Nanoparticles simplify DNA identification and quantification

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

In an article published in Small, researchers successfully applied a new qualitative and quantitative method for the detection of a DNA sequence characteristic of Leishmania infantum kinetoplast, a fr...

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System created at ICN2 could add new functionalities to silicon chips

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

Researchers at the Catalan Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) have created the first integrated flexoelectric microelectromechanical system on silicon. This research, published in Nat...

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Birth of Europe's largest network of nanoscience infrastructures

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

he NFFA-Europe project brings together 20 research centres, laboratories and universities that pioneer research in this field, among them those that make up the Barcelona Nanocluster Bellaterra BNC-b:...

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La UAB coordinará una red europea COST sobre autofagia

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

La UAB liderará la red europea TRANSAUTOPHAGY. El proyecto prevé avances biomédicos en prevención, diagnóstico y terapia en diversas patologías, así como mejoras de la calidad de vida relaciona...

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Television advertising embedded in programmes shown to be ineffective in older adults

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

Television advertising embedded within programmes is ineffective in older adults (aged 68 and above) according to a study by UAB researchers. Although they pay attention to this content and do not con...

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Bacterium capable of aquifer decontamination identified in River Besòs

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

UAB researchers have succeeded in characterising and cultivating, for the first time in Europe, a bacterium of the genus Dehalogenimonas, which transforms certain toxic organochlorine compounds into o...

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Novel classification for colorectal cancer established

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

An international consortium, coordinated by Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), and with the participation of UAB professor Josep Tabernero, has established a novel classification for colore...

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A multilaminar model explains the structure of chromosomal aberrations

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

The organization of DNA packaged in chromosomes during cell division has been very difficult to study experimentally. Researchers from the UAB have found that the structure of translocations in cancer...

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Possible new treatment for bladder cancer using a mycobacterium

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

Researchers with the UAB's Mycobacteria Research Group have found a mycobacterium that is more effective in treating superficial bladder cancer and does not cause infections, unlike those used up to n...

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New synthesis method imitates the way molecules were formed at the dawn of life

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

Researchers from CSIC, with support from the UAB, have developed a method for synthesising organic molecules very selectively. This is a significant step forward since it replicates the formation of c...

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Discovery of a triple barrier that prevents cells from becoming cancerous

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

UAB researchers have identified for the first time a triple mechanism that stops mitosis when the integrity of the chromosomes is threatened. The activation of any of the three control pathways blocks...

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La verdadera paleodieta: los cerebros grandes necesitaron carbohidratos

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

Hasta ahora se ha prestado especial atención al papel de las grasas animales y las proteínas en el desarrollo del cerebro humano en los últimos dos millones de años. Una investigación liderada po...

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