New advances in anti-aging research attended the “Divendres” program on TV3 last October 3. After an introduction about aging and how our habits determined up to 90% of our life, the journalist Xavi Coral talked with Dr. Manel Esteller, director of the Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program in the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Professor […]
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A team of researchers from the Institute of Industrial and Control Engineering (IOC) of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech (UPC) and the Pulmonology Research Group of the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) has patented an improved virtual bronchoscopy system designed to enhance endoscopic examination of peripheral lung lesions, that is, small nodules located
The team led by Manel Esteller, director of the Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program in the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Professor of Genetics at the University of Barcelona and ICREA researcher, has identified epigenetic changes that occur in adult stem cells to generate different body tissues. The finding is published this week in The
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The Molecular Genetic Diagnosis Centre at IDIBELL participates in the development of a genetic test that allows analyzing 285 genes associated with various neurological diseases, using a sophisticated mass sequencing technology. The test can reduce threefold the time to obtain the results and decreases in nearly a hundred times the price of the standard technique,
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Dr. Lisardo Boscá is a CSIC research professor, assigned to the Biomedical Research Institute Alberto Sols (CSIC). He has more than 160 original research articles in international journals in the field of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Immunology. He has focused on the study of the pathophysiology of inflammatory processes, investigating its contribution in processes as
The subprogram of non-oriented basic research projects of the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) will fund seven IDIBELL projects with 448.000 euros, according to the preliminary resolution. The goal of this program is the promotion of quality research, evidenced by the internationalization of activities and the enhancement of the results for their scientist and
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In an auditorium filled to capacity in the Duran Reynals hospital, the IDIBELL CEO, Emilia Pola, presented on Friday September 21st the new institute Scientific Director, Josep Manuel Menchón, and the Director of Strategic Projects, Manel Esteller, which will officially incorporate on October 1st. At the end of the session, Gabriel Capellá, who has headed
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Ruth de Diego, researcher from the UB and IDIBELL, has received a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for his project “Tuning Attention during Language Learning”. This year, the ERC has funded research projects of excellence and highly innovative in any subject area of science and led by a researcher with between 2
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The research team led by Manel Esteller, director of the Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), professor of genetics at the University of Barcelona and ICREA researcher, has updated the latest findings in applied epigenetic in a review paper published in Nature Reviews Genetics. There is a growing need
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