An International consensus states that patients no longer need to fast before a cholesterol testing
New research from Denmark, Canada and the US involving more than 300,000 individuals suggests that patients do not need to check their cholesterol...
News from April 2016
Release of Sketching Diabetes IDIBAPS, a book that explains this metabolic disorder through urban drawing
Sketching –urban drawing- has once again been the protagonist of an original science outreach initiative carried out by IDIBAPS through the AstraZe...
Dr. Josep Dalmau named recipient of the 2016 Cotzias Lecture and Award from the American Academy of Neurology
Dr. Josep Dalmau, ICREA Research Professor at IDIBAPS, where heads the Autoimmune Pathogenesis of Neurological Diseases group, and Professor of Ne...
Dr. Gracia-Sancho receives a grant from the Gilead Sciences Research Scholars Program
Dr. Jordi Gracia-Sancho has obtained a grant from the Gilead Sciences Research Scholars Program. The program provides financial support to the ins...
Scientists discover a new mechanism responsible for the formation of abnormal vessels in cirrhosis
IDIBAPS researchers led by Dr. Mercedes Fernández, from the team Hepatic hemodynamics and portal hypertension, have discovered a new mechanism res...
Drs. Bruix and Gracia-Sancho, awarded by the EASL for their research on liver diseases
Dr. Jordi Gracia-Sancho, researcher from the Hepatic hemodynamics and portal hypertension IDIBAPS team and from CIBERehd, and Dr. Jordi Bruix, hea...
IDIBAPS participates in the new Work Package of the Graphene Flagship to design Biomedical Technologies
Today, the Graphene Flagship announced in Barcelona the creation of a new Work Package devoted to Biomedical Technologies, one emerging applicatio...
Rhythm of oscillations in cerebral cortex, key to understand Down Syndrome
Scientists from the Centre for Genomic Regulation, led by Dr. Mara Dierssen, and from the August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAP...
The detection of a genetic alteration in blood samples predicts resistance to treatment in metastatic prostate cancer
A study published in the journal European Urology shows that the detection of a genetic alteration, TMPRSS2-ERG, in blood samples of patients with...