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Vicente Felipo: “We want to identify the mechanisms that lead to minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy to reverse the cognitive and motor impairment”
In Europe there are about 2 million people with minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy, 200,000 in Spain. Most of them are undiagnosed so that cannot prevent the progression of the disease with cognitive and motor impairment that this entails. Vicente Felipo, researcher at the Centre Prince Felipe of Valencia explained on May 10 his progress in the […]
Gabriel Capellá, appointed new head of research and innovation of the Health Department of the Generalitat de Catalunya
The IDIBELL researcher Gabriel Capellá has been appointed new Head of Research and Innovation for Health of the Health Department of the Generalitat de Catalunya, replacing Marta Aymerich. Capellá will combine this task with the responsabilities of head of the Hereditary Cancer Program of the ICO and leader of the IDIBELL Hereditary Cancer group. From […]
Identified a family with neurofibromatosis type 1 and early breast cancer in which there are mutations in NF1 and BRCA1
Researcher of the Center for Molecular Genetic Diagnosis at the IDIBELL and the Oncogenetics Laboratory and Unit High Risk and Prevention Cancer of the Hospital Vall d’Hebron have studied a family affected by both type 1 neurofibromatosis and early breast cancer and they have detected mutations in NF1 and BRCA1 genes responsible for the two […]
Marga Frontera, new scientific office manager at IDIBELL
On April 2nd Marga Frontera joined IDIBELL as scientific office manager. Her mission, in her own words, is “getting the researcher, as far as possible, do not worry about anything but to investigate”. Frontera knows the day-to-day work in the laboratory because she has worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the laboratory of genomic imprinting […]
Nicolás Manito: ”the new mechanical hearts save transplants”
Heart failure is the leading cause of admission to hospital and one of the health problems that is growing as people live longer. The head of the Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Unit at the Bellvitge University Hospital and researcher at the Cardiovascular Diseases group at IDIBELL, Nicolás Manito, spoke about heart failure on May […]
The neuroscientist Josef Rauschecker explains at CosmoCaixa the evolution of speech and music: from apes to humans
Rauschecker leads the integrated neuroscience laboratory and Cognition at the University of Georgetown. His research focuses on understanding the neurophysiological mechanisms that differentiate us from other primate species and that have allowed us to develop throughout the evolution of music and speech. In this talk we will know the neural circuits in humans and monkeys […]
Manel Esteller, BIAL Foundation Distinction for his work in cancer genetics
Manel Esteller, Director of the Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program at IDIBELL, Professor of Genetics at the University of Barcelona and ICREA Research Professor has been awarded with a BIAL Foundation Distinction in its eighth edition. The international honour distinguishes a research work which content constitutes a significant contribution in the field of Health Sciences. […]
Diego Viasus awarded the Extraordinary Doctorate Prize of the Faculty of Medicine of the UB
The PhD thesis of Diego Viasus researcher at Infections of the respiratory tract and in Immunocomproimised Patients research group at IDIBELL has won two awards. On one hand, has received the Extraordinary Doctorate Award from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Barcelona and on the other, the Gabriel Rufí Prize for the best […]