The Medical Imaging Research Group at IDIBGI receives funding to carry out the ProCAncer-I project, which aims to develop a platform to support clinical decision making in prostate cancer through medical imaging and artificial intelligence. ProCAncer-I project brings together 20 partners from 11 different …

According to the World Health Organisation, over 422 million people have diabetes. Many have to regulate their condition by administering insulin several times a day, either by injection or insulin pump. Currently there is no decision support system for insulin dosing on the market that …

These samples are stored and will be used for future research on this disease 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 …

Obesity and metabolic diseases related to excess weight such as type 2 diabetes, are a veritable 21st century epidemic, despite preventive measures being widely known. This is causing a huge impact on public health systems, with far reaching psychosocial consequences. However, no cost effective treatment …

In the moments which we are living now reading is an alternative to travel. Don’t miss your chance to learn more about obesity and diabetes type 2 specialist Professor Sonia Fernandez Veledo. Associate Professor Sonia Fernandez is the DIAMET research group leader in the …

Obstructive sleep apnea is associated with an increased cardiovascular risk in patients without previous heart disease. This is the result of research carried out in Lleida, which has recently been published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, …

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 …