Maroto A, Illescas T, Melendez M, Arevalo S, Rodo C, Peiro JL, Belfort M, Cuxart A, Carreras E J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2017 Jan 16:1-5. doi: 10.1080/14767058.2016.1247262. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27997256?dopt=Abstract  ...
Read moreTumour cells are dependent on fat to start metastasis
A study headed by Salvador Aznar Benitah, ICREA researcher at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), and published today in Natureidentifies metastasis-initiating cells through a specific marker, namely the protein CD36. This...
Read moreDesign of chalcogen-containing norepinephrines: efficient GPx mimics and strong cytotoxic agents against HeLa cells
Marset A, Begines P, López Ó, Maya I, García-Aranda N, Schwartz S Jr, Abasolo I, Fernández-Bolaños JG. Future Med Chem. 2016 Dec;8(18):2185-2195. Epub 2016 Nov 15. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27845568 Abstract AIM: Numerous chronic...
Read moreVHIR participates in a European project against Fabry disease
The Drug Delivery and Targeting group from the CIBBIM-Nanomedicine at VHIR, led by Dr. Simó Schwartz Jr., participates in a new European project, which aims the innovation and improvement in the treatment for Fabry disease, a rare condition...
Read moreCustomized prosthesis made for patients by a digital planning platform
The Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Service at Vall d’Hebron University Hospital has a new tools to make the recovery of patients easier. Together with the company Avinent, this service developed a new digital planning platform, pioneer, which...
Read moreThe laboratory of Dr. Abasolo receives the visit of a future investigator
Artur Aymar is sure he wants to study Biomedical Engineering; for this reason, he is happy to perform the research work in one of the VHIR’s laboratories as it is the opportunity to learn first-hand “what kind of research takes place in a real...
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Toxicological properties of two fluorescent carbon quantum dots with onion ring morphology and their usefulness as bioimaging agents
Ana Blas-Garcia, Herme G. Baldoví, Miriam Polo, Victor M. Victor, Hermenegildo Garcia and Jose Raul Herance RSC Advances, Issue 36, 2016, http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2016/RA/C5RA27662D#!divAbstract Abstract In the...
Read moreBacterial mimetics of endocrine secretory granules as immobilized in vivo depots for functional protein drugs
Céspedes MV, Fernández Y, Unzueta U, Mendoza R, Seras-Franzoso J, Sánchez-Chardi A, Álamo P, Toledo-Rubio V, Ferrer-Miralles N, Vazquez E, Schwartz S Jr, Abasolo I, Corchero JL, Mangues R, Villaverde A Sci Rep. 2016 Oct 24;6:35765...
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