Study of skin biopsies offers potential as new diagnostic marker for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

The discovery of this biomarker detectable in small skin samples can be very useful for cases in which diagnosis is difficult

29-Mar-2022 - Barcelona (UAB) and of the Functional Unit for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis at the Hospital del Mar have identified the presence of an ALS biomarker in the skin of the patients. This specific protein, TDP-43, is present outside the nucleus of skin cells of patients. The presence in the skin of ...

Researchers reproduce artificially the learning and forgetting functions of the brain with magnetic systems

21-Feb-2022 - With the advent of Big Data, current computational architectures are proving to be insufficient. Difficulties in decreasing transistors’ size, large power consumption and limited operating speeds make neuromorphic computing a promising alternative. Neuromorphic computing, a new brain-inspired ...

Described a powerful drug to advance in the fight against familial amyloidosis

25-Feb-2016 - Researchers at the Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (IBB-UAB), in collaboration with the biopharmaceutical company SOM Biotech, located in the Barcelona Science Park (PCB), have published the results of a drug repositioning study in which they describe ...

New vaccine against Middle East respiratory syndrome virus MERS tested on dromedary camels

22-Dec-2015 - An international research project with the involvement of Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and the Animal Health Research Centre (IRTA-CReSA), has designed a vaccine shown to be effective in protecting dromedaries against the coronavirus (CoV) that causes Middle East respiratory syndrome ...

Nanoparticles simplify DNA identification and quantification

27-Nov-2015 - In an article published in Small, researchers successfully applied a new qualitative and quantitative method for the detection of a DNA sequence characteristic of Leishmania infantum kinetoplast, a frequent parasite in veterinary that affects humans too. The work was led from the Catalan ...

New synthesis method imitates the way molecules were formed at the dawn of life on Earth

29-Sep-2015 - Researchers from the Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC-CSIC), with support from the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Service of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) have developed a method for synthesising organic molecules very selectively, by assembling simple molecules and ...

Discovery of a triple barrier that prevents cells from becoming cancerous

21-Sep-2015 - UAB researchers have identified the triple mechanism that stops chromosome separation in response to situations that compromise the integrity of the genetic information. The loss of this response capacity is characteristic of cancerous cells. Cell proliferation requires the chromosomes to be ...

Magnetic wormhole connecting 2 regions of space created for the first time

07-Sep-2015 - "Wormholes" are cosmic tunnels that can connect two distant regions of the universe, and have been popularised by the dissemination of theoretical physics. Using present-day technology it would be impossible to create a gravitational wormhole, as the field would have to be manipulated with huge ...

Fibrin and Stem Cell Patches Show Promise for Heart Healing

25-Jun-2015 - To date, the only definitive treatment for heart failure – an organ transplant – is hampered by both the limited number of organ donors and the potential for the patient’s body to reject the new heart. However, findings of a study published in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine demonstrate the ...

Surprising infection inducing mechanism found in bacteria

20-May-2010 - A research appearing in Nature , with the participation of doctors Susana Campoy and Jordi Barbé from the Department of Genetics and Microbiology at UAB, demonstrates that bacteria have a surprising mechanism to transfer virulent genes causing infections. The research describes an unprecedented ...