A research team has developed a tool to evaluate the quality of urban green spaces to better understand their beneficial effects on health. The study has been led by ICTA-UAB, ISGlobal and the Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia (CTFC).
A review study led by the UAB, the CREAF and the University of Aveiro concludes that nanoplastics change the composition and diversity of gut microbiome in vertebrates and invertebrates. The effects of a widespread and prolonged exposure to nanoplastics observed in animal models can be applied to humans.
"In Their Hands. Reshaping pottery of the European Bronze Age", produced by the UAB, can now be viewed on the UAB's YouTube channel. Selected by several international festivals in archaeological cinema, it is the result of the CRAFTER project, coordinated by ASOME, to reactivate the European ceramics’ sector and reveal its prehistoric techniques.
A study led by UAB researchers for the first time observed that bacterial proteins, when binding to human cells, use structural imperfect mimicry of their host’s protein complexes. The research, published in PLoS Computational Biology, allows setting the bases for new antibiotics capable of fighting multi-drug resistant microorganisms.
A study conducted by UAB and UNIZAR researchers concludes that a better pain assessment in patients with severe cognitive impairment is possible, using more reliable tools and spending more time with patients, developing standardized guidelines and specific training for professionals.
Researchers from the UAB and from the CRAG recently participated in the most complete donkey genome study ever conducted, in which researchers verified that the domestication process occurred in northeastern Africa some 6000 years ago and that the human preference for intense coat colours favoured the selection of a gene regulating pigmentation in both donkeys and horses.
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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
