Oxaliplatin Promotes the Survival of Drug-Resistant Colon Tumor Cells
Oxaliplatin is a drug that is widely used to treat colon cancer, but its efficacy is limited by the development of resistance to chemotherapy of the...
News from May 2009
Eixample District to Have a new Primary Care Center
The new center will be managed by the Eixample Primary Health Care Consortium (CAPSE), a body composed of the Catalan Health Care Institute and Hospital...
Gene Therapy Protects Simians Against Infection by the AIDS Virus
A study carried out in the United States has managed to introduce into the muscle cells of macaque monkeys the DNA necessary to produce an antibody-like...
Hospital Clínic Revisits 20 Years of Therapeutic Education in Diabetes
Diabetes is a chronic disease caused by a defect in the production of insulin and for which there is no cure. People with the disease must learn to control...
Self-Help Guide for Women Victims of Sexual Assault
Sexual violence is one of the most frequent forms of violence against women. This type of assault constitutes one of the most common crimes affecting women...
Barnaclínic Defends Collaboration Between Public and Private Health Care
Dr. Catalina Cabrer, director of Barnaclínic was a co-star of the debate on public and private health care and defended collaboration between the two systems
New Clinical Simulation Laboratory at the Faculty of Medicine
Improving medical practice for third-cycle students and broadening their experience of the care of critical patients is the aim of the new Clinical Simulation...
Recommendations of the Department of Health Regarding the New A(H1N1) Virus
The Department of Health of the Catalan Government, with the support of the General Directorate of Public Information, has started a special website on...
Genetic Counselling and Neonatal Screening are Key Factors in the Approach to Hereditary Anemias
Hereditary anemias or major hemoglobin syndromes principally include two different entities: beta thalassemia major or Cooley’s anemia, which is prevalent...
The Functions of Spermatozoa go Beyond Transmission of the Paternal Genome
According to an article published in the journal Proteomics (9(4):1004-17), certain human spermatozoon nuclear proteins associated with chromatin have...