Surgeons remove over 90% of 2-year-old's brain tumor
Oliver flew from Mexico to Barcelona in medicalized plane thanks to anonymous €200,000 donation
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2-year-old with brain tumor to undergo surgery in Barcelona on Friday after traveling from Mexico
Oliver flew in medicalized plane thanks to anonymous €200,000 donation
Catalan researchers create technique to remove brain tumors without affecting language processing
Study applies magnetic resonance in the inferior fronto-occipital fascicle of cerebrum
Barcelona’s Vall d’Hebron hospital opens Spain’s first migraine research center
The Migraine Adaptive Brain Center will investigate and treat people with the second most debilitating neurological disease
Catalan researchers develop gene therapy reversing memory loss in mice with early-stage Alzheimer's
Scientists at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) have found that an alteration of a neuronal gene program plays an essential role in the first stages of Alzheimer's disease and have developed a gene therapy which is effective on mice. The Catalan study occupies the front page of 'The Journal of Neuroscience'. Researchers have identified a new mechanism that regulates the expression of genes in the brain which are essential for the function of neuronal circuits involved in learning and memory. According to the new study, which was carried out by Dr. Carlos Saura's group at the UAB's Institute of Neurosciences (Institut de Neurociències), the alteration of a gene program mediating neuronal transmission and survival may underlie memory loss at early pathological stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD).
Scientific study directed by Dr. Joan Massagué uncovers the mechanisms of brain metastasis
A scientific research conducted at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Centre in New-York, and directed by Catalan Oncologist Joan Massagué has shed light on the biological mechanisms used by cancer cells to metastasise in the brain. The study, published in the 27th of February issue of ‘Cell’ magazine, reveals that cancer cells which manage to form new tumours in the brain, do so by attaching themselves to capillaries and secreting special proteins to overpower the brain’s defence mechanisms. According to Dr. Massagué - recently appointed Scientific Director of the Sloan Kettering Institute for leading the way in research on metastasis and cell-growth - the study could be instrumental in preventing and treating Multiple-Organ- Metastasis.
Is the air pollution affecting children’s performance at school?
The Catalan scientist Jordi Sunyer is developing a research study on how children’s brains are affected by air pollution. The hypothesis is that pollution diminisihes children’s capacities to learn.