Barcelona, 9 November 2022 – Colon cancer is the third most common cancer in the world, with about 2 million new cases each year. Most patients are diagnosed when the tumour is still located in the colon or rectum. These tumours are removed by surgery and, in many cases, are treated with...

Barcelona, 26 October, 2022.- Ulcerative colitis is the most common type of inflammatory bowel disease, characterised by chronic ulcers and inflammation in the colon and rectum. Symptoms can be lifelong and range from mild to life-threatening. There is no known cure for this human pathology.  ...

Barcelona, 21 October, 2022.- There are many scientific challenges that exceed the possibilities of an individual laboratory, a single country or even a continent. Until the Human Genome Project (HGP), biology had always been a discipline of individual achievements. The HGP marked a key departure...

Barcelona, 17 October, 2022.- Mitochondria are cellular organelles that generate most of the energy needed to activate the biochemical reactions of a cell. They produce 90% of the energy our body needs to function.   Mitochondria, unlike other cell organelles, have their own DNA (mtDNA) of a mere...

Barcelona, 5th of October, 2022.- Researchers from IDIBAPS have coordinated a study to identify the mechanisms that determine the evolution of leukaemia, how relapse occurs after treatment and how, in some patients, it transforms into a very aggressive lymphoma at the final stage of the disease.  ...

Barcelona, 28 September, 2022.- Time is running out. An appalling one in four species on the planet are currently threatened with extinction, putting livelihoods, food supplies, and essential water and nutrient cycles at risk. Knowledge is of the essence in the fight to reverse this unprecedented...