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  • Air pollution during pregnancy is associated with slower brain maturation in newborns
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    Air pollution during pregnancy is associated with slower brain maturation in newborns

    A study published in Environment International concludes that air pollution during pregnancy is associated with slower brain maturation in newborns. It is the first study to analyze brain development within the first month of life and stems from the ...

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  • CaixaImpulse celebrates 10 years with a total of 232 health innovation projects
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    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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  • From the laboratory to the patient, CaixaImpulse succes stories
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    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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  • Treating cancer when neither chemotherapy nor transplant works
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    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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  • An artificial placenta to increase survival of the most premature babies
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    An artificial placenta to increase survival of the most premature babies

    Every year, 28,000 premature babies are born in Spain, 800 of them extremely premature with a higher risk of suffering complications or not surviving. BCNatal, which integrates functionally the Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Obstetrics Departments of ...

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  • The CaixaResearch Artificial Placenta project achieves foetal survival of 12 days in good health
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    The CaixaResearch Artificial Placenta project achieves foetal survival of 12 days in good health

    Over the first two and a half years of the project, the CaixaResearch Artificial Placenta scientific team developed a prototype of a functional artificial placenta with 12-day survival with good foetal health in an animal model, demonstrating that ...

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