Un compuesto natural obtiene resultados prometedores en Ataxia de Friedreich

by Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

El tratamiento experimental con el flavonoide 7,8 dihidroxiflavona compuesto químico natural revierte parte de las alteraciones celulares asociadas a esta enfermedad rara neurodegenerativa sin cura.

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Intravenous Administration of Atorvastatin During Myocardial Infarction Reduces Myocardial Damage Compared with Oral Preloading Before Infarction

by Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

It has been shown that intravenous administration of atorvastatin during the ischemic event itself may improve cardioprotection compared with the administration of an oral loading dose before myocardi...

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Cells Have a Secret Power Line: Scientists Discover How the Nucleus Gets Its Own Private Energy Supply

by Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares - CNIC

Researchers at the University of Arizona and the CNIC have discovered that the cell’s tiny power plants, the mitochondria, connect directly to the nucleus—almost as if they were plugging in a char...

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Researchers from IRBLleida are taking part in a European study that identifies new molecular mechanisms involved in the progression of heart failure

by IRB Lleida. Institut de Recerca Biomèdica

The research has identified three microRNAs present in the blood that are linked to the development of the disease, paving the way for new prevention strategies

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A study led by IDIBELL and the University of Barcelona deciphers the key role of a gene in a minority neurodevelopmental syndrome

by IDIBELL - Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge

The research helps understand the biological basis of a rare neurodevelopmental syndrome, similar to Angelman syndrome, and focuses on errors in the quality control of proteins within the cell.

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Cells of a rare lung tumour can reawaken after withdrawal of a specific drug treatment

by IDIBELL - Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge

The study reveals that drug-induced senescence, as part of therapeutic strategies against cancer, may not always be definitive. In some tumors, “aged” tumor cells can regrow once the drug is remov...

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Collagen, the human body’s most abundant protein, is liquid-like inside cells

by Centre for Genomic Regulation

The finding is the first direct observation of how the most abundant protein in the human body, which accounts for around a third of total protein mass, exists naturally inside living cells.

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Todd Yeates, inventor of ‘protein Lego’, will design nanomolecules with therapeutic potential as a Fundación Occident Visiting Researcher at CNIO

by CNIO - Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas

Yeates is the inventor of protein nanoparticles that assemble themselves, much like ‘Lego’ bricks. They are used to visualise very small proteins that are targets for anti-cancer drugs.

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Nanotubes and damaged mitochondria: study reveals how brain cells communicate damage in Parkinson’s disease

by IDIBELL - Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge

These nanotubes, thin structures that connect cells to each other, allow for the communication and transfer of toxic proteins and damaged cellular components, implicated in Parkinson’s disease and o...

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IRB Barcelona coordinates MD4SB, a project to boost dynamic description in structural biology

by IRB Barcelona - Instituto de Investigación Biomédica

MD4SB will establish an infrastructure for the dynamic description of biological macromolecules, connecting three major European Research Infrastructures (Instruct-ERIC, ELIXIR, and EU-OPENSCREEN ERIC...

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Descubren un mecanismo inédito para poder debilitar a una bacteria responsable de intoxicaciones alimentarias

by Universidad de Málaga

Bacillus cereus construye comunidades organizadas que actúan como ‘escudo’ frente antibióticos y condiciones adversas

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Researchers Discover a New Therapeutic Target to Prevent Thrombi With a Lower Bleeding Risk

by Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

It has been shown for the first time that the LRP5 protein, known for its role in the WNT signaling pathway, is directly involved in platelet aggregation and in arterial thrombus formation.

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