08/05/2012 - Press release
A group of researchers from the IMIM (Hospital del Mar Research Institute) and from the INAD (Hospital del Mar Neuropsychiatry and Addictions Institute) has participated in an international study aiming to give a general overview at a chemical, pharmacological and behavioural level of a recently appeared new chemical compound, according to the Recreational Drugs European Network, as a new abused drug: methoxetamine (MXE).
Més informació "Internet and new drugs: a challenge for Public Health"
27/04/2012 - Press release
Yesterday, Thursday 26 April, saw the conclusion in Barcelona of the first edition of GRIB EXPO, a symposium organised by the Research Programme on Biomedical Informatics (GRIB), a joint research group of the IMIM (Hospital del Mar Research Institute) and Pompeu Fabra University (UPF). The aim of the EXPO was to bring Biomedical Informatics closer to the clinical sector and to industrial innovation, with a view to promoting the open exchange of ideas and cooperation.
26/04/2012 - Press release
Researchers from the Research Programme on Biomedical Informatics (GRIB) from the IMIM and the Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) have identified 115 proteins via computer simulation that could be highly relevant to treat colon-rectal cancer, since they would make it possible to define the strategy to design new generation anti-cancer drugs. The study will be published in the journal PLoS ONE
Més informació "Identified 115 proteins that would allow designing new generation anti-cancer drugs"
12/04/2012 - Press release
Researchers at the Hospital de Mar Research Institute (IMIM) have discovered that the protein LOXL2 has a function within the cell nucleus thus far unknown. They have also described a new chemical reaction of this protein on histone H3 that would be involved in gene silencing, one of which would be involved in the progression of breast, larynx, lung and skin tumours.
Més informació "New advances in the understanding of cancer progression"
15/03/2012 - General information
The European project EU contributions to the World Mental Health Survey Initiative (EU-WMH, 2009-2011) coordinated by Jordi Alonso, started with the goal of estimating the frequency, distribution and consequences of mental disorders in Europe, while increasing awareness and strengthening existing public initiatives on mental health in the fields of research and politics.
Més informació "Mental health in Europe: results of the European EU-WMH project"
14/03/2012 - Press release
A study lead by the IMIM (Hospital del Mar Research Institute) and the Barcelona Public Health Agency (ASPB) has shown that the level of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in blood has dropped significantly in the inhabitants of Barcelona between the years 2002 and 2006. It is the first time that the temporary evolution of the concentration of persistent organic pollutants in humans is studied with a representative sample and using the same method.
8/03/2012 - General information
Jordi Segura, Director of the Laboratory for Anti-Doping Control of the Hospital del Mar Research Institute (IMIM), was recently appointed President of the World Association of Anti-Doping Scientists (WAADS) for a two-year period and member of the Scientific Committee of the Catalan Ministry of Sport.
Més informació "Scientific scope of the IMIM’s anti-doping laboratory"
29/02/2012 - General information
The prototype of a knowledge tool developed by the Open PHACTS Consortium has proven useful by identifying relevant information in a matter of seconds, when a traditional search could take days. It will provide information on small molecules, their pharmacological profile, pharmacokinetics, etc. from multiple sources available on the Internet.
20/12/2012 - Press release
A study by the Healthcare Services Research Group at the IMIM has studied the per-patient costs associated with the pandemic influenza virus type H1N1, also called influenza A, from 2009. The study, has centred on the use of healthcare resources and sick leave due to employees’ temporary disability. This influenza affected more than 74 countries and caused some alarm due to its being declared pandemic and because several forecasts placed its financial burden at very high levels.
Més informació "Non-hospital resources, the highest health cost of influenza A"
16/02/2012 - Press release
The study proved that all of parents’ mental disorders are associated with a higher tendency of suicidal ideation among their children, but only generalised anxiety and depression are associated with the actual elaboration of suicide plans and the persistence over time of suicidal ideation, while parents’ antisocial personality and anxiety disorders are associated with children attempting suicide and its persistence over time.
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