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Researchers describe the key role of a protein in the segregation of genetic material during cell division

Researchers at the Cell Cycle Research Group of the Bellvitge Institute of Biomedical Research (IDIBELL) led by Ethel Queralt have reported in the journal PLoS Genetics an article which delve into the regulator mechanisms of mitosis, a key stage of the cell-cycle for the correct transmision of genetic information from parents to sons. Cell-cycle Cells […]

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Networking ‘ at Forum of Health and Innovation

On December 2nd took place in the Hotel Hesperia Tower the Forum of Health and Innovation organized by the LH innova program of the Hospitalet City Council in collaboration with the IDIBELL. The opening of the conference was attended by the mayor of L’ Hospitalet, Núria Marín, the delegate of the Chamber of Commerce in […]

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Interactions between genes explain part of the heritability of cancer risk

An international study led by researcher Miguel Angel Pujana of the Bellvitge Institute of Biomedical Research (IDIBELL) and the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO) describes a new method that could allow the identification of genetic interactions associated with cancer risk. Genome-wide association studies (ie GWAS) has identified dozens of common genetic variants associated with cancer […]

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IDIBELL researcher Antonio Agudo received a special mention at the Pfizer Foundation Awards

Agudo published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology that concluded that 20 percent of all tumors are caused directly by the consumption of snuff The Pfizer Foundation gave the Thursday, November 28, its annual awards Biomedicine. The event, held in Barcelona, ​​ distinguished five medical researches on pneumococcal infections in children, lymphatic leukemia, colorectal cancer, […]

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Why tumors become resistant to chemotherapy?

IDIBELL Researchers describe epigenetic changes that explain the lack of response to drugs in colon cancer Article reference

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Princess of Asturias delivers King Jaime I Awards 2013

IDIBELL researcher Manel Esteller has been awarded in the category of basic research

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Researchers describe one mechanism that favors rejection in transplantation of porcine cartilage in humans

Inhibition of the complement system protects the transplant of pig cartilage cells Complement system Description of the mechanism Cartilage transplant

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Juan Ortin:”The defining characteristic of influenza virus is its unpredictability”

Influenza virus attacks us every year and occasionally can cause pandemics with high morbidity and mortality. This virus is the object of study team led by researcher John Ortín the National Center of Biotechnology, CSIC, Madrid. Juan Ortín explained in a conference within IDIBELL seminars on 8 November, the progress of his research on the […]

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