Stroke is the first cause of serious physical and intellectual disability and dependence, and the second cause of death in Spain, according to data from the Spanish Stroke Observatory. The observatory estimates that in the next decades this health problem will have a...
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is characterized by the selective loss of neurons responsible for controlling the skeletal muscles. Neuregulin type 1 (NRG1) contributes to compensating this loss in general, but this mechanism is altered in patients with ALS. To restore this...
Rumination, the regurgitation of recently ingested food into the mouth, can be a minor problem or lead to severe nutritional complications. Professor Fernando Azpiroz, from the UAB Department of Medicine and Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, and his team, have developed a new method...
Researchers Alaitz Zabala and Xavier Pons, from UAB Geography Department, and Joan Masó, from CREAF, participate in Next Generation GEOSS for Innovation Business (NextGEOSS) Horizon 2020 project, to develop a...
Quick exploration, accuracy in diagnosis, correct prediction and no harm to newborns. After conducting a research with one hundred babies, these are the strong arguments given by doctors and researchers from the hospitals Parc Taulí (UAB) and Sant Joan de...
The number of migrant associations accessing local official development aid tripled from 1999 to 2008 in Catalonia. Also, the number of municipalities providing financial support to migrant-led development projects duplicated during the same period. This study...
Dark matter and dark energy, in case they exist, would contribute to 96% of the universe's total energy, but no one knows their authentic nature and even less, how they interact. Lecturer of the Department of Physics Diego Pavon recently published, alongside other authors, a review ...
Design of mathematical models based on the study and quantification of the functional traits of plants to help prevent and mitigate the effects of climate change on species and ecosystems. This is what the article's a...
The most precise description of Nature at the most elemental level is the Standard Model. However, it does leave some relevant questions unanswered. To answer them, physicists pose an even more fundamental theory, generically known as New Physics, which requires observable consequences in order to...
A research group from CRAG discovers that one gene from Arabidopsis thaliana encodes for two essential proteins, one necessary for photosynthesis and another one necessary for embryo development. The next step for the research team will be to analyze if this mechanism...
