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Dr. Joan Comella, new director of the Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu
The Governing Council of the Institute de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu (IRSJD) has appointed Dr. Joan Comella as director of the Institute. We thank Dr. Francesc Palau for his years of dedication to the management.
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Pro-inflammatory alterations identified in persons with non-specific low back pain
A study led by the Psychological Research on Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain Group (AGORA Group) of the Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu (IRSJD) · Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) contributes new evidence on the immune-inflammatory state in non-specific low back pain.
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A new European project is starting to create a European Youth Cancer Survivors Network
The EU-funded project "EU-CAYAS-NET" will develop a "European Youth Cancer Survivors Network" alongside an interactive virtual platform, with Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu participation.
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Can the seasons of the year influence the emotional well-being of children with ADHD?
Summer is the season with the most daylight hours, which seems to positively influence the emotional well-being of many people. It also impacts the symptoms of children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), as observed by Dr. José Angel Alda in his studies.
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The most common type 2 diabetes drug needs the action of a cellular-stress-response protein to make effect
Metformin, the most prescribed drug for treating diabetes mellitus, known as type 2 diabetes, requires the presence of the growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF15) -a protein whose expression increases in response to cellular stress- to present its antidiabetic effects.
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Dr Alexandra Avgustinova awarded a scientific excellence grant from the European Research Council (ERC)
The ERC Starting Grant will fund the project "Oncogenic competence during development - When, Where and Why?" led by Dr Alexandra Avgustinova (IRSJD), with approximately 1.5 million euros.
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Device developed to facilitate monitoring of hereditary and hepatic metabolic disorders
Drs. Rafael Artuch and Xavier Rosell, with the IRSJD, collaborate on a UAB research project, which has developed a new device capable of monitoring the patient's blood ammonium levels at any given time.
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Relationship of environmental exposure to nitrogen oxide with the severity of rhinovirus infection
Researchers at Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu (IRSJD) · SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital have found that exposure to higher concentrations of atmospheric nitrogen oxide in childhood is associated with greater severity of rhinovirus infection and a higher number of admissions to the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit.
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Science4Pandemics presents two Citizen Science projects
The digital platform Science4Pandemics has launched two new citizen science projects for adolescents between 12 and 17 years old, as well as their parents, to collaborate with the project and provide real data for participatory research on vaccines and clinical trials.
