The UB participates in a consortium to develop a new drug for the treatment of Huntington’s disease

by Fundació Bosch i Gimpera

Researchers at the University of Barcelona (UB) are taking part in a consortium working on the research and development of a new drug to treat the cognitive and motor decline associated with the disea...

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Organoids to study ataxia telangiectasia

by IBEC - Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

The idea of the project is to obtain cells with the patient mutations, develop organoids, explore the possibility of gene editing processes for different mutations and create a platform for drug testi...

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Deciphering Brain Connections between Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Frontotemporal Dementia

by Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

It has been published a study in the journal Brain that reveals connections between two devastating brain diseases: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Frontotemporal Dementia.

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Descrita una posible vía de transmisión de la enfermedad de Alzheimer

by Agencia Sinc

Un nuevo estudio muestra indicios de que, en circunstancias extraordinarias, el alzhéimer puede transmitirse por un mecanismo similar al de los priones. Para los expertos, el hallazgo mejorará tanto...

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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

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...

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Los radiofármacos ganan peso en la estrategia contra el cáncer

by Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge

El Hospital de Bellvitge supera ya los 100 pacientes tratados de tumores neuroendocrinos con esta terapia personalizada, reforzada por los buenos resultados de los últimos estudios

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Vivet Therapeutics receives EUR 4.9 million to advance development of a gene therapy

by Ysios Capital

Vivet Therapeutics announces the financing of EUR 4.9 million received from the French government to advance the development of a gene therapy for the treatment of cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX)...

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Human Cells Building ‘Molecular Highways’ Captured for First Time

by Centre for Genomic Regulation

Researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona and the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) in Madrid have captured the world’s first high-resolution images of the ear...

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Identifican nuevos indicadores para diagnosticar el Alzheimer de forma precoz

by Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Las moléculas de RNA pequeño no codificante, junto con los métodos tradicionales, tienen potencial para mejorar la predicción del Alzheimer y su diagnóstico precoz

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The UB participates in a project to identify new therapeutic targets for diseases of the central nervous system

by Fundació Bosch i Gimpera

A research team from the University of Barcelona (UB) is taking part in a consortium to develop new therapeutic targets for diseases of the central nervous system, such as neurodegenerative pathologie...

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El Hospital de Bellvitge desarrolla una herramienta de aprendizaje automático que predice la evolución de los pacientes de TOC

by Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge

El Servicio de Psiquiatría del HUB ha realizado el primer estudio que relaciona información clínica con pronóstico a largo plazo mediante machine learning.

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Proteínas anómalas en el líquido cefalorraquídeo de personas con ELA y demencia frontotemporal

by Revista Genética Médica

Las proteínas en cuestión se construyen a partir de exones “crípticos”, es decir, partes anormales del ARN, las instrucciones de la célula para construir proteínas. Los exones crípticos apar...

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