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A IBUB study published in the journal Neurotherapeutics has validated a new pharmacological target for Alzheimer’s disease. The results show the inhibition of the enzyme soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) in murine models with the disease reduces the neuroinflammatory process, improving the endogen response of the organism and reducing the neuronal damage and death that cause this type

“Honesty in the commitment to truth; independence in the preservation of freedom of action in relation to pressures outside the profession; and impartiality in the neutrality of professional practice in relation to private interests outside the research” is the definition of scientific integrity in which this year’s Code of Conduct for Research Integrity of the UB is

The frequency of genetic variants associated with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has decreased progressively in the evolutionary human lineage from the Palaeolithic to nowadays, according to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports. The new genomic analysis compares several ADHD-associated genetic variants described in current European populations to assess its evolution in samples of the human species (Homo

A new study published in the journal Nature Genetics highlights the involvement of the intestine nervous system cells in Parkinson’s disease and it suggests the disease could be originated in this organ. Moreover, conclusions state that oligodendrocytes -brain’s supporting neurons- are affect early. The study puts emphasis on knowing the affected cell types in disorders such as

An international multicentre study describes a rare disease characterized by a series of recognizable facial features, cardiac defects and intellectual disability, which they propose to name as TRAF7 syndrome -according to the name of the gen that causes this pathology. The study, published in the journal Genetics in Medicine, is led by a team of the

The Catalan Society of Biology (Societat Catalana de Biologia, SCB) has organized a Research Symposium on Coronavirus, a scientific meeting online with the purpose of sharing ongoing research on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19. The Symposium has been held on Wednesday 6th May. This virtual congress -the first held in the State on SARS-CoV-2– had the objective of presenting and sharing all the research that is

Discovering new drugs MedChemPharm team of Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences, members of the Institute of Biomedicine of the University of Barcelona, explains the different stages of drug discovery process. From target identification through drug marketing:

A scientific team found a new metabolism regulation system for the brown adipose tissue using the kallikrein-kinin hormonal system, so far related to the physiology of the renal and cardiovascular system and inflammation and pain processes. This molecular auto-control system of lipidic metabolism, so far unknown, could help prevent the damaging effects derived from an