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C. elegans as a model to study cancer, in Genetics and Nature Medicine journals
Genetics Porta-de-la-Riva M, Cerón J, Nature Medicine.
Scientists identify new amino acid transporter in the kidney with potential impact on cystinuria
Research groups led by Dr. Virginia Nunes and Dr. Manuel Palacin, UB professors and researchers from Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) and Institute for Research in Biomedicine Barcelona (IRB Barcelona), respectively, at the same time responsible for the Ciber 730 and U731 units for Rare Diseases (CIBERER), have identified the AGT1/rBAT protein as a new […]
Cancer stem cell regulation changes during skin carcinoma progression to promote metastasis
Researchers from the group of Aging and Cancer, led by Purificación Muñoz in the Institute of Biomedical Research of Bellvitge (IDIBELL) demonstrated that the cancer stem cell features change during the skin squamous cell carcinoma progression to generate highly aggressive and metastasis prone tumors. These results were recently published in Cancer Research journal. Squamous cell […]
Genetic engineering to prevent rejection in xenotransplantation
The major limitation involving the transplantation of cells, tissues and organs of animal origin (xenotransplantation, mostly of the pig) in humans is rejection due to the activation of various immune system mechanisms. Overcoming this limitation requires great efforts in xenotransplantation research, such as that led IDIBELL researcher Cristina Costa, who has devoted most of his […]
Manel Esteller, a world leader in cancer epigenetics and researcher at IDIBELL, receives National Research Prize 2015
The Government of Catalonia and the Catalan Foundation for Research and Innovation (FCRI) have awarded Manel Esteller, researcher at IDIBELL, the National Research Award 2015. Esteller is an ICREA research professor, director of the Epigenetics and Cancer Biology Program of the Institute of Biomedical Research of Bellvitge since 2008, head of the cancer Epigenetics Group of the center and professor of Genetics at the Department of Physiological Sciences II of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Barcelona.