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Evolution is traditionally associated with a process of increasing complexity and gaining new genes.

The Desertification Research Center (CIDE, UV-CSIC-GVA) has developed a study showing that orienting vine vegetation towards the west, through an innovative adaptation of the traditional vertical trellis, improves grape and wine composition.

A study led by the University of Barcelona and the Spanish National Research Council-s Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC - CSIC) presents a new therapeutic tool capable of inhibiting the proliferation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.

Coastal ecosystems, particularly dunes and beaches, are facing up growing threats as a result of urbanization, climate change and restauration and management practices alien and unaware of the ecological needs of the species.

Research staff from the Universitat de València (UV), the INCLIVA Health Research Institute, the Hospital Clínic Universitari of Valencia, and the Centre for Biomedical Research Centre Network in Men

Megagenome of Araucaria araucana , an endangered Chilean species with food potential in temperate zones, sequenced An international team of researchers, led from Chile by the University of Concepción

A study by the Rare Respiratory Diseases research group of the University of Valencia (UV) and the INCLIVA Health Research Institute, the La Fe Health Research Institute and the CEU-Cardenal Herrera University explains the molecular foundations of primary ciliary dyskinesia (DCP).

Ángela Vidal Verdù and Paola Corbín Agustí, researchers at the Institute of Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio), a joint centre of the University of Valencia (UV) and the Spanish National Researc

A research team from the Universitat de València, the Universitat Politècnica de València, the CIBER areas of Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), and Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED) and the Research Centre -Príncipe Felipe- (CIPF) has developed a new probe to detect senescent cells in urine, which would help to monitor and better understand ageing-related processes and establish new strategies to reverse the degenerative processes associated with ageing.

The educational program to promote learning and scientific vocations in biotechnology and genetics Amgen TransferCiència has started its fifth edition in the Valencian Community this February (2023-2024 academic year).

The Environmental and Biomedical Virology group of the Institute of Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio), a joint centre of the University of Valencia and the Higher Council for Scientific Research

A study recently published in the International Journal of Microbial Systematics and Evolutionary Microbiology reveals entrenched inequality between men and women in the field of Microbiology, based on an analysis of prokaryotic nomenclature from a gender perspective.

The Translational Genomics Laboratory of the University of Valencia, directed by the Full Professor of Genetics Rubén Artero, is working on a mouse model that will allow the evaluation of drugs previo

Rosario Gil: "In Valencia we are developing a system to fight the plague of the tiger mosquito with the Wolbachia bacteria" Rosario Gil García is a professor at the University of Valencia (UV) in the

The University of Valencia (UV) and the INCLIVA Health Research Institute, of the Clinical Hospital of Valencia, are investigating whether there is a loss of connectivity in the hippocampus (a brain structure that plays a crucial role in memory and learning) in Alzheimer's disease early.