July 2022

A generic antiviral could improve the life expectancy of patients with a rare disease without a cure

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.

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White adipose tissue is the most vulnerable to metabolic changes caused by obesity

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.

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A model that improves screening of colorectal cancer has been developed

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.

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Researchers describe genetic variants that increase vulnerability to gambling addiction

This IDIBELL and Bellvitge Hospital study shows that six variants of the gene family that codes for these factors are closely associated with more vulnerability to gambling addiction.

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The educational tandem of IDIBELL and the Institut Bellvitge closes the academic year having increased the number of activities and students involved

The educational tandem formed by the Institut Bellvitge and IDIBELL has closed the 2021-2022 academic year with the publication of the fifth issue of Life & Science magazine, the project carried out by 3rd year ESO students and which includes all the activities that the educational center carries out with researchers and professionals from IDIBELL.

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