The provincial entity finances with 279,300 € the incorporation of this personnel. Ten researchers in training at the Institute of Biomedical Research of Lleida (IRBLleida) benefit for one year of the call for grants for the Promotion of Health Research, which finances with the € …

The drastic growth of the population diagnosed with obesity and its associated pathologies in developed countries requires practical and sustainable solutions. Front packaging labelling (FoPL) is an efficient strategy to help consumers choose healthier choices when doing their food shopping. Prof. Jordi Salas-Salvadó and Dr.

This research will help to identify those genes that play a key role in the initiation of metastasis The research, led by Andreu Casali from the Institut de Recerca Biomedica de Lleida (IRBLleida) and the University of Lleida (UdL) together with Kyra Campbell, from …

The “Ageing Imagenome” project ended the first phase of recruitment and data collection, with the exhaustive study of 1.030 volunteers. The analysis of this information will allow to obtain more than 10 million data in order to identify aging patterns. This morning, the project presentation …

The Infection and Immunity (INIM) research group at the Pere Virgili Health Research Institute (IISPV) have participated on an AIDS Research Network (RETICS-RIS) of the Carlos III Institute of Health that studied Elite Controllers (EC). Some HIV patients have the ability to control the virus …

Prof. Joan Vendrell Ortega has been elected as the new president of the Catalan Association of Diabetes during the XV congress meeting earlier March this year. Prof. Vendrell, the Director of the Endocrinology Department at the University Hospital Joan XXIII, and the director of the …

The “Sopar dels miralls” (The Mirror Dinner in English) will bring together a group of prominent people in the fields of culture, science, journalism, sports, business and politics, and will allow their followers to share the table with them on this charity evening. The dinner …

The scientific article has been published in the prestigious journal The British Medical Journal A study, led by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore with participation from Lleida, has associated obesity with decreased renal function and the risk of death for …