The biobank of the Lleida Institute for Biomedical Research (IRBLleida) has so far collected 4,787 samples of blood, plasma and serum from 368 patients who have suffered from COVID-19. Also a brief collection of samples of respiratory origin (bronchoaspirates). These samples are stored and will …

Our mission within SOPHIA is to enable healthcare professionals to reliably predict the complications of obesity and who will respond to treatment Prof. Carel le Roux, coordinator of SOPHIA and obesity physician at the Diabetes Complications Research Centre at University College Dublin Obesity is a …

The research group Neuronal Signalling Unit of the Lleida Biomedical Research Institute (IRBLleida) and the University of Lleida (UdL) has made important progress in establishing a new strategy in the therapeutic treatment of spinal muscular atrophy, a disorder that leads to weakness and progressive muscle …

The research project “Personalized prediction of cognition through the human microbiota” (THINKGUT) has been co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the POCTEFA program. Girona Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBGI) coordinates THINKGUT, with the participation of …

Overweight and obesity comprise another epidemic of our century. According to the WHO (World Health Organization), the number of people with diabetes rose from 108 million in 1980 to 422 million in 2014. This pathology results in general body inflammation that causes numerous side …

The Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies, has awarded Prof Jordi Salas Salvadó, deputy director of the Health Research Institute Pere Virgili (IISPV), the ICREA Academy 2019 award. The ICREA Academia Program aims to encourage and reward excellence in research and teaching among professionals …

The Cognitive Disorders Unit of Lleida, located in the University Hospital of Santa Maria, has shown the worsening of neuropsychiatric symptoms of people suffering from Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment during the five weeks of confinement.

Whilst in lockdown, the Catalan Department of Health announced the support with 4 million euros 19 research and innovation projects against the virus. The selected 19 projects are led by researchers from the different health research centers that belong to the IRISCAT Alliance. The IISPV’s …

Sabadell Assegurances has donated €75,000 to help fund the technological infrastructure needed to do scientific research to find a Covid-19 vaccine. The donation will allow 9 Catalan biobanks to get equipment like special freezers or liquid nitrogen tanks, to store samples used to research the …

The OP&B team are collaborating with the fundraising initiative “Project Emma” (http://projecteemma.org/). The project is an initiative of the Doctor Ferran Foundation and aims to find to develop computer-aided digital image analysis patterns for quantitative automated evaluation of specific markers of tumour and non-tumour …