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La Marató de TV3 funds four IDIBELL projects
La Marató de TV3 2011, dedicated to organ and tissue transplantation have funded four projects led by IDIBELL researchers. The granted researchers are Josep Maria Aran, researcher of Human Molecular Genetics Group; Josep Maria Grinyó, leader of the Nephrology and Renal Transplantation group; Eduard Montanya, head of the Diabetes, Endocrine and Nutrition group, and Francesc […]
IDIBELL researchers lead Spanish database of rare diabetes syndromes
Spanish researchers have launched a national database to collect information on rare diabetic syndromes that are a group of rare inherited diseases whose common link is the body’s intolerance to glucose. Registration is focused on three rare diseases: Wolfram, Bardt-Biedl and Alström syndromes. The initiative, named REWBA (Spanish Registry of Wolfram, Alström and Bardet-Biedl Syndromes), […]
Inhibition of enzyme NOX4 prevents liver fibrosis
Researchers at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) have led a study published in PLoS One showing that the inhibition of a family member of NADPH oxidase enzyme, NOX4, plays an important role in liver fibrosis. The researchers studied the function of a cytokine called transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) in the pathophysiology of the liver, […]
Bonaventura Clotet: “we are working in a therapeutical vaccine to block cell to cell HIV spreading”
The last IDIBELL Seminar, on 28th October, the Small Hall at the Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, hosted the seminar “Update about HIV eradication” by Bonaventura Clotet PhD, Institute for AIDS Research (IrsiCaixa) Director, and talked about the different strategies to cure HIV. The problem of VIH spreading and treatment is that, more and more, there […]
The Bellvitge University Hospital, involved in the awareness campaign on the prevention of stroke
On October 29th, on the occasion of the World Stroke Day, a simultanious campaign took place in 31 Spanish hospitals
Francisco Guarner: ”We need bacteria to maintain a good immune system”
The first organisms those were able to obtain energy through inorganic matter and sunlight appered on Earth more than 3,500 million years ago. These were the cyanobacteria. Currently, there are still cyanobacteria that perform a similar function. The 20% of the total CO2 is fixed by cyanobacteria, being able to transform inorganic matter to organic. […]
A simple test can prevent colon cancer hereditary
Hereditary colon cancer is a disease that can be prevented successfully with proper monitoring. Lynch syndrome or colon hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancernis the most common inherited form, between 1% and 3% of all cases. A simple test within the tumor in all patients with colorectal cancer is better than any clinical recommendation to identify cases […]
Jose María Martínez Sánchez, Extraordinary Doctorate Award by UB
The University of Barcelona has granted a special award of the PhD thesis: “Exposure to environmental smoke snuff and tobacco control measures”, by Jose Maria Martinez Sanchez, a postdoctoral researcher IDIBELL-ICO. The thesis, headed by Esteve Fernández, group leader of Cancer Control and Prevention from IDIBELL-ICO is a compendium of seven scientific papers on passive […]
IDIBELL and ICFO researchers have developed a technology that predicts metastasis in breast cancer
Researchers at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) and The Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) have collaborated on the development of a diagnostic tool that identifies the metastatic ability of breast cancer cells. The analysis is based on the characterization of the lipid component of the cells, which is indicative of malignancy. This has allowed […]