17/07/2025 - Campus Can Ruti, Research

New insights into heart scar tissue could improve treatment after heart attacks

A team of researchers from the IGTP has taken a step forward in understanding the complex structure of heart scars that form after a myocardial infarction. Using a porcine model, the group found an association between specific electrical patterns and structural characteristics of the scar, offering a new approach that may guide more targeted and effective treatments for arrhythmias. The results have been published in the journal Heart Rhythm.

16/07/2025 - Campus Can Ruti, Research

The Germans Trias Research Institute and ICO Badalona describe genomic alterations that may help predict treatment response in an aggressive type of breast cancer

Researchers at IGTP, HUGTiP and ICO Badalona have identified genetic alterations, including frequent TP53 mutations, that could serve as biomarkers to guide treatment decisions in HER2-positive breast cancer.

15/07/2025 - Campus Can Ruti, Research

The Ibero-American network RIGHT PLUS, coordinated from the Can Ruti Campus, launches LAMIS 2025, a key study on the health of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Latin America and the Caribbean

The second edition of the LAMIS survey is being coordinated from the Can Ruti Campus. This key international study explores the psycho-socio-sexual health of gay, bisexual and other MSM across 24 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, with active involvement of the CEEISCAT research group.

09/07/2025 - Campus Can Ruti, Research

Women more susceptible to certain subjective effects of alcohol during binge drinking episodes

A study led by IGTP and HUGTiP finds that women feel stronger effects from binge drinking, even at equal blood alcohol levels. The research also warns that mixing alcohol with energy drinks does not reduce impairment and may encourage risky behaviour.

01/07/2025 - Campus Can Ruti, Research

Study highlights opportunities to strengthen early HIV diagnosis in primary care in Catalonia

The results of a study published in EuroSurveillance highlight biases and inequalities based on sex, age, origin and region, and point to the need for training, clear protocols and alert systems to improve early diagnosis. The study was led by researchers from CEEISCAT, IDIAPJGol and IGTP.

25/06/2025 - Campus Can Ruti, Research

An international study validates the efficacy of a drug in adults with neurofibromatosis type 1

An international study, published in The Lancet, demonstrates for the first time that the drug selumetinib is effective in reducing tumours and associated pain in adults with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). IGTP and Hospital played a key role in the clinical trial, which marks a significant advance in the treatment options for this rare genetic disease.

12/06/2025 - Campus Can Ruti, Conferences, Research, Success Stories

Successful turnout at the 1st CORE IGTP Scientific Conference, a meeting to advance population health research

The first CORE IGTP Scientific Conference was held at the Badalona International Business Centre (BCIN), an initiative of the CORE Program that aims to establish itself as an annual space for meeting, debate and scientific exchange among professionals involved in population health research.

11/06/2025 - Campus Can Ruti, Research

New research explores the potential of empagliflozin and sacubitril/valsartan as early treatment after a myocardial infarction

Researchers from ICREC-IGTP have conducted a preclinical study on the effects of the drug empagliflozin, alone or in combination with sacubitril/valsartan, in the early phase following a myocardial infarction. The combination of the two showed promising results.

10/06/2025 - Campus Can Ruti, Research, Success Stories

Study led by IGTP reveals correlation between tuberculosis lesion transcriptomics and patients’ clinical parameters

Researchers from the Experimental Tuberculosis Unit (UTE) at the IGTP and the Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital have published a study in Nature Communications in which, for the first time, the transcriptomic profile of human tuberculosis lung lesions is correlated with clinical data from the same patients.

09/06/2025 - Research

Impact of ceiling of care on mortality across four COVID-19 epidemic waves in Catalonia

Researchers from IGTP analysed in-hospital mortality in 5,813 COVID-19 patients across four epidemic waves in Catalonia, focusing on whether patients had a ceiling of care. Mortality decreased significantly over time for patients without a ceiling of care, but remained consistently high in those with one. These findings underscore the need to account for ceiling of care when evaluating COVID-19 outcomes and planning future healthcare responses.