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From the Berlin patient case to the Oslo patient: ten people have now been cured of HIV

Barcelona 14.04.26

From the Berlin patient case to the Oslo patient: ten people have now been cured of HIV

What in 2009 seemed like an unrepeatable milestone—the case of Timothy Ray Brown, known as the Berlin Patient and the first documented case of HIV cure—is no longer an exception. Ten people worldwide have managed to eliminate the virus after ...

Barcelona’s Low Emission Zone reduces NO₂ levels

Barcelona 24.03.26

Barcelona’s Low Emission Zone reduces NO₂ levels

A study estimates a decrease of almost 16% in NO₂ levels between 2020 and 2022, while its effect was smaller in reducing PM10 and PM2.5 particles, which are less directly linked to traffic emissions.

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Notas de prensa
Barcelona 14.11.22

”la Caixa” Foundation supports three innovative biomedical projects to help them transfer from the lab to the market and society

The CaixaResearch Consolidate 2022 call for proposals resulted in the selection of three promising innovative biomedical projects. Each will receive funding of 300,000 euros to help their innovations reach the market and society as a whole.
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Notas de prensa
Barcelona 20.09.22

”la Caixa” Foundation devotes more than 23 million euros to 33 new biomedicine and health research projects in Spain and Portugal

The fifth 2022 CaixaResearch Call for Proposals in Health Research will provide funding for 33 new cutting-edge biomedical research projects in the two countries, with grants of up to one million euros per project.
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Notas de prensa
Barcelona 08.06.22

The CaixaResearch Institute will be Spain’s first research centre specialising in immunology

"la Caixa" Foundation presents the scientific project for its future research centre, which will be devoted to the study of processes of the immune system in its interaction with the most prevalent conditions, such as neurological, oncological and ...
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- Immunology
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Notas de prensa
Barcelona 07.12.21

Mediterranean diet or mindfulness during pregnancy reduces by one third the risk of a low birth weight baby

A clinical trial for pregnant women at high risk of a low birth weight baby demonstrates for the first time that Mediterranean diet or mindfulness-based stress reduction interventions during pregnancy reduce the prevalence of low birth weight by ...
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Notas de prensa
Barcelona 16.11.21

Interdependence among human, animal and environmental health: holistic approach needed to tackle future pandemics

The climate crisis, overpopulation and a hyperconnected, globalized world make us the animal species most susceptible to pandemics like the current one.
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Notas de prensa
Barcelona 02.03.21

The new ”la Caixa” Foundation – BIST Chemical Biology Programme launches a hub in Barcelona for the design of new drugs

The "la Caixa" Foundation and BIST are creating a chemical biology programme to promote two new cutting-edge research groups at IRB Barcelona and IBEC (both BIST centres). The initiative aims to attract talent from the field of chemical biology, and ...
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Notas de prensa
Barcelona 19.02.21

Covid-19 may have caused the loss of more than 20,5 million years of life worldwide

Research with prominent participation by the Center for Research in Health and Economics (CRES-UPF) and the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, has calculated the years of life lost (YLL) rate due to the pandemic in 81 countries.
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Notas de prensa
Barcelona 20.10.20

Coronavirus Vaccines Stir Doubts Among Many People Worldwide, New Study Shows

A research team from The Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), an institution supported by "la Caixa" Foundation, the City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH), the Vaccine Confidence ...
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Notas de prensa
Barcelona 14.05.20

New Study to Assess the Efficacy of Ivermectin Against COVID-19

Clínica Universidad de Navarra and the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a centre supported by the ”la Caixa” Foundation, have launched a clinical trial to investigate the efficacy of ivermectin against COVID-19.
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