Massive exposure to tobacco-related images can influence young people’s perceptions of tobacco use, normalizing it and increasing the risk of them starting to smoke.
Study reveals worrying exposure of young people to tobacco-related TV content Read More »
Researchers generate a patch of myocardial tissue by 3D bioprinting that, for the first time, can grow, mature and survive in the long term after being implanted into a host
IDIBELL researchers generate heart tissue by 3D bioprinting for the first time Read More »
Embryonic cells have been filmed for the first time eliminating bacteria before the immune system forms.
This past Saturday, June 14, science coloured the Bellvitge neighbourhood thanks to Sinergia, the open doors of IDIBELL and the Bellvitge health campus with the support of the City Council of L’Hospitalet del Llobregat. It did so with workshops, organised activities, games, and music to get closer to the residents of the city, inviting them
Science and the street meet in Sinergia, the IDIBELL open day Read More »
Sinergia will open access to the cutting-edge biomedical research carried out by the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) in L’Hospitalet
From the lab to the hood: Sinergia 2025 brings IDIBELL research closer to the city Read More »
A genomic-scale map of the interactions between the regulatory elements of liver regeneration and the key genes involved is drawn
Key regions of DNA and genes that trigger liver regeneration have been identified Read More »
During the 20 years of the VINCat Programme, promoted by the Catalan Health Service, measures for the prevention and control of hospital infections have been implemented in almost 200 health centres in the country…
An international consortium of scientists, with the participation of Spanish centres such as IDIBELL, CIBERER and the Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital, has identified genetic variants in essential non-coding genes that cause previously undiagnosed neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) in patient cohorts. The findings have been published in the high-impact scientific journal Nature Genetics. Beyond
In Catalonia we spend about 5 and a half hours a day in sedentary behaviour, without moving, which represents a clear risk factor for the development of chronic diseases. The numbers confirm this, given that 2 out of 5 adults have this type of disease. This situation is aggravated by the lack of available outdoor
“Active recipes” to prevent chronic diseases: the proposal of the +ACTIU project Read More »
The high-impact scientific journal Nature Genetics has published on Tuesday the study with the largest sample of patients affected by obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) ever analyzed
25 Genes linked to OCD discovered in largest genetic study ever on the disorder Read More »
