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

New generation of antibacterial materials for medical implants developed

by Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

10 months ago
Bio-TUNE project

The UPC’s Biomaterials, Biomechanics and Tissue Engineering Group (BBT) leads the international project Bio-TUNE, which aims to develop multifunctional materials with high antibacterial potential an...

El consumo frecuente de frutos secos protege contra el deterioro cognitivo 

by Universitat Rovira i Virgili

10 months ago
frutos secos

Los resultados de este nuevo estudio respaldan investigaciones anteriores que sugieren que los frutos secos pueden tener un efecto beneficioso sobre la cognición y la prevención del deterioro cognit...

Hepatitis: una enfermedad silenciosa

by Labo'Life

10 months ago
microinmunoterapia, Hepatitis

La hepatitis es una enfermedad inflamatoria del hígado y que puede ser causada por diversos motivos, siendo el más común una infección viral, aunque también pueden estar implicados otros factores...

Un ensayo clínico muestra la seguridad y eficacia del dispositivo de diálisis hepática DIALIVE en pacientes con insuficiencia hepática aguda sobre crónica, para quienes la única opción actual es el trasplante de hígado

by INCLIVA

10 months ago
insuficiencia hepática aguda sobre crónica, DIALIVE, ACLF

Un ensayo clínico internacional controlado aleatorizado de Fase I, en humanos, utilizando DIALIVE -un novedoso dispositivo de diálisis hepática-, demostró su potencial como terapia modificadora de...

Maternal Health Experts Warn of an Overlooked Global Health Emergency: The Alarming Lack of Progress in Reducing Maternal Deaths

by ISGlobal - Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona

10 months ago
maternal health care

It has published an opinion piece in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) warning of the worrying lack of progress in reducing preventable maternal deaths worldwide. This situation, they say, has been ex...

A carbohydrate sequence capable of folding into a stable secondary structure

by CIC bioGUNE

10 months ago
glycan, carbohydrate

This work opens the door to endow glycans with new properties that could step up completely new perspectives in biomedicine and materials science.

A plant protein is capable of dissolving protein aggregates related to various human pathologies

by CRAG

10 months ago
CRAG, MC1, SGs

CRAG researchers discover that the plant protein MC1 is able to dissolve insoluble clusters of proteins involved in different diseases.

IDP Pharma starts clinical trials of its first-in-class IDP-121 drug in hematological cancers and opens a financing round of €1M for the first phase of the study

by Parc Científic de Barcelona

10 months ago
IDP Pharma, IDP-121, multiple myeloma

The Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices has authorised the clinical trial of IDP-121, the first drug blocking and degrading a key oncoprotein in several hematological tumors, including mul...

They identify a new oncogenic and treatable fusion in aggressive hematological tumors

by Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

10 months ago
T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL), SEPTIN6::ABL2, tyrosine kinase inhibitors

The researchers demonstrate that the SEPTIN6::ABL2 fusion gene induces both the proliferation and survival of different hematopoietic cell models, behaving as an oncogenic fusion gene and contributing...

‘Traffic control’ system for mucin and insulin secretion identified

by Centre for Genomic Regulation

10 months ago
mucin, insulism, syntaxin-2, tetraspanin-8

Researchers from the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona have published a study in the journal Nature Communications that reveals how cells carry out the controlled release of mucins and ...

3.2 million euros to identify new genetic variants responsible for hereditary cancers

by IDIBELL - Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge

10 months ago
IMPaCT_VUSCan, hereditary cancers

The project will carefully examine the genetic information, gene expression patterns and DNA modifications (epigenetics) of 300 families in Spain selected for having a high-risk family or personal his...

Descubren nuevas funciones del succinato al identificarlo como biomarcador no invasivo para predecir y diagnosticar la enfermedad del hígado graso no alcohólico y como protector de las células hepáticas

by Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili (IISPV)

10 months ago
succinato, enfermedad del hígado graso no alcohólico, SUCNR1

Han permitido identificar el succinato como nuevo biomarcador presente en la sangre para predecir la enfermedad del hígado graso no alcohólico y para confirmar su diagnóstico. Además, este estudio...