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Two new projects will promote the use of Catalan in research at the Can Ruti Campus, with support from CERCA grants. The initiatives, jointly developed by the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute (IJC) and the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), will promote Catalan as a language of cohesion, inclusion and science communication.
The Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) will launch the MOSAIC project (Models in Community Health and Collaborative Innovation), an institutional initiative aimed at promoting new forms of health research and innovation, firmly rooted in the local area and focused on generating tangible benefits for the population. The project is part of the Government of Catalonia's Regions del Coneixement program and is co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) under the RIS3CAT 2030 strategy.
Funded by La Marató de 3Cat and jointly led by CEEISCAT-IGTP, FLI, ASPB and CJAS, the project offers three digital tools designed to improve knowledge about STIs and facilitate access to diagnosis for young people aged 16 to 25 across Catalonia: a free self-sampling kits to detect HIV, chlamydia and gonorrhoea from home, an anonymous partner notification tool and a chatbot providing validated information on sexual health.
Researchers from IGTP, UPC, IrsiCaixa and CIBEREHD have developed the Cartesian Distance-Based Gene Expression (CDBGE) approach, a novel algorithm designed to identify the genes that best distinguish between different biological conditions.
The study, published in Nature Communications, evaluates ibuprofen for the first time in patients with tuberculosis as an adjunctive therapy aimed at modulating the host inflammatory response. The results did not show an improvement in the main clinical or microbiological outcomes, but they did reveal biological changes consistent with reduced inflammation, supporting further investigation of this approach in larger, controlled trials.
Researchers from BST, IGTP and Biosfer Teslab have demonstrated the potential of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance to monitor and optimise the manufacture of extracellular vesicles, one of the most promising therapeutic platforms in regenerative medicine. The findings, published in the Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, could help facilitate the development and scale-up of these therapies.
A total of 19 women researchers affiliated with the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) feature in the April 2026 edition of the Ranking of Spanish Women Researchers and Women Researchers in Spain, reflectig the relevance of the research conducted both at the institute and across the Can Ruti Campus.
A review published in Diabetes Care analyses experimental and clinical evidence on the role of physical activity as a potential complementary strategy to promote immune regulation, preserve beta cells and reduce inflammation in type 1 diabetes.
The study, published in Nature Communications, develops a new cellular model that reproduces the progression of NF1-associated tumours and enables the identification of new therapeutic opportunities.
The 3rd Innomed Awards brought together professionals from research, healthcare, entrepreneurship and investment, with the presentation of the 15 projects taking part in the new edition of GrowInn and recognition for the seven projects with the greatest potential.
