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IUD reduces by half the risk of cervical cancer
The study involved more than 20 000 women from different countries Intrauterine devices (IUDs) may protect against cervical cancer. This is the conclusion of the broadest epidemiological study to date in which has participated the research group in Viruses and Cancer of IDIBELL, published at The Lancet Oncology. Reduces the risk by half Article’s reference
IDIBELL Researchers discover why tumour cells change their appearance
If environmental conditions of tumors are changed, the process reverses The study is led by Manel Esteller Like snakes, tumour cells shed their skin. Cancer is not a static disease but during its development the disease accumulates changes to evade natural defences adapting to new environmental circumstances, protecting against chemotherapy and radiotherapy and invading neighbouring organs, eventually causing metastasis. Article reference
Morbid obesity and low weight are genetically related
A study published in the journal Nature has found in a region in chromosome 16 the tendency to suffer from obesity or underweight. The study has the participation of researchers from the Psychiatry and Mental Health research group at IDIBELL and the Networking Biomedical Research Centre on the Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBERobn). Article […]
UB is among the top 100 world universities in the field of clinical medicine and pharmacy
The University of Barcelona maintains its position in the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2011 (ARWU) published this August.
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.