2021

IDIBELL researchers identify a brain region that predicts the evolution of apathy in Huntington’s patients

The atrophy of a specific region of the cerebral cortex is related to the appearance of apathy in Huntington’s patients, a neurodegenerative disease that affects motor and cognitive function. This is the conclusion of a study of the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) published in the Movement Disorders journal.

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A connection between senescence and stem cells caused by a breast cancer-initiating protein

Hyperactivation of the RANK pathway plays a double function in breast cells: in the early stages of cancer, it activates senescence, which has a protective effect and delays the appearance of tumours

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Researchers identify a possible therapy against Rendu-Osler disease

Research It is a rare disease that causes malformations in blood vessels. The study has discovered the implication of a protein in the development of the pathology.

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Isabel Fabregat receives a grant from the Ramón Areces Foundation to study liver fibrosis

The Ramón Areces Foundation has awarded Grants for Research in Life Sciences and Matter corresponding to its 20th edition. In ​​intercellular dialogue and interactome area, Dr. Isabel Fabregat, head of the research group “TGF-beta and cancer” at IDIBELL, in collaboration with Drs. Aránzazu Sánchez and Blanca Herrera from the Complutense University of Madrid, have received one of the grants.

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