Immunotherapy could prevent the loss of neurons in Parkinson's disease

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

By analyzing tissue from patients with Parkinson’s disease, and animal and cellular models of the disease, a research team from the Institut de Neurociències of the UAB has shown that the main immu...

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UAB researchers develop biofertiliser enriched with selenium using brewer's spent grain

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

The UAB is coordinating BrewSelBar, a European project to develop a selenium-enriched biostimulant using brewer’s spent grain (BSG). The goal is to improve farming by favouring a more sustainable ag...

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New methodological approach for precision drug design in transthyretin amyloidosis

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

An international research team reveals new molecular mechanisms associated with pathogenic mutations in the protein transthyretin that cause transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR), a group of fatal progress...

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Key proteins involved in the skeleton's adaptation to locomotion and in bone remodeling processes identified

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

An international collaboration study reveals how evolution and locomotion patterns, such as bipedalism, shaped bone structures through proteins present in the bone matrix. The findings of the study, l...

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Una dieta rica en micronutrientes se asocia con menor pérdida auditiva en personas mayores

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

Una mayor adherencia a las recomendaciones de micronutrientes en la dieta se relaciona con una menor prevalencia de pérdida auditiva en adultos mayores, según un estudio realizado por investigadores...

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Adherence to the Mediterranean diet in most Barcelona households is low or moderate

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

Adherence to the Mediterranean diet in urban households across Barcelona is low or moderate, despite its widely recognized benefits for cardiovascular, metabolic, and mental health.

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UAB research intro gene therapy for SPG52 receives €100,000 donation

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

With this new donation, the study carried out by the Gene Therapy Group for the Central Nervous System, in collaboration with the La Lucha de Abril association, has received over €750,000 in donatio...

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Mitochondrial epilepsy could originate in a specific group of brain neurons

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

A team led by the UAB Institut de Neurociències (INc-UAB) has for the first time identified the mechanism behind a potentially fatal type of epilepsy, a symptom of mitochondrial diseases. The discove...

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Discovery of how a protein regulates DNA and affects male fertility

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

The published study now demonstrates that RAD21L also regulates the three-dimensional organisation of the genome and gene expression in sperm precursor cells. The absence of this protein causes a prof...

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Protein nanorings designed to detect and neutralise SARS-CoV2 virus

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

The new nanomaterial is formed by a scaffold based on recombinant ring-like proteins (RLPs), to which mini proteins created by the team of experts in a previous study were incorporated. This structure...

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Researchers describe for the first time brain signals associated with forgetting unpleasant memories

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

A study coordinated by researchers from the UAB and Ruhr-Universität Bochum in Germany shows for the first time the electrophysiological signals in the human brain associated with the extinction of f...

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Less is more: gene loss drives adaptive evolution of a pandemic bacteria

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

Researchers discovered that losing genes rather than gaining them can favor the expansion of a bacteria present in the ocean that causes serious infectious disease outbreaks in many countries. The stu...

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