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Jaume Reventós: “Together we can move forward”
On Wednesday April 2, the auditorium of the University Hospital of Bellvitge hosted the presentation of the new IDIBELL general manager, Jaume Reventós. The event was attended by members of the delegate Commission of the institution Jordi Alberch , Vice Chancellor of the University of Barcelona ; Alfredo Garcia Director of the University Hospital of […]
Identified epigenetic factors associated with an increased risk of developing cancer
Research shows that in one in four human tumor exist genetic polymorphisms associated with increased risk of cancer that cause epigenetic changes that modifies the expression of neighboring genes.
IDIBELL researchers describe a new tumor suppressor gene in the liver
NOX4 enzyme inhibits the growth of tumor cells in liver Article reference The NADPH oxidase NOX4 inhibits hepatocyte proliferation and liver cancer progression
3D biotechnology, protagonist of the workshop of the European project IT-LIVER in Vienna
On February 27th and 28th the University of Vienna hosted the second workshop of the European project IT-Liver, funded by the Marie Curie ITN (Initial Training Network) program of the European Commission (FP7) and coordinated by the head of the Biological clues of the invasive and metastasic phenotype research group at IDIBELL, Isabel Fabregat. In […]
Discovery of a mechanism that makes tumor cells sugar addicted
For almost a hundred years ago is known that cancer cells feel a special appetite for a type of sugar called glucose. The tumor uses this molecule is like the gasoline which depends a sports car to burn faster and grows and multiplies rapidly. It is a little cash process from the energy point of […]
Antiviral therapy reduces risk if death by 25% in adults hospitalized with influenza
The study was conducted in 29,000 patients during H1N1 pandemic Antiviral treatment Article reference Effectiveness of neuraminidase inhibitors in reducing mortality in patients admitted to hospital with influenza A H1N1pdm09 virus infection: a meta-analysis of individual participant data. Online Journal comment Journal comment
New advances in the study of megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy
Some types of leukodystrophies, that are neurodegenerative hereditary myelin disorders, are characterized by the presence of vacuoles in which myelin lamellae isolate CNS axons . The megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy (MLC), caused by mutations in the gene MLC1 and GlialCAM is a rare disease with appearance of this type of vacuoles, and currently there is no treatment […]
Jaume Reventós, new director of IDIBELL
The Board of trustees of IDIBELL has approved on Tuesday March 18th in a extraordinary meeting on appointment of Dr. Jaume Reventós as IDIBELL’s director. Jaume Reventós (Barcelona, 1953) is a doctor (1977, UAB). He attended and received his specialty of Biochemistry (1982) in the MIR at the Vall d’Hebron Hospital in Barcelona. So far, […]
Excess in the protein that causes Rett Syndrome damages neurons
The MECP2 protein controls the activity of hundreds of genes in neurons. When mutations cause loss of its activity appears Rett syndrome, a disease of neurodevelopment which is the second most common cause of mental retardation in females after Down syndrome. An increased activity of MECP2 could also alter neurons as men with extra copies […]