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Health - Social Sciences - 16.09.2021
Childhood maltreatment alters the HOA-axis activity in early stages of life
Childhood maltreatment alters the HOA-axis activity in early stages of life
A paper published in the journal Psychological Medicine confirms the existence of neurobiological alterations in early stages of life in minors exposed to maltreatment.

Health - 26.07.2021
What impact has covid-19 had on public support for the European Union?
An international research project on, involving Toni Rodon, a professor with the UPF Department of Political and Social Sciences, will analyse how the crisis caused by the pandemic has affected Europ

Health - 22.07.2021
Being born with a low weight can cause changes in the heart that persist into adulthood
Being born with a low weight can cause changes in the heart that persist into adulthood
People who have been born underweight, that is, babies in the first decile (corresponding to 10% of babies born with the lowest weight), have more cardiovascular problems when they are adults.

Health - Pharmacology - 21.07.2021
A bachelor’s degree final project identifies the best covid-19 vaccination strategy
The impact of the pandemic according to socioeconomic origin is the subject of research in the framework of the UPF bachelor's degree in Mathematical Engineering in Data Science, by Genona Torruella, supervised by professor Miguel Ángel Cordobés.

Health - Life Sciences - 19.07.2021
Predicting the risk of cerebrovascular thrombosis in patients with heart disease
This was the main goal of a study published in Frontiers in Physiology by a team of researchers led by Oscar Camara, a member of the PhySense group, attached to the BCN MedTech research unit, of whic

Health - Life Sciences - 16.07.2021

Campus - Health - 14.07.2021

Health - 12.07.2021
Eating less saturated fats may slightly reduce the risk of stroke and heart attack, but does not affect mortality
For every 100 people who reduce their consumption of saturated fats, between 1 and 2 cases of stroke or heart attack may be prevented.

Health - Pharmacology - 08.07.2021
A system for the early detection of tumour cells has been developed
Altum Sequencing, a start-up in the biotechnology sector that is part of the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid's (UC3M) Incubation and Acceleration of Companies and Industrial PhD programmes, has paten

Life Sciences - Health - 29.06.2021
LSL60101 compound reduces neuroinflammation and improves cognition in animal models with Alzheimer's
LSL60101 compound reduces neuroinflammation and improves cognition in animal models with Alzheimer’s
The LSL60101 compound, a specific ligand of the I2-IR receptors in the brain, could shed light on the development of future strategies against Alzheimer's disease.

Life Sciences - Health - 17.06.2021
New autoimmune encephalitis
New autoimmune encephalitis
Autoimmune encephalitis are a series of inflammatory diseases in the central nervous system in which the immune system mistakenly attack the proteins of the body, in this case, receptors of neurotransmitters or proteins of the neuronal surface.

Health - Pharmacology - 17.06.2021
COVID-19 vaccines pre-prepared in syringes for their administration can be safely transported
Research finds that COVID-19 vaccines pre-prepared in syringes for their administration can be safely transported This may be of great relevance in mass vaccination strategies, especially in rural and less developed areas, as the doses can be prepared in an official healthcare centre and then transported to remote vaccination sites or areas with an underdeveloped healthcare infrastructure.

Health - Pharmacology - 16.06.2021
Human milk from women infected and vaccinated for coronavirus has antibodies against COVID-19
Human milk from women infected and vaccinated for coronavirus has antibodies against COVID-19
Human milk from infected women and vaccinated for coronavirus has antibodies against COVID-19, according to two published studies in the medRxiv repository and launched by the scientific consortium M

Health - Innovation - 28.05.2021
An article in The Lancet defends the role of universities and research centres in HERA
In a correspondence article published on May 17 in The Lancet , the League of European Research Universities ( LERU ) -in which the UB is the only Spanish member university-, together with the Europe

Health - Linguistics / Literature - 27.05.2021

Health - Computer Science - 25.05.2021

Health - Innovation - 03.05.2021
UPF INNOValora will speed up transfer to market for six projects based on promising research results
The programme will provide funding and support to develop innovative technologies in the areas of surgical training, architecture, aquaculture, organ transplants, chronic pain, music learning and dermatology.

Linguistics / Literature - Health - 21.04.2021

Life Sciences - Health - 20.04.2021

Health - Life Sciences - 15.04.2021
Study identifies epigenetic factors that predict COVID-19 severity
Study identifies epigenetic factors that predict COVID-19 severity
COVID-19, caused by the infection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has changed people's behavioural patterns since the moment it became a global pandemic.

Health - Life Sciences - 06.04.2021
Call for cardiovascular scientists to contribute data to multinational platform
Implemented by seventeen partners and led by the University of Barcelona and the European Society of Cardiology ( ESC ), the project will enable researchers on cardiology to use the platform for data browsing, deposit and analysis.