23/08/2022 - General information
A team from Hospital del Mar and the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute has validated the technique involving breast biopsy guided by contrast mammography to visualise suspicious lesions that cannot be observed via ultrasound or mammography. After analysing data from tests performed on 64 women, they have been able to verify that this technique offers the same or better results than the other diagnostic tool used in these cases, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The results have been published in the journal European Radiology. In the cases studied, contrast mammography-guided breast biopsy was successful in 95.4% of cases. In only three tests was the visibility of the findings not as expected. In comparison, MRI has a success rate of between 87% and 98%.
Més informació "Usefulness of breast biopsy guided by contrast-enhanced mammography is validated"
17/08/2022 - General information
A joint research project from the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute and the CNIC has been selected to receive a grant from the Carlos III Health Institute to analyse whether a greater presence of omega-3 in the blood is associated with a brain that is more resistant to this neurodegenerative disease. The research project led by Dr. Aleix Sala-Vila, from the Cardiovascular Risk and Nutrition Research Group at IMIM-Hospital del Mar has received one of the research, development and innovation project grants from the Carlos III Health Institute. The study will be carried out in conjunction with the National Centre for Cardiovascular Research Carlos III (CNIC) as part of the PESA study that this institute is developing with Banco Santander. The initiative will receive 114,000 euros in funding.
Més informació "Research into whether a diet rich in omega-3 helps prevent Alzheimer's disease"
01/08/2022 - General information
During the months of April, May and June, the cycle "Our brain, that great unknown" organized by the IMIM and the network of libraries of Barcelona, has been carried out with great success of attendees. More than 400 people have been able to participate in this cycle that is part of the "Visions of Science" project that the Barcelona Libraries have been carrying out for years. The cycle has lasted 8 weeks, was free and open to everyone. It dealt with topics related to the brain and allowed attendees to learn about the latest data provided by new scientific advances in this field thanks to the participation as speakers of the best experts from the Hospital del Mar and IMIM.
Més informació "Successful cycle "Our brain, that great unknown" with more than 400 attendees"
26/07/2022 - General information
This is the question that Dr. Daniel Guinart, Dr. Víctor Pérez and Dr. Benedikt Amann, researchers from the Neurosciences Research Programme at the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, attempt to answer in a letter recently published in The Lancet. The role peer reviewers of scientific articles play and the debate on whether their work should be remunerated are the focus of a letter by Dr. Daniel Guinart, Dr. Víctor Pérez and Dr. Benedikt Amann, researchers from the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute's Neurosciences Research Programme (IMIM-Hospital del Mar) that has been published in The Lancet. It is a voluntary task, based on a "code of honour", as the authors put it, but which in recent times has become an exploitative system.
Més informació "Should reviewers of scientific journal articles be paid a wage?"
20/07/2022 - General information
The IMIM-Hospital del Mar has been awarded three grants in the latest call. They are aimed at promoting the hiring of researchers with a doctoral degree at Spanish research centres. Three researchers from IMIM-Hospital del Mar have been selected in the latest call for the Juan de la Cierva-incorporation grants from the State Research Agency. The successful candidates are Joan Jiménez Balado, from the Neurovascular Research Group, Ana Rocío Conde Moro, from the Cellular Mechanisms in Physiological and Pathological Behaviour Research Group, and Helena Garcia Mieres, from the Health Services Research Group.
14/07/2022 - General information
After the success of "La mare de la ciència", the PRBB's science outreach podcast in Catalan, June saw the launch of "Absolutos y Relativos", the second science outreach podcast from the PRBB, which this time will be in Spanish. On 14 July, Patricia Robledo, a researcher from the Integrated Pharmacology and Systems Neuroscience research group at the IMIM, explains the neuroscience and drug studies she is carrying out, and talks about her research career, which is closely linked to psychology.
12/07/2022 - General information
This is one of the fifteen biomedical projects selected in the CaixaResearch Validate call. In this case, the study led by the researcher from the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute seeks effective immunotherapy treatment for breast tumours. The "la Caixa" Foundation is supporting 15 leading biomedical research projects in Spain and Portugal in the CaixaResearch Validate 2022 call. These are early-stage projects that the organisation wants to support to accelerate their arrival on the market, thereby helping them reach patients who may need them. Among those selected is a project led by Dr. Toni Celià-Terrassa, who heads up the Cancer Stem Cells and Metastasis Dynamics laboratory at the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM-Hospital del Mar).
28/06/2022 - General information
This is a study on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the breast cancer screening program. Its main author is Dr. Guillem Bosch, resident physician of the PSMAR-UPF-ASPB Teaching Unit and member of the Health Services Research Group of the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute.
14/06/2022 - General information
It is published by Triacastela Publishing House. In it, Dr. Porta explains, in an easy and entertaining way, current epidemiological and public health issues, such as the management by governments of the COVID-19 pandemic. Epidemiology and epidemiologists have been in vogue over the last two years, when SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 have made all the headlines. A medical and scientific discipline that studies and acts on populations and groups of people under real conditions, which is carried out outside laboratories.
Més informació "Epidemiología cercana, the new book by Dr. Miquel Porta"
13/05/2022 - General information
A platform developed by the Centre Nacional d'Anàlisi Genòmica (CNAG-CRG) allows doctors and researchers from Catalan hospitals to share data and otherwise scattered expertise and diagnose patients with neurologic rare diseases. During the pilot project, a diagnosis was provided to 67 out of 323 patients (20.7% of cases), just by reanalysing previously available data. The results constitute an important milestone for ending the 'diagnostic odyssey' faced by patients in Catalonia. The collaborative approach also resulted in the identification of six new genes linked to specific diseases, which will make it easier to diagnose certain diseases in the future. The results, published today in The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, were possible thanks to the Undiagnosed Rare Disease Program of Catalonia (URD-Cat), funded by the Departament de Salut de la Generalitat de Catalunya. The URD-Cat project was coordinated by the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM-Hospital del Mar) and involved more than 140 professionals from 15 different research centres and hospitals.
Més informació "Catalan collaboration helps end ‘diagnostic odyssey’ for rare disease patients"
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