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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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Notas de prensa
Barcelona 14.05.20

Molecular Signatures Can Predict the Efficacy of Malaria Vaccines

A new study reveals that it is possible to identify those individuals that will be protected by the vaccine before its administration.
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Notas de prensa
Barcelona 26.02.20

Weight Gain Associated with Accelerated Lung Function Decline in Adulthood

Lung function declines naturally over the course of the human lifespan. However, this decline is steeper in individuals who experience moderate or high weight gain.
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Notas de prensa
Barcelona 13.02.20

Living in Greener Neighbourhoods May Postpone the Natural Onset of Menopause

Lower stress and better mental health -known benefits of green spaces- could explain this finding.
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Notas de prensa
Barcelona 03.10.19

Vall d’Hebron and ”la Caixa” present a pioneering facility to study the brains of patients with migraine: the Migraine Adaptive Brain Center

Jaume Giró, CEO of "la Caixa" Banking Foundation, Dr Albert Salazar, manager of the Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, and Dr Patricia Pozo-Rosich, head of the Migraine Adaptive Brain Center, today presented this facility, unique in Spain, one ...
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