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Is evolution predictable?

by Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas CBGP

3 months ago
beneficial mutations, lethal mutations

An international macro-study led by a researcher from the UPM (Polytechnic University of Madrid) and published today in Science expands our understanding of how the effect of mutations varies througho...

High blood omega-3 levels are associated with lower risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease

by IMIM - Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques

3 months ago
omega-3, DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), dementia and Alzheimer

The work is based on data from the UK Biobank database and has made it possible to analyze information from more than 260,000 people. Its conclusions may allow a more detailed definition of future stu...

Sant Joan de Déu criopreserva tejido ovárico de más de 130 niñas y adolescentes tratadas de un cáncer

by Hospital Sant Joan de Déu

2 months ago
criopreservación de tejido ovárico, laparoscopia

Más de 130 niñas y adolescentes diagnosticadas en el Hospital Sant Joan de Déu de un tumor del desarrollo en que el tratamiento podía comprometer su fertilidad futura han sido intervenidas para ex...

Predicción avanzada del infarto de miocardio inminente mediante biomarcadores en sangre

by Revista Genética Médica

2 months ago
infarto de miocardio, péptido natriurético cerebral tipo B

Investigadores de la Universidad de Uppsala, la Universidad de Cambridge y otras instituciones han desarrollado una herramienta predictiva que permite estimar el riesgo inminente de sufrir un primer i...

Científicos entrenan un banco de modelos de IA para identificar patrones de actividad eléctrica cerebral

by CSIC - Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

2 months ago
ripples, hackathon

Un estudio liderado por el CSIC ayuda a detectar y analizar las oscilaciones rápidas, biomarcadores relacionados con la memoria, la epilepsia o el alzhéimer

New strategy to facilitate muscle regeneration after injury

by Universitat de Barcelona

1 month ago
hypoxia, Hypobaric chambers, sarcopenia

This is the first study to provide scientific evidence for faster and more effective recovery from muscle injuries through intermittent exposure to low oxygen availability (hypoxia) in a low-barometri...

Blockade of a clotting protein during stroke process reduces brain damage in experimental models

by CIMA - Centro de Investigación Médica Aplicada

1 month ago
Ischemic stroke, Coagulation factor XIII, fibrin, alpha2-antiplasmin

Researchers at the Cima University of Navarra confirm for the first time that FXIII increases clot density and resistance to current treatments in thrombi of stroke patients

IDIBELL and BST generate a bank of stem cells that can be used as precursors for cell therapy

by IDIBELL - Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge

23 days ago
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), haplotype

These induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are created from adult cells from umbilical cord blood and can be used to produce advanced therapy drugs and test them in clinical trials, for example in r...

Large-scale genetic study finds new link between irritable bowel syndrome and the cardiovascular system

by CIC bioGUNE

8 days ago
irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), cardiovascular diseases (CVD)

The realization that the genetic make-up underlying IBS similarly contributes to CVD tells that some drugs and therapeutic approaches used to treat either condition may in fact find their applicabilit...