Dr Carlos Rodrigo Gonzalo de Liria has been appointed new president of Amics de Can Ruti
Dr Rodrigo will lead the sponsorship program at the Can Ruti Campus with the goal of boosting support for research and medical assistance.
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Dr Rodrigo will lead the sponsorship program at the Can Ruti Campus with the goal of boosting support for research and medical assistance.
Researchers from IGTP have taken part in the 2nd Street Science Fair of ESO with a STEAM focus, Together with students from eight secondary schools and other research centres and companies, they have showed scientific concepts to fifth-grade students in Badalona through various workshops.
Why is it so difficult to eliminate the "forgotten" malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax? The PvREX research group at ISGlobal and IGTP presents recent scientific data.
According to a study led by CEEISCAT-IGTP and conducted with the PISCIS cohort, individuals with HIV who have had COVID-19 face a 30% higher risk of developing cardiovascular diseases.
CMCiB-IGTP has renewed its certificate of compliance with Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) in accordance with Directive 2004/9/EC.
The results of a pioneering study by IGTP and BST support the safety of the bioimplants called PeriCord, made from stem cells of the umbilical cord and pericardium from a tissue donor, which aid in the regeneration and revascularisation of the affected area.
A study led by researchers from IGTP, in collaboration with health economics experts from Can Ruti, UPF, and Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, offers new recommendations for optimising tuberculosis screening programmes in low-incidence countries. Published in the journal Eurosurveillance, this work reviews various studies to determine if these programmes targeting higher-risk groups are economically effective.
IGTP’s Biostatistics Unit have recently published two notable articles. The first paper, appearing in Scientific Reports, reveals the role of socioeconomic inequalities and vaccination in the spread of the pandemic. The second, published in BMC Medical Research Methodology, introduces REDCapDM, a new R package designed to enhance efficiency and reliability in the management of research data collected through the popular REDCap platform.
On 21 March, the final meeting of INNOVA4TB, a consortium led by IGTP with researchers from around the world, took place. Participants presented the results of the different work packages and evaluated the work done since 2019. IGTP will continue to be involved in other networks such as ADVANCE-TB and SMA-TB.
Researchers from IGTP and Ahead Therapeutics have been exploring a treatment based on liposome-type nanoparticles to address the autoimmunity of type 1 diabetes for years. A study recently published in the Journal of Autoimmunity examines the response of macrophages to this immunotherapy, serving as a preliminary step before clinical trials.