Lleida, through the Clinical Trials unit of the Biomedical Research Institute of Lleida (IRBLleida), is participating in the Destiny-Breast clinical trials programme to tackle HER2+ breast cancer. Specifically, it has participated in Destiny-Breast 2 and is currently participating in Destiny-Breast 5, which involves patients with …

The use of emerging senolytic drugs, which attack senescent or ageing cells, could improve people who have suffered an ischaemic stroke due to a lack of blood flow to the brain. This is according to research by the University of Lleida (UdL) and the Institute …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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) …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …