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November 15, 2021 In News By sara

Sandra Acosta «Els minibrains representen tots els possibles cervells que un individu podria tenir»

La Dra. Sandra Acosta ha desenvolupament, juntament amb el Dr. Lao del Centre Nacional d’Anàlisi Genòmica (CNAG), una plataforma d’intel·ligència artificial que permet analitzar molts aspectes dels organoides que desenvolupen al seu laboratori. A través d’aquests organoides els investigadors poden provar l’efectivitat i la toxicitat...

November 15, 2021 In News By sara

Un estudi de la UB proposa nous biomarcadors per determinar dany neuronal en la malaltia d‘Alzheimer

L’Alzheimer és el principal trastorn neurodegeneratiu en persones d’edat avançada per al qual no hi ha cap tractament o prevenció eficaç. Els mètodes de diagnòstic actuals no detecten una de les alteracions més primerenques i rellevants de la malaltia: el grau de disfunció sinàptica que...

November 15, 2021 In News By sara

Dels cossos amilacis als ‘wasteosomes’: noves perspectives sobre l’eliminació de substàncies perjudicials en els teixits

Els productes de rebuig capturats en els CA són de diferent tipus i origen, fet que ha generat certa confusió en l’estudi d’aquestes estructures. Els cossos amilacis (CA) són uns agregats complexos localitzats en diferents òrgans i teixits que s’associen a l’envelliment i a...

September 28, 2021 In News By Laia Tremosa

New mouse model for studying the cognitive protection mechanisms in Alzheimer’s

Alzheimer’s is a neurodegenerative disease that features the accumulation of the beta-amyloid peptide and Tau protein in the brain, which are associated with deficits in the neuronal connections and with dementia. However, researchers have recently discovered a type of people that despite the accumulation of...

September 9, 2021 In News By Laia Tremosa

Light-activated drugs: localized medicine without side effects

Photopharmacology is an emerging area of science based on the development of photosensitive drugs, that is, drugs that activate with light. A team from IDIBELL and the University of Barcelona has worked on two treatments based on this innovative technology: a morphine derivative that does...

July 29, 2021 In News By Laia Tremosa

New findings on the function of mitofusin 2 in the cellular energy metabolism

Mitofusin 2 is a key protein in the regulation of the physiology of mitochondria ─cellular organelles that produce energy─ involved in several neurodegenerative and cardiovascular diseases, as well as in cancer. Now, a study published in the journal EMBO Reports reveals that the regulation of the bioenergetic...

July 21, 2021 In News By Laia Tremosa

CaixaResearch call for Health Research promotes UB research

La Caixa Foundation announced today the thirty projects that were selected in the call CaixaResearch on Health Research 2021. These are excellence projects on biomedicine and research on health presented by research centres and universities from Spain and Portugal, funded with a total of 22.1 million...

July 19, 2021 In News, Uncategorized By Laia Tremosa

Training the next generation of Neuroscience leaders

Last Thursday 15th of July, the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona held a meeting for all young researchers to help them push their careers to the next level. ...

July 16, 2021 In News By Laia Tremosa

Identification and characterization of two new disease genes implicated in developmental brain diseases

Recent studies led by Dr. Raúl Estévez from the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona, have resulted in the identification of the genes responsible for two types of brain development diseases. On the one hand, in a collaboration with the group of Pankaj B Agrawal, from Boston Children's Hospital,...

July 16, 2021 In News By Laia Tremosa

Vocal music boosts the recovery of language functions after stroke

Research has shown that listening to music daily improves language recovery in patients who have experienced a stroke. However, the neural mechanisms underlying the phenomenon have so far remained unknown. A study conducted at the University of Helsinki and the Turku University Hospital Neurocenter compared the...

Sandra Acosta «Els minibrains representen tots els possibles cervells que un individu podria tenir»

Un estudi de la UB proposa nous biomarcadors per determinar dany neuronal en la malaltia d‘Alzheimer

Dels cossos amilacis als ‘wasteosomes’: noves perspectives sobre l’eliminació de substàncies perjudicials en els teixits

New mouse model for studying the cognitive protection mechanisms in Alzheimer’s

Light-activated drugs: localized medicine without side effects

New findings on the function of mitofusin 2 in the cellular energy metabolism

CaixaResearch call for Health Research promotes UB research

Training the next generation of Neuroscience leaders

Identification and characterization of two new disease genes implicated in developmental brain diseases

Vocal music boosts the recovery of language functions after stroke

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