CaixaImpulse

  • 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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  • Rare diseases: a challenge for families, for hospitals and for society
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    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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  • From laboratory to patient: the ”la Caixa” Foundation promotes 29 biomedicine and health projects
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    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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  • The future of breast cancer management
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    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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  • Overcoming superbugs, one of the great challenges of this century
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    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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