Una investigación analiza la N-acetilcisteína como nueva estrategia terapéutica para el tratamiento del déficit de alfa-1 antitripsina

by INCLIVA

El déficit de alfa-1 antitripsina es una enfermedad rara hereditaria que predispone al desarrollo de enfisema pulmonar y diversas patologías hepáticas como la cirrosis y el hepatocarcinoma

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'la Caixa' Foundation Funds Five Pioneering CRG PhD Projects

by Centre for Genomic Regulation

The Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona has secured five highly competitive doctoral fellowships from ”la Caixa” Foundation’s INPhINIT programme.

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Oxygen-starved cancer cells develop similar survival strategies as the Sherpa population of the Himalayan region

by VHIO

Results of a VHIO led study show that up to 90% of chronically hypoxic patients have an EPAS1 alteration in their tumor, a gene critical for adapting to lack of oxygen in populations living at high-al...

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A study tests the effectiveness of anticancer drugs in the treatment of PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome

by Fundació Sant Joan de Déu

This discovery could facilitate earlier diagnosis in children and also help slow the effects of the syndrome from its earliest stages, significantly improving patients' quality of life.

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Breakthrough gene therapy offers hope for rare, deadly heart disease in young men

by Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares - CNIC

A CNIC team has developed an innovative gene therapy strategy for arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy type 5 (ARVC5), a rare and deadly inherited condition that particularly affects young ...

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Identifican una nueva diana terapéutica para el cáncer de pulmón más frecuente

by CSIC - Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

La inhibición de una proteína clave en la señalización del crecimiento celular bloquea la progresión tumoral en el adenocarcinoma de pulmón, según un estudio liderado por el CSIC

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New advances in the fight against the most common form of lung cancer

by Universitat de Barcelona

Each tumour is unique, and predicting the therapeutic response to non-small cell lung cancer is a breakthrough in personalized medicine. Given this challenge in biomedicine, the study confirms that th...

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A pioneering study at Vall d'Hebron identifies key genetic factors in the progression of an ultra-rare kidney disease

by Vall d’Hebron

The work identifies variants in genes such as NFU1 that, combined with the disease-causing mutation, can accelerate kidney deterioration. familial hypomagnesaemia with hypercalciuria and nephrocalcin...

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A Study reveals the role of hybrid DNA-RNA triplexes in gene regulation

by IRB Barcelona - Instituto de Investigación Biomédica

A scientific team at IRB Barcelona has, for the first time, described which hybrid triplexes (DNA-RNA) are most stable within the cell and how they are distributed throughout the human genome.

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Una investigación del Hospital público 12 de Octubre logra adelgazar la membrana de la célula tumoral en cáncer de páncreas para que la quimioterapia penetre de manera más efectiva

by Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre

Los investigadores han inhibido una proteína llamada ELOVL6, presente en la membrana plasmática de las células, lo que hace que pierda su función y se altere su rigidez y permeabilidad. Esta acci...

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A project for research into Prader-Willi syndrome, winner of the Pau Massana Grant

by Instituto de Investigación e Innovación Parc Taulí

This syndrome is the one that has received the financial donation from Cellers Maset, that through the Pau Massana scholarship collaborates annually with the Parc Taulí Research and Innovation Instit...

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Brain Hypometabolism: An Early Sign of Alzheimer’s in People with Down Syndrome

by Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

A team from the Sant Pau Research Institute (IR Sant Pau), in collaboration with the Catalan Down Syndrome Foundation, has published in the journal Annals of Neurology the largest study to date on bra...

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