There is no effective treatment to overcome Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS); nevertheless; the Neuroplasticity and Regeneration group of the UAB Institute of Neurosciences has tested two cell therapy protocols with ALS model mice to study, based on a...
Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) is the most extreme form of unhealthy alcohol use. It is associated with liver-related problems, among other alterations. A study carried out by the Addiction...
A series of activities carried out in 2019 on the occasion of the International Day of Light (DIL), this year organized by the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), focus on the interest in light and its properties applicable to various scientific and cultural...
The set of environmental and health problems associated to chemical pesticides lead to the development of alternatives to treat crops. One of the options are...
A study at Can Ruti, led by Prof Antoni Bayés Genís and conducted by the researcher Cristina Prat-Vidal, describes the development and first-in-human surgical implantation of a new bioimplant named PeriCord. The bioimplant, envisioned to...
Despite the increasing interest of the scientific community and society towards the potential of forests as a source of human health, the existing scientific literature does not allow for a coherent relationship between...
The coexistence in Barcelona between inhabitants of different ethnic groups generates segregation by difference of income; not for ethnic reasons. This is evidenced by the analysis of the urban spatial structure of the city carried out by researchers from the...
The settlement of people in the territory responds to their personal and contextual preferences and it is based on the close relationships offered by the environment beyond the residential area. The study here presented has analyzed this issue through a...
The study by the Veterinary Pathology Diagnostic Service (SDPV) of the UAB and the Slaughterhouse Support Network (SESC) of the IRTA-CReSA for the first time describes apocrine cystomatosis in the porcine species, a disease of the apocrine sweat glands...
Individualization of treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia is key to improving survival for patients with this disease, which accounts for one third of all childhood cancers. This study analyzed genes...
