Breakthrough gene therapy offers hope for rare, deadly heart disease in young men

by Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares - CNIC

A CNIC team has developed an innovative gene therapy strategy for arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy type 5 (ARVC5), a rare and deadly inherited condition that particularly affects young ...

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A study tests the effectiveness of anticancer drugs in the treatment of PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome

by Fundació Sant Joan de Déu

This discovery could facilitate earlier diagnosis in children and also help slow the effects of the syndrome from its earliest stages, significantly improving patients' quality of life.

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Accure Therapeutics Obtains €1.5 Million in Grants to Accelerate Development of Its Parkinson’s Drug ACT-02

by Parc Científic de Barcelona

The funding will drive two preclinical development programs for its groundbreaking drug, ACT-02—an innovative compound with potential disease-modifying properties. ACT-02 functions as an inhibitor o...

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A study develops a new scale to predict the risk of disability in patients with autoimmune encephalitis

by IdiBGi

The work has led to the development of a new assessment scale called the ‘Girona Score’, which helps identify patients at greater risk of disability during the three months following the acute pha...

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Researchers from IDIVAL and the University of Cantabria develop an AI that predicts cardiac recovery after valve surgery with 90% accuracy

by Instituto de Investigación Marqués de Valdecilla

The project Transcriptomics and artificial intelligence for predicting adverse cardiac remodeling in patients undergoing surgery for aortic valve stenosis, funded by the INNVAL 2021 call from the Marq...

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Oxygen-starved cancer cells develop similar survival strategies as the Sherpa population of the Himalayan region

by VHIO

Results of a VHIO led study show that up to 90% of chronically hypoxic patients have an EPAS1 alteration in their tumor, a gene critical for adapting to lack of oxygen in populations living at high-al...

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A blood test for early detection of Alzheimer's disease

by IMIM - Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques

The automated analysis of this biomarker, phospho-tau217, is more than 90% effective in identifying patients with Alzheimer's disease. It is an easy-to-use tool that can partly replace other, more com...

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Drug reduces psychological after-effects of trauma in female mice

by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)

According to a study led by the Institut de Neurociències of the UAB, Osanetant decreases the intensity with which the memory of fear is consolidated, thus preventing the onset of post-traumatic stre...

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'la Caixa' Foundation Funds Five Pioneering CRG PhD Projects

by Centre for Genomic Regulation

The Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona has secured five highly competitive doctoral fellowships from ”la Caixa” Foundation’s INPhINIT programme.

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Un dispositivo portátil analiza el sudor de los deportistas en tiempo real para evaluar su estado de salud

by CSIC - Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

El sensor desarrollado por investigadoras del CSIC permite monitorizar los biomarcadores de sodio, potasio y pH para prevenir los efectos adversos de la deshidratación

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