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Barcelona 10.04.25

Europe's Population is Adapting Better to Cold than to Heat

A study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a centre supported by the "la Caixa" Foundation, has shown that Europe has adapted better to low temperatures than to high temperatures over the last two decades.
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Barcelona 21.02.25

Rare diseases: a challenge for families, for hospitals and for society

The diagnosis of a rare disease can take an average of five years – a wait that, in many cases, does not lead to an immediate solution, as 95% of these conditions still have no cure. In search of answers for the more than three million people ...
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Barcelona 19.02.25

We support people in vulnerable situations at all stages of life

In 2024, the "la Caixa" Foundation assisted more than 235,000 beneficiaries in Spain and Portugal through its direct social intervention programmes, supporting people in vulnerable situations from childhood to later life. In 2025, the institution’s ...
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Barcelona 27.11.24

CaixaResearch Institute announces the first research groups of the 12 it plans to create in the coming years

The Board of Trustees of the CaixaResearch Institute has just approved its 2025-2027 Kick-off Plan, which includes four priorities for the coming years: generating new scientific knowledge in the immunology of diseases; promoting a culture of ...
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Madrid 12.11.24

Support of 25.7 million for basic, clinical and translational research projects in biomedicine

The "la Caixa" Foundation has selected 29 new biomedical research projects of excellence with a high social impact as part of the CaixaResearch Health Call 2024, endowed with 25.7 million euros, so that they can be conducted in research centres, ...
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Barcelona 05.11.24

School for Carers: self-care for better caring

Since 2018, the School for Carers of the "la Caixa" Foundation’s Comprehensive care for people with advanced diseases programme has organised over 2,000 workshops in which nearly 8,000 people have taken part. María Isabel Ortego is one of them. ...
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Notas de prensa
Barcelona 14.10.24

From laboratory to patient: the ”la Caixa” Foundation promotes 29 biomedicine and health projects

The "la Caixa" Foundation has concluded the 2024 call for the CaixaImpulse Innovation programme, through which it supports 29 new biomedical projects from research centres, hospitals and universities in Spain and Portugal. In total, the Foundation ...
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Barcelona 10.10.24

The future of breast cancer management

Breast cancer is one of the most prevalent tumours in the world. One in eight women will experience breast cancer in her lifetime. Biological understanding of the breast tumour provides insights into how it will behave in the future, depending on ...
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Barcelona 03.10.24

Esther Latres: "We want to improve the lives of people with type 1 diabetes"

Between 5% and 10% of the adult population suffers from diabetes, a chronic disease that, in the long term, can lead to complications that significantly reduce the quality of life of those affected. The "la Caixa" Foundation, aware of the importance ...
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