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  Madrid 16.07.24

  Simulating old age: a suit to enhance carers’ empathy

  A pioneering study – based on the use of a suit that limits mobility and reduces the wearer’s strength, coordination, dexterity and sensory perception – simulates how ageing affects the daily lives of older people. The initiative, selected in the ...

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  Garafía 09.07.24

  Studying the stars from the Canary Islands to understand the world

  Ana Escorza and Michael Abdul-Masih analyse stars at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias. They met in Belgium, got married in Chile and now, thanks to the "la Caixa" Foundation’s Postdoctoral Junior Leader fellowships, are working in Spain to ...

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  Barcelona 04.07.24

  Compact cities have lower carbon emissions but poorer air quality

  What types of cities exist in Europe and which are more favourable in terms of human health, environmental quality and carbon footprint? To answer these questions, a study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a centre ...

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  Madrid 11.06.24

  ALS: researching a disease still without a cure that affects more than 4,000 patients

  Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the third most prevalent neurodegenerative disease in Spain. The "la Caixa" Foundation, in collaboration with the Fundación Luzón, is promoting research aimed at improving the diagnosis and treatment of this ...

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  Madrid 16.05.24

  Overcoming superbugs, one of the great challenges of this century

  Every year, 1.2 million people around the world die from infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria. According to the WHO, the ability of bacteria to adapt and resist drugs designed to combat them is already one of the biggest threats to ...

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  Kioto, japón 03.05.24

  Kaori Mutsuda: «In the long term, a human body could be recreated on a chip»

  Kaori Mutsuda Zapater (Barcelona, 1996) is a biotechnologist. Thanks to a postgraduate fellowship abroad from the "la Caixa" Foundation, she is studying for her PhD in Kyoto, in a new faculty dedicated to finding solutions to ensure human survival. ...

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  Barcelona 29.04.24

  Treating cancer when neither chemotherapy nor transplant works

  Without the most common side effects, with improvement from the first days and complete remission after 18 months in almost 70% of cases. A clinical trial of CAR-T therapies coordinated by the Hospital Clínic Barcelona - IDIBAPS, with the support of ...

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  Barcelona 24.04.24

  A peaceful goodbye

  When Rosa’s mother Antonia’s cancer was no longer responding to treatment, the social worker offered them psychological help. Darío, a psychologist from the "la Caixa" Foundation’s Comprehensive care for people with advanced diseases programme, ...

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  Barcelona 28.02.24

  Xavier Gómez-Batiste: «We’re working to make palliative care a universal right»

  Death makes us uncomfortable, even though it’s part of life: it’s something we will all experience. In this interview, Xavier Gómez-Batiste, scientific director of the "la Caixa" Foundation’s Comprehensive Care Programme for People with Advanced ...

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