IDIBGI and ICO Girona participate in a five-year project, funded with 10 million € and involving 17 partner institutions, led by IRB Barcelona.The aim of the consortium is to implement and systematize the interpretation of tumor sequencing in clinical decision-making so that physicians can select …

According to a study carried out in mice by researchers at the UdL and IRBLleida The intake of green tea or cocoa could prevent neuromuscular changes associated with ageing, according to the results of a study led by researchers at the University of Lleida (UdL) …

A team from the UdL and IRBLleida studies the differential traits of extreme longevity Centenarians have a specific blood plasma fat profile that could explain their extreme longevity. Research led by the Metabolic physiopathology group at the University of Lleida (UdL) and the Institute for …

“Studies have found that 20 or 30 years before a diagnosis from Alzheimer’s disease (AD), metabolic alterations have already been identified in these patients”, states Mònica Bulló PhD, the principal investigator of the project and member of the research group of Nutrition and Metabolic Health …

Launched today under the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, PARC aims to bring together a broad community of research establishments and health agencies to advance research, share knowledge and improve skills in chemical risk assessment. The results of this partnership, which …

• The results of the project include advances in the design of personalized microbiome-based tools focused on preventing, diagnosing and treating neurocognitive disorders associated with ageing and obesity.• The THINKGUT project has also made it possible to train specialists in the interrelationship between the microbiota …

Its use would allow the administration of drugs at personalised, more effective doses and avoid side effects Administering drugs through beer, wine or yoghurt is a closer possibility thanks to the discovery of the presence of nano vesicles in by-products of the food industry. A …

Research by IRBLleida and the UdL lays the foundations for possible future combined therapies by identifying a death pathway in tumour cells Glioblastoma is the most common and aggressive brain cancer, due to its ability to evade the immune system and grow. The Calcium …

According to research led by psychiatrists from the University Hospital Santa Maria and the IRBLleida Healthy lifestyle habits and a correct diet improve the cognitive evolution of patients with bipolar disorder, according to the conclusions of a research project led by psychiatrists from the University …

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), non-communicable diseases kill 41 million people every year. These include a wide range of metabolic diseases, such as obesity and its associated diseases (type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease), and other diseases with a strong inflammatory component, such …

The study, led by Dr. Jordi Mayneris-Perxachs and Dr. José Manuel Fernández-Real, head of the Nutrition, Eumetabolism and Health group at the IDIBGI, finds a greater presence of these viruses in people who eat dairy products in their regular diet.The work, published in the journal Cell …

Some data on diabetic retinopathy – a rather unknown disease linked to diabetes Diabetes is a little-known, yet leading cause of blindness in Europe.It was estimated that  64 million people have diabetes in the European Region[i] in 2016 or representing around 7% of the Regional …