Can you be protected against COVID-19 without antibodies?
In just a few months, the coronavirus has gone from being completely unknown to being the focus of countless scientific investigations around the world....
News from October 2020
How is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting people with OCD?
The pandemic has increased anxiety and stress in the general population, but when it comes to people with mental illnesses such as obsessive compulsive...
Hospital Clínic participates in an international study to explore new techniques for treating patients with atrial fibrillation
Hospital Clínic in Barcelona has begun to recruit patients to the CATALYST project, a global multicentre study to compare therapy with direct anticoagulants...
EuCanImage: Next-generation artificial intelligence in oncology
Reserachers of Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS participate in EuCanImage, a project from the Horizon 2020 program that will build a federated and scalable cancer...
Scientists discover a new mechanism for cellular defence against viral and bacterial infections
A study published in the journal Science and coordinated by researchers of IDIBAPS and the UB describes a new immune defence mechanism unknown until now....
Performing a CT scan on people at risk of lung cancer allows early diagnosis of the disease
Lung cancer continues to have the highest mortality of all malignant neoplasms, both in men and women. Despite advances in treatment, global survival rates...
Immuneel Therapeutics, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona & IDIBAPS Announce a Strategic collaboration & a License Agreement
Immuneel Therapeutics Private Limited (Immuneel) today announced that it has entered into a multi-asset collaboration and licensing agreement with Hospital...
Vaccination against flu and pneumonia during the COVID-19 pandemic
Pneumonia and influenza are totally preventable respiratory infections. Nevertheless, thousands of cases are diagnosed every year. This year, in addition,...
Patients’ lack of knowledge about heart failure is the main cause of readmission
Hospitalisation due to heart failure has not reduced in recent years. Instead it has remained the same, or even increased. Considering the advanced medical...