A study conducted in primary care centres in Lleida highlights that men tend to rely more on external support and are less likely to ask for help Research led by the Jordi Gol Institute of Primary Care Research (IDIAPJGol) and the Lleida Institute of Biomedical …

The ESMOLET study (Sport, Health, Medicine, Opportunity, Learning, Transversal), winner of one of the two grants in the second edition of the Biomedical Research Projects call, High Pyrenees and Aran category of the Lleida Biomedical Research Institute (IRBLleida), funded by the Lleida Provincial Council and …

A lung cancer research project in Lleida detects 14 tumours, 90% of which can be cured thanks to early diagnosis …

The Lleida-based research group Biochemistry of Oxidative Stress is leading a study to determine the onset of the effects on the cells of people suffering from this disease Friedreich's ataxia (FA) is a minority neuro-cardiodegenerative disease caused by the deficiency of a protein called frataxin …

According to research led by the Dr. Josep Trueta Biomedical Research Institute of Girona (IDIBGI) Blood levels of ferritin, a protein involved in iron storage, are positively related to executive brain function, which is responsible for skills such as planning, inhibition, flexibility, verbal fluency and …

The IISPV, the IDIBGI and the IRBLleida will receive more than 361,000 euros over 3 years from the Beyond GO_HERO project The Pere Virgili Health Research Institute (IISPV), the Dr. Josep Trueta Biomedical Research Institute of Girona (IDIBGI) and the Dr. Pifarré Foundation Biomedical Research …

Screening for genital chlamydia infection in young sexually active women should be introduced in our country. This is the conclusion of a study carried out in Lleida, with funding from the Diputació de Lleida, with 628 people aged 18 to 25 from September 2021 to …

Researchers at the University of Lleida (UdL) and the Institute of Biomedical Research of Lleida (IRBLleida) have led an investigation, in collaboration with the Pablo de Olavide University in Seville, which has shown that the role of oxidative stress in the progression of Alzheimer's disease …

According to research led by the Vascular and Renal Translational Research Group, which also confirms that small RNA molecules (microRNAs) can protect against calcification The elimination of the vitamin D receptor exclusively in vascular smooth muscle cells (a type of muscle without striations) of the …

New research with Lleida's participation will change the approach to patients with dementia caused by the rare disease CADASIL …

Research conducted in Lleida has discovered a new link between intracellular calcium, signalling pathways and autophagy that represents a new advance in preventing alterations in the process of cell degeneration in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a minority disease affecting children.

A study uses for the first time flow cytometry to detect and measure nanoplastics in peripheral human blood. People with various medical conditions have been included in the study so as to investigate potential differences for nanoplastic accumulation across the population. In addition, mice have …