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Animal models developed by researchers at IDIBELL and ICO can revolutionize the study of cancer
Some animal models developed by researchers at the Institute of Biomedical Research of Bellvitge (IDIBELL) and the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO) has served to validate the effectiveness of a new drug against ovarian cancer resistant to cisplatin. The multidisciplinary work, done in collaboration with the biopharmaceutical company Pharmamar, was published in the journal Clinical […]
Clément François: “We must promote music in children”
Last October 5th took place in the University of Barcelona (Bellvitge Campus) the conference “Musical practice for the development of speech segmentation abilities, behavioural and electrophysiological evidences”, by PhD. Clément François, researcher of the Institut de Neurosciences de la Méditerranée CNRS and Aux-Marseille Universities (France). The Cognition and Brain plasticity group, from the UB and […]
Aging and epigenetics in “Divendres” (TV3)
New advances in anti-aging research attended the “Divendres” program on TV3 last October 3. After an introduction about aging and how our habits determined up to 90% of our life, the journalist Xavi Coral talked with Dr. Manel Esteller, director of the Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program in the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Professor […]
UPC and IDIBELL researchers patent a virtual guided-bronchoscopy system to help diagnose lung cancer
A team of researchers from the Institute of Industrial and Control Engineering (IOC) of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech (UPC) and the Pulmonology Research Group of the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) has patented an improved virtual bronchoscopy system designed to enhance endoscopic examination of peripheral lung lesions, that is, small nodules located […]
Adult stem cells change their epigenome to generate new organs
The team led by Manel Esteller, director of the Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program in the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Professor of Genetics at the University of Barcelona and ICREA researcher, has identified epigenetic changes that occur in adult stem cells to generate different body tissues. The finding is published this week in The […]
Developed a new test to diagnose genetic susceptibility to neuropathy
The Molecular Genetic Diagnosis Centre at IDIBELL participates in the development of a genetic test that allows analyzing 285 genes associated with various neurological diseases, using a sophisticated mass sequencing technology. The test can reduce threefold the time to obtain the results and decreases in nearly a hundred times the price of the standard technique, […]
Lisardo Boscá: “The macrophages have an important role in the activation of the atherosclerosis process”
Dr. Lisardo Boscá is a CSIC research professor, assigned to the Biomedical Research Institute Alberto Sols (CSIC). He has more than 160 original research articles in international journals in the field of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Immunology. He has focused on the study of the pathophysiology of inflammatory processes, investigating its contribution in processes as […]