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 …

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 …

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 …

With these results, discussions will be held with the Department of Health to implement screening in asymptomatic young people A study carried out in Lleida by Oriol Yuguero, head of the Urgency and Emergency Multi-disciplinary Research Group at the Institute of Biomedical Research of …

A study led in Lleida claims that working conditions are detrimental to their physical and psychosocial health Colonial logic – based on servility and discriminatory practices towards migrants – harms the physical and psychosocial health of Latin American women working in the domestic sector in …