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30/09/21

Fifteen patients from Lleida take part in a clinical trial that leads to the approval of a new drug against Alzheimer's disease

The therapeutic advances are in contrast to the devastating effects that COVID-19 has had on the evolution of many patients Fifteen patients from the Cognitive Disorders Unit of the University Hospital of Santa Maria (HUSM) have taken part in the clinical trials that have led …

27/09/21

Deficiencies in FLRT proteins, possible key to understanding schizophrenia and autism

Interdisciplinary

Research by the UdL and IRBLleida describes how they are necessary for the formation and migration of interneurons Defects in the formation and migration of interneurons or inhibitory neurons in the cerebral cortex, related to disorders such as schizophrenia or autism spectrum syndromes, could be …

26/07/21

A project with IRBLleida participation, selected in the framework of the CaixaResearch call for Health Research 2021 of the Fundació "la Caixa"

Metabolism and Nutrition

The Metabolic Pathophysiology group of the UdL-IRBLleida participates in a project to improve the understanding of Alexander disease, a rare disease that progressively destroys the white matter of the brain. The Fundació “la Caixa” has announced today the 30 projects selected in the CaixaResearch call …

22/07/21

Reliable and specific urinary biomarkers for colorectal cancer

Oncology Metabolism and Nutrition

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the most frequent neoplasm in Western countries, the second most frequent neoplasm after breast cancer in women and the third most frequent neoplasm after prostate and lung cancer in men. Survival at five years, if all stages are taken into account, …

30/06/21

A new treatment for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) in adolescents and young women

Metabolism and Nutrition

Dr Abel López-Bermejo and Dr. Judit Bassols from IDIBGI participate in a new European project SPIOMET4HEALTH to treat PCOS. The project, funded by the European Commission with €6 million, involves a consortium of 17 research groups from 9 European countries. SPIOMET4HEALTH will test a novel …

08/06/21

The Lleida researcher Ferran Barbé, the third most influential scientist in the international community in the field of sleep apnoea

Health and Environment

According to research that has analysed the 100 most cited articles in the medical literature The territorial clinical director of chronic respiratory diseases at the Arnau de Vilanova University Hospital of Lleida (HUAV), professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lleida (UdL) …

01/06/21

MicroRNA profile defined as a biomarker to predict progression of COVID-19 in severe patients

Health and Environment

According to research led in Lleida by the Translational Research in Respiratory Medicine group at IRBLleida, the University of Lleida, the Arnau de Vilanova and Santa Maria de Lleida Hospitals, and CIBERES A microRNA profile, small ribonucleic acid sequences, predicts the severity of COVID-19 in …

28/05/21

An investigation of primary care in Lleida, with the participation of IRBLleida, detects unhealthy weight control behaviours among adolescents

Metabolism and Nutrition

According to an article published in the scientific journal International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health A study led by the researcher Mercè Pollina, a nursing professional at the CAP of Bellpuig, has detected unhealthy weight control behaviours among adolescents, who in general terms …

27/04/21

Effects of almond consumption on innate myeloid and lymphoid cells composition and activity

Metabolism and Nutrition

Throughout history, nothing has killed more human beings than infectious disease that are currently ranking the fourth cause of death worldwide. In the last months, with the whole world grappling with COVID-19 and because like in many other diseases, the host immune system determines …

12/04/21

CREBA has trained more than 1,300 professionals in the first 5 years of operation

Interdisciplinary

The centre – dependent on the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRBLleida) – is dedicated to biomedical research and training using the porcine model and works in the areas of surgery, gynaecology, urology, nephrology… The CREBA centre (Centre de Recerca Experimental …

23/03/21

Prevention of unhealthy weight gain and obesity during crucial phases throughout the lifespan (PREPHOBES)

Children´s Health Metabolism and Nutrition

Childhood obesity is a major public health problem leading to short-term and long-term adverse health outcomes, reduced quality of life and high societal costs. Obesity and related comorbidities seem to originate in the earliest phase of life. Adverse maternal and offspring lifestyle factors in the …

09/03/21

The Catalan Pediatric Innovation Network i4KIDS gets started with IDIBGI participation

Children´s Health Cardiovascular Metabolism and Nutrition

On February 2nd took place the first assembly of the new i4KIDS Pediatric Innovation Hub (HIP), an R&D& I network whose main objective is the development of a program for the valorisation and transfer of the research results in …

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