How does sleep duration affect people with type 2 diabetes mellitus?
A study shows that sleep duration in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular mortality. Sleeping less...
News from March 2021
Elevated levels of intracellular cholesterol promote the accumulation of defective mitochondria found in diseases such as Alzheimer
A study by IDIBAPS-CSIC has identified a mechanism that favors the accumulation of the accumulation of defective mitochondria found in diseases such as...
A molecular classification predicts the prognosis and the benefit of a cell cycle inhibitor in metastatic breast cancer
In a study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, researchers from the Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS-UB and SOLTI showed the predictive capacity of the...
A lumbar puncture allows for early determination of the risk of Parkinson disease and Lewy body dementia
This methodology makes it possible to determine the risk of developing these diseases before symptoms appear in people with REM sleep behavior disorder.
A study in Nature concludes that immunotherapy is less efficacious in nonviral liver cancer
An article published in the journal Nature suggests that immunotherapy is effective in patients with HCC of viral origin but does not increase survival...
Patients with autoimmune diseases and coronavirus infection are at lower risk of developing severe COVID
A study carried out at Hospital Clínic of Barcelona analysed the outcomes of patients with autoimmune disease and COVID-19 infection who were admitted...
IDIBAPS Researchers Take part in Drafting the New International Guidelines on the Regulation of Autophagy
The journal Autophagy has published the 4th edition of an international consensus document on the interpretation, mechanisms, and different multidisciplinary...
A bone fluorescence technique increases the accuracy of hip replacement surgery
A study carried out by the Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology Department at Hospital Clínic in Barcelona has proven the effectiveness of tetracycline...
Lockdown resulted in an increase in epileptic seizures in 1 in 4 patients
Approximately a quarter, 25.8%, of patients had seizures more frequently than before lockdown. Half felt more anxious or depressed than...
Two articles review current knowledge on the management of hepatocellular carcinoma
Clínic-IDIBAPS researchers have coordinated two review articles on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of liver cancer, in which they...