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46% of IDIBELL smokers plan to quit smoking
The tobacco consumption survey shows that over 25% of staff is smoker and almost half of them think about quit it someday Under the Smoke-free IDIBELL program, offered by the institute through ICO’s Control Tobacco Unit to all workers who want to quit smoking, it has been performed a poll to assess what is the snuff prevalence among IDIBELL staff and if all workers know about this support program. Quit smoking The poll
The network of our brain which is active at rest is disabled when performing a task either emotional or cognitive
Published on PLoS ONE IDIBELL researchers have shown that several brain regions known as the Default Mode Network have activity at rest and when we induce a task, this network is disabled. Emotional or cognitive tasks Article’s reference
An epigenetic change in specific regulatory T cells,protective biomarker for kidney graft outcome
IDIBELL researchers show that methylation of FOXP3 factor controls Regulatory T cell immunosuppressive function A study of the Nephrology and Renal Transplantation research group of the IDIBELL demonstrates that renal transplant patients who present regulatory T cells with high expression of FOXP3 factor demethylated, both in blood or directly into the transplanted organ, have a better functional outcome of the graft. Article’s reference
An autumn full of scientific events
Meeting of the Spanish Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SEBBM) International Pharma Licensing Symposium (IPLS). ICC on Genomic Imprinting and Beyond. Medevice Exhibition and Biomaterials Conference. RECOMB 2011. Salón Internacional de la Química. Expoquimia. European Cancer Cluster Partening (ECCP) Interbio Summer School on Structural Biology “NMR applicactions in Protein Reseach”. Biotechnica. BIO-Europe (17th Annual International Partneting Conference). F Medica. Technology Summit & Technology Platform .
Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation funds twenty IDIBELL research projects
The subprogram of non-oriented basic research projects of the Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINN) will fund 20 projects IDIBELL with about three million Euros, according to the preliminary resolution.
Inhibition of the EGF receptor retrieves the response of liver tumor cells death-inducing factors
The finding may enable progress towards personalized treatments in these kinds of tumors Inhibition of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) impairs the growth of liver tumor cells and makes them sensitive to the suppressive action of the cytokine TGF-beta, by activating mechanisms of programmed death (apoptosis). This is the result of research conducted by researchers from the Biological clues of the invasive and metastatic phenotype group at IDIBELL, led by Isabel Fabregat. Dual role of TGF – beta Article reference
OTRI wins meters and facilities for researchers
The Research Results Transfer Office (OTRI) and the Research Support Office (ORS) IDIBELL launches new space after the renovations. The renewed OTRI nearly doubles its space from about 70m2 to 135m2 and has more actual daylight. It is structured in three different areas: one for competitive projects, another for non competitive ones and a new meeting room.
A study compares silk and Teflon sutures in dental implant surgery
The research has been published in Clinical Oral Implants Research journal Sutures made with Teflon thread are more comfortable for patients than the sutures of silk thread, according to a scientific article that reviews the use of these two non-absorbable suture materials in oral implantology. The article has been published in Clinical Oral Implants Research journal, led by Cosme Gay-Escoda, researcher at the Pathology and Dental Therapeutics and Maxillofacial group at IDIBELL and the University of Barcelona. Article reference: Source
Five clinical trials led by IDIBELL will form part of the CAIBER Clinical Research Plan
The Spanish Clinical Research Network (CAIBER) incorporates five clinical trials led by researchers at the IDIBELL to Plan Clinical Research after obtaining a favorable resolution and excellent grades in the 2010 Intramural call. IDIBELL projects