Latest Immunology biotechnology articles and news on biotech industry leaders, emerging biotech companies in Spain

Dr. Albert Pol awarded with a Human Frontier Science Program research grant

by Fundació Clínic per a la Recerca Biomèdica

9 years ago
Human Frontier Science Program

The project is of great importance given the increasing resistance in bacteria that the misuse and overuse of antibiotics has caused, which is becoming a global public health problem

Discovery of a Protein Capable of Regulating DNA Repair During Sperm Formation

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

9 years ago
ATM protein

UAB researchers have discovered that the inhibition of a protein, called ATM, could foster the appearance of genetic anomalies during the process of spermatogenesis. The inhibition of this protein cou...

Pancreatic cancer: past, present and future of research and treatment

by CNIO - Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas

9 years ago
Pancreatic cancer, immunotherapy

Pancreatic cancer is rare, but it is one of the most deadly cancers with the highe st mortality rates, and one of the lowest 5 -‐ year survival rates approaching 15 ‐ 20%

IrsiCaixa researchers prove that HIV uses a family of immune system cells as a "Trojan horse" to spread out the infection

by IrsiCaixa

9 years ago
células mieloides, VIH

Scientists from IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, jointly promoted by the Obra Social "la Caixa" and the Health Department of the Generalitat de Catalunya, have proved that a family of immune system ...

Diseñan una inmunotoxina eficaz contra las células tumorales del colon

by Universidad Complutense de Madrid

9 years ago
IMTXA33αS, colon cancer, colorectal cancer

Los investigadores subrayan el alto alcance de la inmunotoxina, al abarcar la mayor parte de los casos de cáncer colorrectal. “De acuerdo con estudios anteriores, el marcador tumoral GPA33, diana d...

An IDIBAPS-Clínic study shows for the first time the benefits of the Google-Pubmed 'big data' in systemic autoimmune diseases geoepidemiology

by Fundació Clínic per a la Recerca Biomèdica

9 years ago
Pubmed, Big Data, systemic autoimmune diseases

The big data is changing the landscape of scientific research, also in medicine, where in areas such as epidemiology and genetics allows analyzing total or almost total populations in studies that can...

IrsiCaixa prepares the start of clinical trials of therapeutic AIDS vaccine

by IrsiCaixa

9 years ago
VIH, AIDS vaccine

The therapeutic vaccine designed by IrsiCaixa researchers is the very first one developed according to the immune response of people who control HIV without antiretroviral treatment. Phase I trials wi...

Diferencias en la actividad de miles de genes modelan de forma estacional el sistema inmune

by Revista Genética Médica

9 years ago

Un trabajo de la Universidad de Cambridge, Reino Unido, muestra que la actividad de una elevada proporción de nuestros genes, casi la cuarta parte, difiere según la época del año, creando una vari...

IrsiCaixa leads the first umbilical cord stem cells transplantation resistant to HIV infection in a patient with severe blood disease

by IrsiCaixa

9 years ago
HIV, IrsiCaixa, CCR5-Delta32 mutation, Berlin patient, Barcelona patient, EpiStem international consortium

La revista ‘Lancet HIV’ publica el caso del “Paciente de Barcelona”, que padecía un linfoma y fue sometido a un trasplante de células de cordón umbilical con una mutación resistente al VIH...

La inmunoterapia, eficaz también en cáncer de pulmón

by ICO - Institut Català d'Oncologia

9 years ago
lung cancer, Immunotherapy

Un estudio con participación del ICO Badalona que publica The New England Journal of Medicine muestra que el 19% de los pacientes con cáncer de pulmón responden a la inmunoterapia

Identifican los factores genéticos de riesgo en la arteritis de células gigantes

by CSIC - Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

9 years ago
Giant Cell Arteritis, Immunochip

El estudio supondrá un punto de inflexión en la identificación de nuevas dianas terapéuticas que permitan un tratamiento más eficiente de los pacientes con esta patología

Germans Trias da un nuevo paso para la vacuna de la diabetes tipo 1 usando nanoterapia

by Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol

9 years ago
diabetes, liposomas, células beta

Los investigadores han generado liposomas en colaboración con profesionales del Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2). Por primera vez en el mundo, se usan liposomas que imitan cé...