The research group for Research in Cell and Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Engineering, composed of researchers from Sant Pau Hospital, the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the Technical University of Catalonia, has found a new group of stem cells from the spinal cord that may lead to a new form of treatment for the regeneration...
In a recent expedition to Menorca, a team of anthropologists from the UAB Biological Anthropology Unit studied human remains from around 3000 years ago in a sepulchral cave, the Cova des Pas.
Today scientific progress depends to a great extent on computer tools. In genetic studies, for example, a cascade of data is generated, which is only comprehensible after vertiginous calculations on the part of a computer. The Faculty of Veterinary Science is well aware of...
Plants can be victims of aluminium's toxicity, wich, for example, affects the growth of the roots. In response of this, plants like corn have generated defence mechanisms. They produce compounds that had already been studied for their resistance to pesticides or their defence...
Gold nanoparticles have unusual properties compared with other elements. We have taken advantage of this characteristic to create a new type of biological marker. The Sensors and Biosensors Group at the UAB, jointly with the Institute of Molecular...
