The cardiovascular research group at the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute has developed a new strategy to regenerate cardiac scars caused by myocardial infarction. They are now studying whether this therapy, which reduces infarct...
During the 2017/2018 academic year, in the Module of Nursing and Medical Anthropology of the bachelor’s degree in Nursing at the UAB, workshops designed together with HIV patients were carried out to bring the...
The Nervous System Gene Therapy (UAB) research group and the VHIR Multiple Sclerosis Center of Catalonia are developing a gene therapy capable of reducing the inflammatory response in early and advanced stages of the disease. The results obtained in animal models are...
Researchers at the Hospitals of Sant Pau and Germans Trias i Pujol have studied how Cushing's syndrome affects patients' quality of life. Even if the treatment works, continued exposure to high...
The UAB and the Menkes International Association (MIa) have signed a donation agreement worth 40,000 euros, an amount that represents a strong boost in research into Menkes disease, a serious hereditary minority...
Oocytes can be vitrified for the conservation of animal genetic resources and for the preservation of fertility in women, but the process presents some difficulties. Researchers from the Department of...
Anticoagulants are drugs used in people at high risk of blood clots to reduce their risk. This study, which has the collaboration of the UAB, has compared the risk of suffering a stroke or pulmonary embolism, pneumonia, being admitted to hospital,...
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The parameterization of pain varies according to the culture or the disease of the patient. Health personnel are in charge of evaluating the pain faces of hospitalized patients to make decisions about medication. The following study by the UAB proposes the use of trained...
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Obesity is a complex and pandemic medical condition characterized by excessive fat accumulation associated with impulsiveness and compulsiveness. The disease predisposes the person to develop derived pathologies, including type II diabetes (T2D),...
The Patient-reported Outcomes (PROs) are tools used in medicine to quantify the disability and impact on the patient’s quality of life, applicable in migraine. In a daily evaluation of the migraine frequency, the pain intensity, the analgesic...
