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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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An MRI could predict patients with epilepsy who would not suffer cognitive impairment with surgery

A study by IDIBELL, Bellvitge Hospital, and the University of Barcelona identifies, through magnetic resonance imaging, significant differences in the connectivity of several subregions of the hippocampus between patients with epilepsy who, after surgery, suffer impairments in verbal learning and those who do not.

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A clinical trial shows positive results for the most common cutaneous lymphoma treatment with an immunosuppressive drug

Dr. Cristina Muniesa and Dr. Octavi Servitje, from the Dermatology Service of the Bellvitge University Hospital (HUB) and IDIBELL researchers, participated in this study that evaluates the use of topical pimecrolimus in mycosis fungoides and was published in the prestigious journal The Lancet Haematology.

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Discovered epigenetic alterations associated with the COVID-19 related severe inflammatory syndrome in childhood

Dr. Aurora Pujol from IDIBELL and Dr. Manel Estaller from the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute identified an epigenetic signature associated to the development of the Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) after a SARS-CoV-2 virus infection.

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A study describes a new way to generate insulin-producing cells

Researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, in collaboration with Meritxell Rovira from IDIBELL, the P-CMRC, and the UB show that a recently identified molecule stimulates the formation of new insulin-producing cells in zebrafish and in mammalian tissues.

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