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Endoscopy treatments save hospital admissions
Advances in therapeutic endoscopy techniques, with the development of a score of innovative procedures are enabling increasingly performing digestive disorders interventions without resorting to conventional surgery with hospitalization. “Digestive endoscopy is less invasive than conventional surgical techniques as it is done by inserting a tube with a camera through the mouth. Such treatments are gaining […]
Ángel Carracedo: ”Only 50% of first-line drugs are effective”
The Professor of Legal Medicine and director of the Genomic Medicine lab at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Angel Carracedo, talked of the future challenges of the field of pharmacogenetics in the clinic. It was last March 15 at a conference within the framework of the IDIBELL seminars. Currently only 50% of first-line drugs […]
Discovered the epigenetic mechanism through which protein SirT2 regulates cell cycle progression and genomic stability
The study of IDIBELL researchers confirms antitumor properties of sirtuin 2 Clinical applications of SIRT2 Control of epigenetic marks Article’s reference The Tumor supressor SirT2 regulates cell cycle progression and genome stability by modulating the mitotic deposition of H4K20 methylation.
Experts from around the world participate in the XIII International Gynecological Surgery Course of the Bellvitge University Hospital
According to the director of the course, Jordi Ponce, “for this edition, we have proposed as monographic topics endometrial cancer of all types and routes of surgical approach, from simple vaginal hysterectomy to the most complex robotic staging, the surgical treatment of uterine myoma with hysteroscopic approach, laparoscopic, robotics or laparotomy, and, finally, the meshes […]
Found in Amish a genetic mutation causing mental retardation very similar to Angelman syndrome
Researchers from the research group in growth factors and cell differentiation at IDIBELL and the University of Barcelona (UB) have participated in an international study that has identified the genetic cause of developmental delay observed in Amish individuals in the USA. The research results have been published in the Journal of Medical Genetics. Amish community […]
Discovered the anti-inflammatory and immunoregulatory potential of a protein involved in the combat system against pathogens
Researchers in the research group of human molecular genetics of the IDIBELL have found that an isoform (variant) of the protein C4BP provides antiinflammatory and immunoregulatory characteristics to dendritic cells, which are essential to our immune system. This molecule could be useful in treatments to combat transplant rejection and to find new therapies against autoimmune […]
Eckart Altenmüller: ”Music is a tool to cure and prevent disease”
Positive effects Ictus Music therapy
José Luis Fernández Luna: “One type of gliobastoma stem cells are located in the periphery and cannot be removed with surgery”
The head of the Molecular Genetics Unit Valdecilla University Hospital, Santander, José Luis Fernández-Luna explained on March 1 its latest advances in research on cancer stem cells of glioblastoma, the most aggressive brain tumor, at IDIBELL seminars. Neurosurgical techniques have improved greatly in recent years. However, it is currently impossible to prevent relapse of glioblastoma […]
Musicologist Jaume Ayats proposes train our ear to understand other cultures at Cosmocaixa
Unlike popular belief, music is not a universal language. The musical diversity, different sound expressions and conceptions of sound between different human societies can difficult the rapprochement between cultures. Next March 5 at CosmoCaixa, the director of the Museum of Music Barcelona, Jaume Ayats, proposes a musical journey through distant and unknown music to better […]