In a study coordinated by ICN2 and IBB-UAB, polymeric nanoparticles were used to encapsulate dopamine and to be administered via intranasal to reach the brain of rats with Parkinson’s disease.
The EPSN, led by Fundación Épica-La Fura dels Baus, will organise several events for the next European Researchers’ Night, to be held on 24 September, in Badalona. The project will show how researchers contribute to society in a multidisciplinary and attractive format for a wide range of audiences.
PLASTICHEAL project will develop new methodologies and will provide reliable scientific evidence for regulators to set the knowledge basis for adequate risk assessment. The results will draw a variety of experimental human models and measuring potential health effects under short and long-term conditions.
After two years of compiling data on peri-urban conditions, the UABee Project confirms that the Asian predatory wasp represents a large menace to the survival of bees, but also demonstrates the possibility of preventing this decline by adequately managing beehives.
A study led by scientists at the UAB and conducted with mice models reveals how chromosomal reorganizations alter the genome’s three-dimensional organisation in germ cells. The study, published in Nature Communications, opens new research paths into the genetic origin of infertility.
A study by the ICTA-UAB evaluates the effectiveness of different urban solutions to reduce the temperature in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona. Combining the two strategies would have a temperature reduction of 1.26 degrees.
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Scientists develop and first-in-human surgical implant a new bioimplant named PeriCord. The bioimplant is envisioned to treat patients after suffering a heart attack. Read more
