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• 14/07/2009 - Press release

  Keys to reprogramming cells and suppressing tumour invasion

  Experts of the IMIM-Hospital del Mar Cancer Research Programme have collaborated on a study that identifies new keys in breast cancer tumour invasion. The study has been published in the prestigious journal Nature Cell Biology.

  Més informació "Keys to reprogramming cells and suppressing tumour invasion"

• 08/07/2009 - Press release

  The SOS research project assesses cardiovascular and gastrointestinal risks related to the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)

  The medical history of more than 35 million Europeans will be studied in order for doctors to gain a better understanding of how to balance the risk of gastrointestinal and cardiovascular episodes related to prescription NSAIDs.

  Més informació "The SOS research project assesses cardiovascular and gastrointestinal risks related to the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)"

• 08/06/2009 - Press release

  Contamination in homes can affect children’s cognitive development and behaviour

  A study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology that was done by researchers at CREAL-IMIM makes it clear that gas combustion in homes affects the neuropsychological development of children and that this damaging effect is aggravated when there is a specific genetic susceptibility.

  Més informació "Contamination in homes can affect children’s cognitive development and behaviour"

• 8/05/2009 - Press release

  Air pollution also causes asthma in adults

  

  The greater the amount of pollution due to suspended particulate matter from traffic in residential areas, the greater the risk of developing asthma. This not only affects children, but also non-smoking adults. This was the conclusion reached by the SAPALDIA cohort study backed by the Schweizerischen Nationalfonds (Swiss National Foundation on Scientific Research) in collaboration with the Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL).

  Més informació "Air pollution also causes asthma in adults"

• 11/05/2009 - Press release

  Are communication technologies and environmental exposures risk factors for brain cancer in young people?

  

  Start of international multi-centre study MOBI-KIDS, coordinated by the Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), involving research groups in 13 countries investigating a relationship between communication technologies including mobile phones and environmental factors and brain cancer in young people

  Més informació "Are communication technologies and environmental exposures risk factors for brain cancer in young people?"

• 10/05/2009 - Press release

  Eight new genes associated with blood pressure and hypertension have been discovered

  

  Spanish researchers from the Municipal Institute for Medical Research (IMIM), the Biomedical Research Centre Network for Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP) and the HERACLES Cardiovascular Network are the only Spanish representatives that have participated in a study which has identified 8 genetic variants associated with blood pressure.

  Més informació "Eight new genes associated with blood pressure and hypertension have been discovered"

• 02/04/2009 - Press release

  A new molecular mechanism which participates in the cell proliferation and invasion of pancreatic cancer has been discovered

  

  A study has identified a new molecular mechanism connected with the proliferation and invasion of tumour cells in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, the most common type of pancreatic cancer (90% of all cases). Pancreatic cancer is one of the most lethal tumours and the fourth leading cause of cancer death worldwide.

  Més informació "A new molecular mechanism which participates in the cell proliferation and invasion of pancreatic cancer has been discovered"

• 30/03/2009 - Press release

  Swiss air becoming cleaner

  

  The general improvement in air quality during the 1990’s in Switzerland appears to have had beneficial effects on the respiratory health of adults. This is documented by new results from the SAPALDIA study (Swiss Cohort Study on Air Pollution and Lung Diseases in Adults) which have just been published in the renowned “American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine”

  Més informació "Swiss air becoming cleaner"

• 16/02/2009 - Press release

  Signature of the collaboration agreement between the CREAL and the Arizona University to research about COPD

  

  The collaboration agreement between CREAL and the University of Arizona will be presented on the 16th of February at 12:30 h. in the Auditorium PRBB. The act aims to establish a collaboration plan on the research being conducted by the two centres on asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonar Disease after the success of the agreement signed last year between CREAL and INSERM of France.

  Més informació "Signature of the collaboration agreement between the CREAL and the Arizona University to research about COPD"

• 4th February 2009 - Press release

  Three new genetic traits are identified that are associated with the risk of suffering an acute myocardial infarction

  

  Within the framework of the REGICOR (Registre Gironí del Cor) study, an international consortium of North American and European researchers, including researchers from the Municipal Institute of Medical Research (IMIM-Hospital del Mar) and the Hospital Josep Trueta in Girona, has discovered three new genetic traits linked to acute myocardial infarction and has confirmed another six identified in previous studies on this disease.

  Més informació "Three new genetic traits are identified that are associated with the risk of suffering an acute myocardial infarction"