The eyes: excellent candidates for stem cell therapies
Replacing the cells of a damaged tissue with healthy ones using stem cells is now a reality. In the case of the eyes, the use of these new therapies has...
News from June 2019
The Telemedicine Platform Trip Doctor is Awarded the 2019 GEBTA Prize
The Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) and the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona received the 2019 GEBTA Initiative Award for Trip Doctor, the...
Correcting overweight during childhood reduces the risk of developing type 2 diabetes
Children with childhood obesity have a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) as adults. However, a study published in 2018 shows that...
A new molecular mechanism could explain the origins of the depressive symptoms in Huntington’s disease
About 40 % of the affected patients with Huntington’s disease –a neurodegenerative pathology- show depression symptoms, even in early stages before the...