A diet enriched in fruits, vegetables, legumes, and cereals not only has positive effects on health but also reduces the emission of greenhouse gases

by Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge

4 years ago
diet, health, emission, climate change, red meat

A balanced diet enriched in fruits, vegetables, legumes, and cereals, not only has positive effects on health but also reduces the emission of greenhouse gases (GHG) caused by the diet.

Presentation of ‘2020 BioRegion Report - Challenges Ahead’

by Biocat

4 years ago
2020 BioRegion, Biocat, CataloniaBio, HealthTech, health, science, Amgen

President of the Government of Catalonia Quim Torra will inaugurate the event, which will take place online on September 28, going over investment figures updated through September 2020

CNIC researchers discover a cell-cleaning system that keeps hearts healthy

by Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares - CNIC

4 years ago
cell-cleaning, heart, cardiomyocytes, health

The study published in Cell shows that macrophages, a type of immune cell, help cardiac cells to get rid of their waste material, and that this maintains the metabolic and contractile properties of th...

Telemedicine, a growing trend

by Alma Medical Imaging

4 years ago
patients, health, artificial intelligence, telemedicine

Technology has burst into medicine: artificial intelligence and other digital tools have already proven their usefulness in this field. But, without a doubt, we cannot talk about medical technology wi...

European grant of 1.5 million euros to study how the brain encodes and stores our experiences

by IMIM - Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques

4 years ago
brain, ERC, experiences, health, energy, investigation

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Dr. Arnau Busquets García, a Ramón y Cajal researcher at the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), with a prestigious ERC Starting Grant...

How to read supplement labels

by Natac Group

4 years ago
health, supplement, labels, certifications

Reading supplement labels can be challenging and scary at times if you don’t know what the numbers mean for you and your health

Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech, the spin-off of UB, BSC and IFAE, pioneers quantum computing in Europe

by Fundació Bosch i Gimpera

4 years ago
Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech, UB, BSC, IFAE, quantum computing, health

Quantum computing is a new technology with great transformative potential that is coming into our lives faster than we anticipated and, in less than a decade, it might completely transform the way in ...

Exheus, a new spin-off that analyzes gene expression, using artificial intelligence, to optimize performance, health and nutrition

by Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

4 years ago
Exheus, gene, Artificial Intelligence, health, nutrition

Exheus is a recent spin-off born thanks to the research carried out by the Sant Pau Research Institute, the Polytechnic University of Catalonia – BarcelonaTech (UPC) and the company Summit SL, which...

A solid science and the right patent, keys to raise private funding

by GENESIS Biomed

4 years ago
solid science, patent, funding, health, ITEMAS, CORIFY CARE, GLYCARDIAL, APTATARGETS

Having a solid scientific project and the right patent to protect it are key to raise funding in health innovation projects, according to the three entrepreneurs that participated in the 3rd webinar o...

New evidence found of the neurotoxic effects of some of the most commonly used pesticides in the world

by Universitat Rovira i Virgili

4 years ago
agricultural uses, neurotoxic effects, pesticides, health

URV researchers are taking part in a pioneering study that analyses the behavioural and molecular effects in the short, medium and long term resulting from exposure to chlorpyrifos, which may be relat...

Four projects led by the Parc Taulí Foundation, selected in the PADRIS call COVID-19

by Instituto de Investigación e Innovación Parc Taulí

4 years ago
covid-19, Health, machine learning, vitamin D, chronic, renal

The Catalan Agency for Health Quality and Evaluation (AQuAS), through the Data Analysis Program for Research and Innovation in Health (PADRIS), has activated a new urgent prioritization procedure for ...

New chemical lego blocks for health solutions

by IBEC - Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

4 years ago
chemical lego, health, drugs

IBEC researchers develop new multi-responsive molecules able to self-assemble in water forming fiber-like structures. The so-called discotic molecules show responsiveness to temperature, light, pH, an...