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Quantum technology and cancer. Research and application in its detection and treatment

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The Centre de Cultura Contemporània of Barcelona (CCCB), with the collaboration of the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) and the program of Molecular Mechanisms and Experimental Therapy in Oncology (Oncobell), organized last 25th June 2019 a conference at the CCCB called “Quantum Technology and Cancer. Research and application in its detection and treatment.” In this interactive […]

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Brain structure determines individual differences regarding music sensitivity

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The white matter structure in the brain reflects music sensitivity, according to a study by the research group on Cognition and Brain Plasticity of the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona (UB) and the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (UB-IDIBELL). The study, published in Journal of Neuroscience, shows that white matter connectivity, the tissue

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Researchers identify an amino acid transporter as responsible for the onset of congenital cataracts

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The ‘human molecular genetics’ research group of the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, led by Dr. Virginia Nunes (IDIBELL – UB – CIBERER), has participated in a research study demonstrating that the amino acid transporter LAT2 causes congenital cataracts in both animals and humans.   This study, published in Frontiers in Physiology, has discovered that LAT2 ablation causes

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A dietary supplement improves the motor and communicative skills of a patient with atypical Rett syndrome

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Administration of the amino acid L-serine, a dietary supplement, contributes to the improvement of the communicative and motor skills of a patient with a mutation that affects glutamate receptors

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Molecular analysis could improve the early detection and prevention of endometrial cancer

Cancer, Cancer Immunotherapy , Gynaecological Cancer , Infections and Cancer, Resistance and Progression Mechanisms in Prostate Cancer / By

Researchers from IDIBELL and ICO lead the proposal to evaluate genomic analyzes in cervical cytologies to improve the detection of cancer of the uterine cavity

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Researchers at IDIBELL-HUB negatively correlate a neuropeptide with executive functions in patients with anorexia

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Researchers from the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) and the group of Eating Disorders, of the Bellvitge University Hospital (HUB), led by Dr. Fernando Fernández-Aranda, published in Scientific Reports (Nature) a study that negatively correlates the concentration of orexin A (a neuropeptide) with the executive functions in anorexic patients. The study is part of the

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