IDIBELL on the media
75% of electronic cigarettes users continue to smoke conventional snuff
An article published in the journal BMJ Open, led by the ICO-IIDBELL, first collected data on the use of electronic cigarettes in the Spanish population. Only 20% of users of e-cigarettes has declared fully or fairly satisfied with their use. In fact, 75% continue to smoke conventional snuff. This emerges from a study published in […]
Barcelona hosts the 16th Neurofibromatosis European Meeting
the neurofibromatosis Challenges in neurofibromatosis approaches
Researchers describe a relevant mechanism in certain types of inherited blindness
Visual perception begins with the capture of light by the photoreceptor cells of the retina, rods and cones, which by an enzymatic amplification cascade convert it into an electrical signal which is transmitted to higher order neurons and brain. The photoreceptor cells measure and transmit at all times the intensity of light at each point […]
New regions of genetic material are involved in the development of colon cancer
Article reference Nature
Described novel regulator of the activity of a protein inactive in over 50% of human tumors
Regulation of the activity of p53 by HERC2 HERC2 and cancer Article reference
Studying cancer in animals offers new insight into human tumors
Cancer in animals Animal study to better understand human tumors
New therapeutic combination to slow resistant sarcomas
Sarcomas Conventional chemotherapy and targeted therapy Article reference
Mutua Madrileña Foundation funds a research project on personalized treatments in lung cancer
The Mutua Madrileña Foundation in its XI Call for Research Grants, has selected a project aimed at personalizing the treatment of lung cancer led by the team leader of the ICO-IDIBELL chemoresistance group, Alberto Villanueva. The project is based on the personalization of cancer treatments for non-small cell lung (NSCLC) by the generation of mouse […]
Xavier Bosch, among the most important scientists of the world
The agency Thomson Reuters has published the Highly Cited Researchers, a list of the most recognized in the world based on the number of citations received their education researchers. Among the 3,000 researchers from the 47 most influential disciplines are Spanish. The section on clinical medicine, meanwhile, includes 402 researchers worldwide, of which 7 are […]
