Device developed to facilitate monitoring of hereditary and hepatic metabolic disorders

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

Researchers at the UAB, in collaboration with the Hospital Sant Joan de Déu and the UPC, have developed a new device capable of monitoring the patient’s blood ammonium levels at any given time. The...

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The peptide that links diabetes and Alzheimer’s diesease

by UPF - Universitat Pompeu Fabra

It have been found that β-amyloid behaves differently with age. As we get older, there starts to be a large amount of β-amyloid in the brain, where it aggregates to form oligomers that block the ins...

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Hallada una variante genética que predispone a la delgadez, y que porta el 60% de los europeos

by CNIO - Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas

Investigadores del Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO) y del Instituto IMDEA Alimentación han descubierto que quienes tienen una determinada versión de un gen implicado en la nutr...

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Researchers develop a 'gym on a chip' that will help to study diabetes and find new drugs to treat the disease

by IBEC - Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

By using this innovative “gym on a chip”, researchers found that muscle cells contraction caused by electric stimulation directly induces the production of insulin by pancreatic cells.

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Collaborative trial platforms position themselves as the best method to achieve a drug for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

by Vall d’Hebron

Collaborative platform trials subject patients to a unique selection process that makes them candidates for several treatment arms at the same time. The idea is to unify data analysis and standardize ...

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A new biomarker would help detect arteriosclerotic plaque early in diabetics

by Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

The levels of the α-klotho protein could have a useful role as a biomarker to help identify patients with type 1 diabetes who are at increased risk of developing arteriosclerosis and thus increased c...

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Elisabete Weiderpass: 'Hay muchas sustancias de las que tenemos evidencia clara de que son carcinógenas, pero siguen en el mercado. Es una decisión política, no científica'

by CNIO - Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas

La reglamentación europea no solamente tiene en cuenta la evidencia científica sino también las consecuencias económicas. Hay muchas sustancias de las que tenemos evidencia clara de que son carcin...

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New Study Provides a Unique Resource for Understanding How Environmental Exposures in Early Life Affect our Health

by ISGlobal - Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona

This is the first exposome study to systematically associate over 100 environmental exposures during vulnerable early life periods with molecular signatures in childhood

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Liposomal formulations for treating lysosomal storage disorders

by Nanomol Technologies

There is currently no definitive cure for LSD and, despite the approval of certain therapies, their efficacy is limited. Therefore, a suitable nanocarrier could help improve the efficacy of some of th...

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Describen cómo la olanzapina controla el equilibrio energético y el peso corporal

by CIBERDEM - Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas

Los fármacos antipsicóticos de segunda generación son el tratamiento de elección para personas con esquizofrenia y otras enfermedades mentales. Sin embargo, numerosos estudios han puesto en eviden...

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The presence of macrovascular complications in people with diabetes is associated with a worse prognosis in hospitalized patients with COVID-19

by Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

Patients with diabetes and previous macrovascular complications (coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease, or peripheral arterial disease) admitted for COVID-19 to a hospital have a worse prog...

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