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

HYLIGHT, an innovative technology that will revolutionize in vitro fertilization techniques

by IBEC - Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

9 months ago
vitro fertilization (IVF), HYLIGHT project

On World Embryologist Day, the HYLIGHT project stands out as a powerful technology that will boost the field of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) by facilitating the selection of embryos with greater impla...

ORYZON reports financial results and corporate updates for half-year ending June 30, 2023

by Oryzon Genomics

9 months ago
vafidemstat in CNS, ORYZON

Oryzon Genomics, S.A., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company leveraging epigenetics to develop therapies in diseases with a strong unmet medical need, today reported financial results for the hal...

Babies conceived through assisted reproduction have a much higher risk of being asthmatic, according to a study

by Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria - Ibs Granada

9 months ago
Asthma

Babies are also at higher risk of being asthmatic when one of their parents is asthmatic, or when the mother is young at the time of delivery (under 30 years of age).

L'Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, el primer centro de Cataluña que alcanza cien tratamientos con radiofármacos para pacientes con tumores neuroendocrinos

by Vall d’Hebron

9 months ago
Lutatera, tumores neuroendocrinos, radiofármacos

Un 80% de pacientes con tumores neuroendocrinos responden al tratamiento con Lutatera y se ha comprobado que en muchos casos los tumores reducen su tamaño y en otros se estabilizan y mejoran los sín...

Una investigación muestra que el harmol, un compuesto presente en alimentos como el café, mejora parámetros metabólicos asociados con la calidad de vida durante el envejecimiento

by INCLIVA

9 months ago
harmol

Se muestra que el harmol -un compuesto de la familia de las betacarbolinas, conocidas por sus efectos neurológicos-, mejora la función del músculo esquelético y parámetros metabólicos asociados ...

La microbiota produce un compuesto a partir de la fibra alimentaria que reduce la gravedad de enfermedades hepáticas

by CSIC - Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

9 months ago
esteatohepatitis no alcohólica (EHNA), inulina

Investigadoras del CSIC han examinado cómo la inulina, una fibra presente en algunos alimentos, contribuye a aliviar la esteatohepatitis no alcohólica en ratones

Identifican dos nuevos marcadores para la detección del cáncer anal

by Revista Genética Médica

9 months ago
succinil-CoA y cobalamina, cáncer anal, lesiones intraepiteliales escamosas de alto grado (HSIL)

El equipo de investigación ha identificado dos metabolitos que, asociados a la presencia de lesiones precancerosas, podrían mejorar la prevención del cáncer anal.

La nueva terapia celular, al rescate de la reparación de tejidos

by Peaches Biotech

9 months ago
PRS ®, secretomas

Se destacan algunos párrafos que muestran lo que están en vía de aportar a las terapias celulares y el status de su proyecto PRS ®, biomedicamento inmunomodulador y antiinflamatorio

New collaboration with Blue Zone Studio to create an OCD monitoring application

by IDIBELL - Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge

9 months ago
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Although effective pharmacological and psychological therapies are available to treat Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), the long-term prognosis of the disease is still debated, making it essential ...

Elevated levels of omega-6/omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in the placenta are associated with increased risk of developing obesity in children

by Universitat de Girona

9 months ago
omega-6/omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, pregnancy

The research team of the study, with predoctoral researcher Ariadna Gómez as first author, concludes that these results highlight the importance of maternal diet during pregnancy. It also highlights ...

Researchers discover a molecule that helps pancreas cell mature and limits tumour formation

by CNIO - Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas

9 months ago
acinar cells, NFIC

A team led by Francisco X. Real, head of the Epithelial Carcinogenesis Group at the National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), has found a new element related to the functioning of acinar cells and the p...

Mechanism responsible for the loss of identity of hepatocytes in alcoholic hepatitis described

by Fundació Clínic per a la Recerca Biomèdica

9 months ago
loss of identity of hepatocytes, alcoholic hepatitis

The loss of identity of liver cells is associated with the deterioration of liver function in alcohol-related hepatitis. In this context, the liver cells undergo a process called dedifferentiation; th...