Latest Proteins biotechnology articles and news on biotech industry leaders, emerging biotech companies in Spain

Food ingredients trends

by Neoalgae

2 months ago
Spirulina, Chlorella, Tetraselmis, Green Booster, neoDHA, Phycocyanin

With Vitafoods currently taking place in Barcelona, the industry is once again highlighting the ingredients and technologies driving the evolution of food and nutraceutical products. The direction is ...

Together with Patients with Duchenne, IBEC is developing a ‘heart-on-a-chip’ to halt the cardiac damage caused by the condition

by IBEC - Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

2 months ago
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), ‘heart-on-a-chip’, dystrophin, BEAT Project

Duchenne Parent Project Spain has invested €247,000 in the BEAT project, which will be carried out by IBEC. Cardiomyopathy is the leading cause of death in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy...

An international study validates two of the leading cardiovascular risk prediction tools in more than 6.4 million people

by IRB Lleida. Institut de Recerca Biomèdica

2 months ago
PREVENT, SCORE2, cardiovascular disease, Chronic kidney disease, albumin

Research published this week in Nature Medicine confirms the global utility of the PREVENT and SCORE2 algorithms for improving cardiovascular prevention and is and suggests they should be incorporated...

Decoding cancer cell communication to improve pancreatic cancer treatment

by Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC-CSIC)

2 months ago
CancerScan, pancreatic cancer, extracellular vesicles (EVs)

Cancer cells do not act alone. Through complex communication networks and signalling pathways, tumour cells and their microenvironment coordinate adaptive responses that drive drug resistance. Underst...

Sarcopenia identified as a risk factor for chemotherapy-associated neuropathy in cancer patients

by IDIBELL - Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge

2 months ago
sarcopenia, peripheral neuropathy, chemotherapy

According to the results, cancer patients with lower muscle mass are 2.5 times more likely to develop peripheral nerve damage because of chemotherapy.

Diseñan una nueva estrategia antiviral frente al SARS-CoV-2, el patógeno responsable de causar la COVID-19

by Universidad de Málaga

2 months ago
SARS-CoV-2, 5-fluorouracilo, péptidos

Por un lado, se han diseñado pequeños péptidos capaces de bloquear proteínas clave del virus implicadas en la replicación de su material genético y en la evasión del sistema inmunitario y, por ...

A roadmap for safer, explainable protein-design AI

by Centre for Genomic Regulation

2 months ago
Protein language models (pLMs)

Protein language models are artificial intelligence tools which help engineer proteins with useful properties, including completely new structures never seen before in nature.

Investigadores de Biogipuzkoa identifican nuevas alteraciones moleculares en la Demencia Frontotemporal

by Biodonostia

2 months ago
Demencia Frontotemporal (DFT), progranulina, gen GRN

El estudio, publicado en la revista internacional Cells, demuestra que los fallos energéticos y lipídicos detectados pueden ser importantes para identificar nuevas estrategias terapéuticas.

HIV promotes the reorganisation of the cell receptors that it uses to infect T cells

by Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB)

2 months ago
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), CXCR4 chemokine receptor, gp120 and gp40, CCR5, CD4, CD4/CXCR4 interaction, WHIM syndrome

The virus interacts with CD4 on the cell membrane and with a second receptor, which may be CCR5 or CXCR4 depending on the cell being infected

A laboratory-designed molecule inspired by nature offers a promising alternative for coeliac disease

by Universitat de Barcelona

2 months ago
coeliac disease, prolamins, 33-mer, α-gliadin, gluten immunogenic peptides (GIPs), celiacase, nephrosin

It has been successfully designed and tested a gluten-degrading molecule that is a promising ally in the management of coeliac disease, an autoimmune disease whose symptoms are triggered by the consum...

Biomarcadores metabolómicos, una herramienta clave para comprender la alimentación infantil

by Universitat Rovira i Virgili

2 months ago
metabolitos, hipurato, dieta mediterránea, betaína, DHA, la leucina, la valina y la isoleucina, ultraprocesados, nutrición infantil

La evidencia científica recopilada por la URV relaciona metabolitos con alimentos específicos y abre la puerta a diseñar estrategias nutricionales personalizadas

Sex differences influence the quality of life of people with Crohn's disease

by Universidad de Extremadura

1 month ago
Crohn's disease

This is the main conclusion of the study carried out at the UEx in which Crohn's patients were analyzed with the aim of understanding the relationships between physical activity, quality of life and i...