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October 10, 2019 In News, Uncategorized By Laia Tremosa

LERU shares advice so that patients have a better access to advanced therapy

Unit of Cell Production and Tissue Engineering, at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Located in CREATIO center, the only one to produce advanced genic therapy medical products. Photo: CREATIO/UB The League of European Research Universities (LERU) has published a new...

October 5, 2019 In News, Uncategorized By Laia Tremosa

Awarded the Prize to the Professional Career in Psychiatry to Dr. Miquel Bernardo

The Spanish Society of Psychiatry, at the XXII National Psychiatric Congress, held in Bilbao from September 26 to 28, 2019, has awarded the Prize to the Professional Career in Psychiatry to Dr. Miquel Bernardo, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Barcelona and head of...

October 3, 2019 In News, Uncategorized By Laia Tremosa

Researchers identify increased translation as a novel pathogenic mechanism in Huntington’s disease

Scientists from the Institute of Neurosciences UB and Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), have shown that protein translation is increased in the striatum of Huntington’s disease. Results revealed specific upregulated levels of proteins from ribosomal and oxidative phosphorylation pathways that contribute to mutant...

September 30, 2019 In News, Uncategorized By Laia Tremosa

Researchers identify a group of genetic markers linked to the start of symptoms of Parkinson’s disease

Researchers from the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona (UBneuro), Hospital Clínic and the August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS) have identified a group of genetic variants related to the starting point of Parkinson’s disease. These results, published in the journal...

September 26, 2019 In News By Laia Tremosa

European Researchers’ Night 2019

European Researchers’ Nights are public events dedicated to bringing researchers closer to the public. They showcase the diversity of research and highlight the impact of research on our daily lives. The aim is also to motivate young people to embark on research careers. The events...

September 17, 2019 In News, Uncategorized By Laia Tremosa

Children’s brain can recover from ictus and develop language ability thanks to its plasticity

When adults suffer from a brain ictus affecting the left cerebral hemisphere –more in particular, a structure called arcuate fasciculus- lose language skills in general and take these back with difficulties, if they ever do. However, this process is different in babies that suffer cerebrovascular...

September 16, 2019 In News, Uncategorized By Laia Tremosa

Apathy, an indicator of Huntington’s disease progression

Some modifications in the connectivity of white matter in the brain are associated with the heterogeneous nature of apathy –one of the most common psychiatric syndromes in Huntington’s disease-, according to an article published in the journal Neuroimage: Clinical. Participants in the study are the experts of...

September 9, 2019 In News, Uncategorized By Laia Tremosa

Maria de Maeztu accreditations given to the Institute of Neurosciences UB, distinguished in the last call

Jordi Alberch, director of the Institute of Neurosciences of the UB, was given the accreditation by the minister Pedro Duque. Photo: Alejandro Muñoz Fernández / MICIU On Monday, September 9, the acting minister of Science, Innovation and Universities, Pedro Duque, gave the Institute of...

July 30, 2019 In News By Laia Tremosa

Virtual reality to help solve personal problems

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ6cAVxQOwo&feature=youtu.be Researchers believe that this method could be a useful tool for clinicians. People are often much better at giving useful advice to a friend in trouble than they are in dealing with their own problems. Although we typically have continuous internal dialogue, we are...

July 22, 2019 In News, Uncategorized By Laia Tremosa

Identified a new therapeutic target for the treatment of Alzheimer’s

A study that has the participation of researchers from the Institute of Neuropathology of the University Hospital of Bellvitge-IDIBELL, the University of Barcelona (UB), the Institute of Neurosciences of the UB (UBNeuro) and CIBERNED has identified a new therapeutic target for...