Bladder tumours reduced by 90% using nanorobots

by IBEC - Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

3 months ago
nanorobots, bioimage, IBEC, CIC biomaGUNE, bladder cancer

It has been emonstrated how these tiny nanomachines are propelled by urea present in urine and precisely target the tumour, attacking it with a radioisotope carried on their surface. Led by the IBEC a...

DAM and IBEC develop a drone that improves odor management in water treatment plants

by IBEC - Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

3 years ago
DAM, IBEC, chemical sensors, WWTP, Waste Water Treatment

The company Depuración de Aguas del Mediterráneo (DAM) and the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) develop a system equipped with chemical sensors that provides information, in real tim...

Desarrollan un método no invasivo para evaluar enfermedades pulmonares

by CIBER-BBN

3 years ago
IBEC, EPOC, enfermedades pulmonares

Un equipo de investigadores dirigido por el investigador del CIBER-BBN y el IBEC Raimon Jané, junto con colaboradores internacionales del imec en los Países Bajos y un hospital en Bélgica, desarrol...

Great success of the 13th IBEC Symposium 'Bioengineering for Future & Precision Medicine'

by Parc Científic de Barcelona

3 years ago
Medicine, Health, IBEC, Bioengineering

The Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), based in the Barcelona Science Park, organized from the 27th to the 28th October its 13th Symposium. The event, that this year took place for th...

Bioengineering for Future & Precision Medicines, 13th IBEC Symposium

by IBEC - Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

4 years ago
networking, Bioengineering, Precision Medicines, IBEC

The IBEC annual symposium brings together high-profile international experts for an open forum for interdisciplinary discussions and networking.

Mediante un modelo de ratón identifican una nueva combinación de fármacos para tratar rabdomiosarcoma, un tumor altamente agresivo en niños

by ICO - Institut Català d'Oncologia

4 years ago
IDIBELL, IBEC, niños, rabdomiosarcoma, fármacos

El grupo de quimiorresistencia del Programa PROCURE del ICO-IDIBELL, liderado por Alberto Villanueva, ha trasladado su experiencia en la generación de modelos ortotópicos de ratones en pacientes adu...

IBEC leads three new European projects

by IBEC - Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

4 years ago
neurorehabilation, IBEC, projects, 3D bioprinting, biosensors, skin regeneration, cancer

Bioengineering is a core discipline for the medicine of the future, and Europe knows that. Proof of this is that the European Union (EU) has granted during the last months the coordination of three Eu...

Cuatro investigadores de la BioRegión, galardonados con ERC Advanced Grants

by Biocat

4 years ago
ERC Advanced Grants, ResidualCRC, IRB Barcelona, EpiFold, IBEC, MUTANOMICS, CRG, BEMOTHER, UAB

Proyectos en salud impulsados por el IRB Barcelona, el CRG, el IBEC y la UAB obtienen las prestigiosas becas del Consejo Europeo de Investigación

IBEC and EMBL join forces

by IBEC - Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

5 years ago
regenerative therapies, IBEC, EMBL, research

The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) aim to strengthen future collaboration between the two research institutions. With this purpos...

Researchers from the IBEC develop a Virtual Reality system to treat speech disorders

by IBEC - Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

5 years ago
Virtual reality, IBEC, language, rehabilitation, brain injury

Researchers from the IBEC have developed a virtual reality-based system for rehabilitating patients with Broca’s aphasia. RGSa has been proven to improve communicative frequency and effectiveness in...

El IBEC dedica su segunda edición del programa Faster Future a la lucha contra el Parkinson

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

5 years ago
sistema nervioso central, Parkinson, IBEC, programa

El programa IBEC Faster Future, que persigue recaudar fondos para llevar a la práctica clínica determinados proyectos que ya se encuentran en una etapa avanzada de investigación, hará posible el d...

Proteins can transfer electrons at a distance

by Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

5 years ago
IBEC, Nature Communications, electron transfer, protein

Collaborating IBEC groups have published a study in Nature Communications that reveals that electron transfer can take place while a protein is approaching its partner site, and not only when the prot...