One in five people suffer from olfactory dysfunction
The sense of smell may seem secondary but it provides information on the surrounding environment, warns us about chemical dangers and putrid food and may...
News from November 2012
Sunlight variation affects the age at onset of bipolar disorder
A collaboration between the International Society for Bipolar Disorders and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) demonstrated the importance...
Launch of HIVINNOV, a new research project supported by the European Union with plans to develop new treatments against HIV
The HIVINNOV (Generation of a new class of anti-retrovirals targeting HIV-cellular cofactors interactions) collaborative research project officially started...
Avon awards one million Euros for research against breast cancer and funds an IDIBAPS project on the role of ZEB proteins
Avon Cosmetics, leader in direct sales of perfumes and cosmetics, sponsors the world's largest private foundation supporting cancer research. Over the...
IDIBAPS researchers achieved a good success rate in the 2012 ISCIII call for health research projects
The Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII) is a Spanish major source of public funding for research. On November 6th it published the provisional...
Scientifics discovered a key process that allows colon cancer to metastasize
És la primera vegada que un article científic assenyala la funció fonamental de les cèl·lules sanes de l’entorn per la instauració de metàstasi per a un...
The institutions from the IDIBAPS consortium receive 9 grants from the 2011 TV3 Telethon about regeneration and transplantation of organs and tissues
A total of 29 of biomedical research projects on regeneration and transplantation of organs and tissues have received 8 million euros from the 2011 TV3...
Dr. Analia Bortolozzi wins the Pfizer Foundation Basic Research award
The Pfizer Foundation held its XIII Institutional Act on October 30. During the ceremony, the awards for Biomedical Research, Social Commitment and Communication...