Among recent achievements, first of all, the entry into force of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in 2005 stands out, which has surely been the most important milestone, not only for tobacco control, but as a paradigm of public health on a global scale.
The Aula L’H program on L’Hospitalet digital television, specialized in education, together with the Institut Bellvitge and IDIBELL, have carried out, throughout the 2021-22 academic year, a complete edition of the Women of Science section, entirely dedicated to disseminating the research work, the research career and the personality of five IDIBELL scientists.
Twenty-nine reference centers from the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Italy, France, and Spain, including IDIBELL, have participated in an international multicenter study that validated a model for predicting the risk of ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death in arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy of the right ventricle (ARVC).
The drug inhibits the S6K1 protein, which is essential for the development of new fat cells, responsible for the disproportionate growth of fat deposits in obese people.
IDIBELL and Hospital de Bellvitge are studying the efficacy of Efavirenz, an antiretroviral against HIV, for the treatment of Niemann Pick type C in a clinical trial.
A new study produces comparable estimates of screening coverage for 202 countries and territories
The spin-off that emerged from IDIBELL and the Catalan Institute of Oncology is developing new therapeutic alternatives for advanced cancers and a screening system for these patients.
The study, based on an animal experimental model, shows that when physiological stress exceeds the capacity of white adipose tissue to respond, it reaches a point of no return where it loses its metabolic plasticity.
The study, led by researchers from IDIBELL, ICO and Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS, analyzes the genetic variants associated with the risk of developing the cancer and should make it possible to reduce the number of unnecessary colonoscopies.
These grants promote the creation of new products and companies in life sciences and health, as well as help transfer the research results to society and the market.
