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IDIBELL researchers take a step forwards in transplanting pig cells to regenerate human cartilage
The research group New Therapies on Genes and Transplantation at the IDIBELL first studied the response of human NK cells (Natural Killer) against porcine chondrocytes (cartilage cells). The results of the research, published in The Journal of Immunology, indicate that these cells, characteristic of the innate immune system play an important role in the rejection […]
José María Aguado: ”Our goal is to customize the treatment for CMV in transplant patients”
Factors influencing Citomeglaovirus infection (CMV) and how to prevent it focused the conference of the researcher at the Institute for Biomedical Research Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre in Madrid, Jose Maria Aguado, in IDIBELL seminar series on 17 February. CMV is an herpes virus that affects the vast majority of patients with solid organ transplantation. […]
Emilià Pola takes a tour of the IDIBELL in Eureka! at COM Radio
The director of IDIBELL, Emilia Pola, was the first protagonist of a series of interviews that the scientist program Eureka! at COM Ràdio will make to the directors of major research centers in Catalonia. Listen to the interview: www.comradioblocs.com/eureka
Newspaper El Mundo ranks Manel Esteller as one of the 25 top health professionals of 2011
The Newpaper El Mundo ranks the IDIBELL researcher Manel Esteller as one of the most influent health professionals in Spain of 2011. Other relevant personalities of the ranking are Joan Rodés, Josep Baselga and Anna Veiga. Manel Esteller is the Director of the Cancer Epigenetics and Biology program of IDIBELL, ICREA (Catalan Institute for Research […]
IDIBELL participates in a workshop on Rett Syndrome
On Saturday February 18 the second Workshop on Rett syndrome will be held. The event is organized by the Teknon Foundation and the Catalan Association of Rett syndrome. The IDIBELL researcher Manel Esteller will take part in the seminar. The event will be followed on live via IDIBELL website and it will be possible to […]
Montserrat Baiget: “Medicine will be genomic or it won’t be”
The director of the genetics service at the Hospital de Sant Pau, Montserrat Baiget, explained the latest developments of her research group in pharmacogenetics. It was on February 10 under the IDIBELL seminar series. Starting from the premise that the future of medicine and new therapies involve applying genomics, the group led by Montserrat Baiget […]
What causes language switching in bilinguals?
The proficiency that a bilingual person has of both languages, the context in which he speaks them or unconscious changes in their use are the factors that make people who speak Spanish and Catalan switch from one language to another. The group of Cognition and Brain Plasticity at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), led […]
Jesús García-Foncillas: “Only one in ten ‘first in human’ trials works, but we have to keep trying”
The researcher Jesus Garcia Foncillas has recently joined the Institute of Health Research ‘Fundación Jiménez Díaz’ as director of the Cancer Research Unit. There he continues his research in the field of microRNA, how they control the expression of genes and how they can be useful in clinic. He explained his progress in the seminar […]
IDIBELL expresses its condolences for the death of the artist Antoni Tapies
The Institute of Bellvitge Biomedical Research (IDIBELL) wishes to express its condolences for the death of Antoni Tàpies on February 6th. In 2005 the artist made in an altruistic way the logo of the research centre, in the same way that years before had made the logo of the Foundation August Pi i Sunyer of […]