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IDIBELL researchers question the dogma that says in response to nutrient shortage, cells eat themselves
The study concludes that the absence of glucose, an essential nutrient for energy, does not induce autophagy in cells Autophagy is a protective mechanism that cells use in stressful situations. They degrade their organelles and recycle them to obtain energy and survive. It was thought that in all situations of lack of nutrients, cells initiate […]
TRANSLINK, the European project to develop treatments that prevent immune responses against biological cardiac prostheses
Translink is a project that will have a duration of four years and a budget of 7.8 M € , co-financed by the European Union under the 7th Framework Programme. Dr. Rafael Máñez , director of the project in 2 hospitals of the ICS (Catalan Health Institute , stresses that this project will apply the […]
Princess of Asturias delivers research grants of the AECC during the 60th anniversary meeting of the association
IDIBELL’s researcher Oscar Martinez-Tirado has collected the stable coordinated group grant for research in Ewing’s Sarcoma
IDIBELL organizes the first workshop of the European project IT-Liver
Next September 25, 26 and 27 the Institute of Catalan Studies hosts the first working meeting of the European IT-Liver Project included in the Programme Marie Curie ITN (Initial Training Network). IT-Liver project’s mission is to provide a multidisciplinary and intersectorial Research Training Programme for young researchers, so as to prepare them for leading roles […]
A project of the IDIBELL awards the grant of the Sandra Ibarra Foundation of Solidarity against Cancer
On September 17 took place the delivery of the “IV ghd Grants” for breast cancer research with a ceremony attended by the presence of Sandra Ibarra, president of the Foundation, Manel Esteller, patron of the Foundation, Candela Calle, general director of the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO) and Thys Niermeyer, general director of ghd Spain. […]
Brain fixes the information that receives during the day on our memory while we sleep
Our brain accumulates information during the day but how do we register it in our memory? What makes this memory lasts over time? One of the main mechanisms is the consolidation of memory. From all that we see or learn during the day, brain filters what we forget and what we remember. The optimal moment […]
IDIBELL participates at the Researcher’s Night 2013 in Barcelona
On September 27 Biocomunica’t ‘ T (www.biocomunicat.com) organizes in Barcelona a new edition of the Researcher’s Night, a European science spreading project of the 7th Framework Programme of the European Union which will take place simultaneously in more than 300 European cities. The goal of the Reseachercher’s Night is to show the contribution of scientists […]
High levels of RANK protein interferes with the differentiation of mammary cells
Researchers of the Transformation and Metastasis research group at Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), led by Eva González-Suárez, have shown that overexpression of RANK signalling pathway interferes with the differentiation of the cells that form the mammary glands. This produces an accumulation of undifferentiated cells that finally leads to tumor development. In previous studies, the […]
Discovered one of the mechanism that influences aggressiveness in Ewing’s Sarcoma
Caveolin-1 participates in the formation of new blood vessels around the tumor, facilitating growth and proliferation The finding opens the door to the investigation of new therapies against this childhood cancer Angiogenesis and solid tumors Future therapies Article’s reference EphA2-induced angiogenesis in Ewing sarcoma celles works through bGFG production and is dependent on caveolin-1.