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DOR protein deficiency favours the development of obesity -
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Researchers demonstrate the presence of stable beta-amyloid dimers in the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s disease -
LAT2 and TAT1 transporters collaborate in the renal reabsorption of neutral amino acids
Noticias
17 Apr 2018
The most widely used biomarkers for the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are currently the concentrations of beta-amyloid and phosphorylated Tau in cerebrospinal fluid.
13 Apr 2018
A scientific team has described for the first time the in vivo synergy action of the neutral amino acid transporters LAT2 and TAT1 and their participation in the renal absorption.
Media mentions
16 Apr 2018
Eight Catalan science projects among the best in Europe
La Vanguardia
La Vanguardia newspaper has published an article about the eight Catalan projects that have been awarded a grant from the European Research Council. The research of Salvador Aznar Benitah from IRB Barcelona is among these projects.
13 Apr 2018
The absence of a single mitochondrial protein causes severe inflammation
Gen magazine, Phys Org, News Medical Life Sciences, among other international media, have published an article on the latest study led by Antonio Zorzano from IRB Barcelona, which supports the notion that mitochondrial defects underlie a set of diseases of unknown origin that involve chronic muscle inflammation.
11 Apr 2018
"Vanguardia de la Ciencia" Awards ceremony
La Vanguardia
La Vanguardia has published an article about the "Vanguardia de la Ciencia" award ceremony. The winners of these awards were selected by readers, who vote among eight Spanish researchers in the field of physics, chemistry, biology and social sciences.
Laura Boulan
PhD Student
«I discovered that the bantam molecule drives the transition from larva to pupa, the phase analogous to human adolescence.»
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Felice Alessio Bava
IRB Barcelona Alumni member
«We suspected that CPEB1, a protein involved in regulating mRNA translation in the cytoplasm, might also be active in the nucleus and play a role in controlling pre-mRNA processing. We discovered that it affects the alternative generation in the mature mRNA of the 3'-UTR, regions where most of the elements regulating translation in time and space are located.»
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Laura Nevola
Research Associate
«Controlling a biological process from outside is the future of chemistry and opens up promising roads for advancements in pharmacological research.»
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Meritxell Teixidó
Research Associate
«98% of the potential therapeutic molecules against diseases of the central nervous system cannot cross the blood-brain barrier. We develop peptides with the capacity to open the doors of the barrier and act as shuttles when attached to a therapeutic molecule.»
Jalaj Gupta
Postdoctoral Fellow
«Our study highlights the complexity of p38 functions, both in cancer and in the maintenance of normal tissues. It shows why an inhibitor of this molecule could effectively have undesirable side effects. But these do not exclude it from being a target against cancer.»
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Lara Barrio
Postdoctoral Fellow
“From our study in Drosophila flies we can deduce that it would be particularly interesting to address vertebrates and analyse the participation of p53 in diabetes and obesity”
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Eduard Batlle
Group Leader
Group: Colorectal cancer laboratory
«We need to look at the soil, not at the seed. TGF-beta is the fertiliser that changes the earth in which the tumour seed grows.»
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IRB Barcelona paves the way to the use of immunotherapy to treat aggressive colon tumours and their metastasis
Understanding the adaptability of Smads
Researchers identify a protein that keeps metastatic breast cancer cells dormant
Embryonic development inspires regenerative medicine
Internal mechanism found to be responsible for the limitless growth potential of epithelial tumours
Internal mechanism found to be responsible for the limitless growth potential of epithelial tumours
Ageing is exacerbated by alterations of stem cell circadian rhythm
Ageing is exacerbated by alterations of stem cell circadian rhythm
Researchers identify the component that allows a lethal type of bacteria to spread resistance to antibiotics
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