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Bellvitge Hospital applies innovative public procurement system in the field of health
The Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) has awarded the company Reig Jofré a bidding to acquire a diagnostic system of endometrial cancer applicable to primary health care centres. This is the first experience of innovative pre-commercial public procurement in the health sector made in Catalonia. The product, which is named GynEC-DX, will be tested in […]
IDIBELL participates in the European project VESSEL
The research team on Signaling pathways in angiogenesis led by Mariona Graupera will be part of the European Training Network VESSEL composed by nine leading European laboratories in the field of angiogenesis. The main goal of the program explained the researcher Mariona Graupera “is to train scientists who, in the future, have the best tools […]
The European project COLTHERES classifies colorectal cancer into three subtypes
Researchers of the COLTHERES European project have presented on the American Society of Clinical Oncology Gastrointestinal Cancers symposium, held between 24 and 26 January, the preliminary results of the program that intends to encourage clinical trials of personalized therapies in colorectal cancer. Researchers have developed a new classification system that categorizes colorectal tumors into three […]
Steven Mithen: ”music and language have a common ancestor”
The music is part of human nature, is “embedded in our DNA.” With this reflection Steven Mithen began his lecture “How Neanderthals sang? The origins of music”. The prestigious British anthropologist talked about music, language and brain in the Cosmocaixa auditorium, filled to the brim, within the series “The music and its impact on the […]
Antoni Andreu: “Our challenge is to implement a research model that accelerates the transfer of basic science to the clinic”
What is the scenario for health research in 2013? What are the priorities for the coming years? Antoni Andreu, deputy manager of Assessment and Development Research Institute of Health Carlos III has sought to clarify these questions at a conference on 25 January at the small hall of the University Hospital of Bellvitge. Antoni Andreu […]
AECC grants two IDIBELL research projects
La Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer de Barcelona financiará dos proyectos del IDIBELL con dos becas para la investigación en oncología 2012. Los proyectos premiados son los siguientes: “Evaluación de la capacidad inmunoestimuladora de las células troncales mesenquimales trasducidas con adenovirus para el tratamiento del cáncer” coordinado por Ramon Alemany, jefe de grupo de investigación en Viroterapia […]
Angiogenesis on the cover
The Journal of Internal Medicine highlights a review of the researchers of the IDIBELL Oriol Casanovas and Lidia Moserle
Licensed a patent to Janus Developments for the treatment of inflammatory diseases
After a long history of collaboration between three research groups at the UB-IDIBELL, CSIC and UAB in the nucleic acid interference (siRNA) research it has been found the solution when inhibited, among others, genes involved in inflammatory diseases, such as those related to the action of tumour necrosis factor (TNF-alpha). As a result of this […]
Antoni Bayès-Genís: “The next generation of smart cardiac patch concept is a bio-membrane and a cardiac tissue”
Cell therapy is something that will increase in the heart research, told Antoni Bayès-Genís in the “Bioprosthesis for cardiac repair” IDIBELL seminar that took place in Sala Pau Viladiu at the Hospital Duran i Reynals-ICO, last January 18th. Bayés-Genís is Head of the Cardiology Service at the University Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol in Badalona […]