells and their hypertrophic growth.

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CAC, IDIBELL, and Hospital de Bellvitge offer scholar course to prevent addictions to video games and gambling

It reflects on the time spent playing, the stereotypes and values that video games can transmit

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The DACMA Association donates 8,000 euros for breast cancer research

The Association of Women with Breast Cancer (DACMA) has donated a check for 8,000 euros to IDIBELl and ICO dedicated to breast cancer research. This donation counted on the participation of Belén García, the mayor of Sant Joan Despí, where DACMA has its headquarters, who wanted to accompany the entity members in this event.

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From lab to market: the fourth edition of the Accelerator Meeting Point promotes Bellvitge’s biomedical innovation

The most innovative projects in the healthcare and biomedical sector were presented on December the 16th at the fourth edition of the Accelerator Meeting Point (AMP), organized by the Business Development and Innovation Area of ​​the Biomedical Research Institute of Bellvitge (IDIBELL). The fourth edition of the AMP has counted on the participation of AIISEM,

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Scientists describe how vaccination has affected bacterial variants that cause pneumonia

Un estudio del IDIBELL y el Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge ha descrito como las vacunas han cambiado la distribución de los distintos serotipos de neumococo.

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