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  Barcelona 08.07.25

  CaixaImpulse celebrates 10 years with a total of 232 health innovation projects

  A total of 232 biomedical and technological research projects supported in Spain and Portugal, 50 spin-offs created, four innovation licences granted to companies and more than 19 clinical trials conducted – these are some of the achievements over ...

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  Barcelona 08.07.25

  From the laboratory to the patient, CaixaImpulse succes stories

  The CaixaImpulse call for proposals to support health innovation projects has been bringing research closer to patients for a decade. Here we highlight some of the 232 biomedical and technological research projects supported by the programme in ...

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  Madrid 02.07.25

  Supporting people until the end: the importance of spirituality in palliative care

  Attending to spiritual needs can have a significant impact on the well-being of people in the final stage of life. At the San Camilo palliative care unit in Tres Cantos (Madrid), several patients with advanced illnesses and their families share ...

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  Barcelona 28.06.25

  Malnutrition in Children Rises when Economy Drops

  Study with data from over 1.6 million children across 68 low and middle-income countries shows that early-life exposure to economic shocks is linked to an increased risk of malnutrition, including overweight and obesity.

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  Barcelona 15.04.25

  Key to the high aggressiveness of pancreatic cancer identified

  Pancreatic cancer is one of the most aggressive cancers and has one of the lowest survival rates—only 10% after five years. One of the factors contributing to its aggressiveness is its tumor microenvironment, known as the stroma, which makes up the ...

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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 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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  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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  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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