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

Integrated DNA Technologies Expands Coralville Manufacturing Footprint to Support Growing Global Demand for MRD Solutions

by Integrated DNA Technologies

2 months ago
MRD Solutions, next‑generation sequencing (NGS), Danaher, Integrated DNA Technologies

IDT has expanded its Coralville manufacturing footprint, boosting synthesis capacity by threefold, to meet the rapidly growing demand for MRD and NGS-based oncology research workflows

The CATHERINE trial begins as the first clinical trial of an innovative CAR-T therapy that triggers a dual anti-tumour response in HER2+ solid tumours

by IMIM - Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques

2 months ago
CAR-T therapy, HER2, p95HER2, TECH2Me, HER2+ solid tumours

After more than a decade of research, a new-generation CAR-T therapy developed by VHIO, in collaboration with the Hospital del Mar Research Institute, has been administered to patients for the first t...

Scientists create living tissues capable of changing shape in a programmed manner

by IBEC - Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

2 months ago
nematic order, Biological tissues, topological defects, chemical micropatterns

The study presents a strategy for ‘programming’ these shape changes by controlling how cells orient themselves within the tissue through chemical patterns.

A CNIO group contributes to identifying which breast lesions will progress to cancer, thus helping avoid overtreatment

by CNIO - Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas

2 months ago
precancerous breast lesions, RANK protein, luminal cells, infidel cells

20% of breast cancer diagnoses are actually precancerous lesions. As it is not yet possible to know which ones will progress to cancer, the vast majority are treated as if they were already cancerous

A new model using ‘minipigs’ demonstrates how chronic kidney disease promotes molecular changes that increase cardiovascular risk

by IRB Lleida. Institut de Recerca Biomèdica

2 months ago
atherosclerosis, chronic kidney disease

Kidney dysfunction disrupts lipid metabolism and accelerates atherosclerosis

Un estudio evalúa antibióticos de nueva generación frente a las bacterias multirresistentes

by Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla - IBIS

En este trabajo, publicado en la revista Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, se ha observado que los tratamientos de última generación podrían mejorar a los antibióticos tradicionales frente a ...

Hacia una mejor estratificación y predicción del riesgo cardiovascular asociado a la diabetes

by CIBERDEM - Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas

2 months ago
diabetes mellitus, células beta

La diabetes mellitus se asocia a un incremento significativo del riesgo cardiovascular, constituyendo la principal causa de morbimortalidad en estos pacientes. Además de la hiperglucemia crónica, ot...

El Hospital público 12 de Octubre participa en un estudio que revela la eficacia de un fármaco oral, en primera línea de tratamiento, para un cáncer de pulmón de no fumadores

by Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre

2 months ago
Zongertinib, gen HER2, anticuerpos conjugados con quimioterapia (ADCs), cáncer de pulmón de no fumadores

El tratamiento con Zongertinib ya demostró sus beneficios como terapia de segunda línea en este tipo de cáncer

Metabolomics and lipidomics in drug discovery and development: analytical approaches for biomarker discovery and preclinical research

by AMSbiopharma

2 months ago
Metabolomics and lipidomics

The search for safer, more effective medicines increasingly depends on understanding how biological systems respond to disease, genetic variation, and therapeutic interventions at the molecular level....

Clínic IDIBAPS publishes a review in Cell examining the biological bases of liver cancer and how they have shaped current therapies

by Fundació Clínic per a la Recerca Biomèdica

To mark the 25th anniversary of a landmark framework in cancer research, Cell has published a special issue devoted to the biological processes that drive cancer and their therapeutic implications.

Astaxanthin: a carotenoid with high antioxidant capacity

by Neoalgae

2 months ago
Astaxanthin, reactive oxygen species (ROS), xanthophyll carotenoid

Astaxanthin is a naturally occurring xanthophyll carotenoid that has gained significant scientific attention due to its exceptional antioxidant activity, molecular stability and broad application pote...

Iteria Biopharma closes a €5M seed round led by Inveready

by Inveready

2 months ago
Iteria Biopharma, ITR-251, metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, Inveready

With this capital injection, the biotechnology company covers its financial requirements to complete the preclinical development and the first clinical trial of ITR-251, a novel drug for the treatment...