A new 3D muscle model will allow the study of aging and the evaluation of drugs and cosmetics

by IBEC - Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

3 years ago
three-dimensional model, 3D, muscle aging, bioengineering, biomedicine, robotics

IBEC researchers develop a three-dimensional model of muscle tissue using bioprinting and tissue bioengineering techniques that allow reproducing their strength, contraction and aging profiles. The ne...

Towards a treatment for myotonic dystrophy: the first 3D model with patient cells

by IBEC - Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

3 years ago
3D, myotonic dystrophy, rare disease, bioengineering

IBEC researchers led by Javier Ramón and Juan M. Fernández develop the first three-dimensional model for myotonic dystrophy, a rare disease that currently has no cure. The model combines patient cel...

Next generation of swimming living robots can self-train, showing striking speed and strength

by IBEC - Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

3 years ago
Bioengineering, biobots, biological robots

Researchers at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) led by Samuel Sánchez achieve a breakthrough in the field of biological robots by developing new biobots based on muscle cells that...

Observed in vivo the collective movement of nanorobots

by IBEC - Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

3 years ago
nanorobots, Bioengineering

A team of researchers led by Samuel Sánchez from BEC has monitored, for the first time, the behaviour of a swarm of nanorobots inside living mice. The study, published in the prestigious journal Scie...

Bioengineering and medtech to fight cancer

by Biocat

3 years ago
research, cancer, medtech, Bioengineering

The combination of new bioengineering techniques and developments in the field of medical technology is destined to radically change cancer diagnoses and treatment. Close to 200 researchers, technicia...

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.

Bioengineering contributes to new advances against childhood cancer

by IBEC - Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

4 years ago
neuroblastoma, bioengineering, childhood cancer

IBEC contributes to elucidate how the rigidity of the tumor extracellular matrix affects the aggressiveness of neuroblastoma, a cancerous tumor that affects mainly children. This opens the door to gen...

Researchers at IBEC help identifying a drug in clinical phase that blocks the effects of SARS-Co-V2

by IBEC - Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

4 years ago
drug, virus, blocking, mini-kidneys, bioengineering

IBEC researchers led by ICREA Research Professor Núria Montserrat, together with international collaborators, have identified a drug capable of blocking the effects of the SARS-Co-V2 virus, the origi...

Designing multi-purpose vaccines: the MycoSynVac project concludes after five years

by Centre for Genomic Regulation

4 years ago
vaccines, MycoSynVac, Mycoplasma, bioengineering

Scientists from the five-year EU funded project MycoSynVac report their findings and successes at a final meeting in Brussels. The project drew on cutting edge biotechnology to explore three important...

Researchers identify a new repairing mechanism for the peripheral nervous system with bioengineering techniques

by Universitat de Barcelona

4 years ago
peripheral nervous system, bioengineering, health, microfluidic, optogenetic, rehabilitation therapies

Injuries in the peripheral nervous system are an important health problem and their treatment is now a challenge for medicine. A great part of the current treatments is based on surgery, but these ...

Identified a new repairing mechanism of the peripheral nervous system by applyting bioengineering techniques

by IBEC - Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

4 years ago
nervous system, bioengineering, neurons, injury

The Molecular and cellular neurobiotechnology group with the collaboration of the Nanobioengineering group, both of them at IBEC, have applied a new light-stimulated technique to modulate muscular act...