26/05/2011 - Press release
At the request of the European Commission, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has issued a scientific opinion on a food product, namely, about the health properties of olive oil. This has been possible thanks to the contribution of the cardiovascular risk and nutrition research group at the IMIM (Hospital del Mar Research Institute).
12/04/2011 - Press release
High blood pressure, dyslipidaemia and obesity are the three most prevalent cardiovascular risk factors among Spaniards aged between 35 and 74 years. In addition, these factors occur most commonly in the autonomous regions of Extremadura, the Canaries and Andalusia. Here are some of the conclusions reached by the DARIOS Study.
06/03/2011 - Press release
An International study to be published online on the 6th March in the prestigious journal Nature Genetics identifies 13 new genetic characteristics associated with coronary artery disease.Genetic factors are thought to explain about 40% of the risk of the population presenting with coronary artery disease.
Més informació "New leads on the genetic origin of coronary artery disease"
16/02/2011 - Press release
A study published in the latest edition of Revista Española de Cardiología (REC, Spanish Journal of Cardiology) and carried out by researchers from the IMIM (Hospital del Mar Research Institute) in Barcelona and from the Josep Trueta Hospital in Girona, highlights the importance of increasing the number of haemodynamics laboratories
Més informació "Having a haemodynamics laboratory almost halves the number of infarction deaths"
03/02/2011 - Press release
The aim of the CLINK project is to develop various protocols for the “in vitro” activation and expansion of a type of immune system cell which is important for combating certain infections and tumours, called a natural killer cell (NK cell). The consortium will attempt to find an ideal system for activating these cells which would allow the largest number of cells to be obtained from one single donor and at the same time provide them with greater ability to kill tumours
Més informació "The IMIM is participating in a research project on NK cell activation"
30/11/2010 - Institutional news
The prize-giving ceremony for the Awards for Professional Excellence 2010, organised by the Barcelona College of Doctors (COMB), took place on the 29th November in the Teatro Romea. Roberto Elosua, coordinator of the IMIM Cardiovascular Genetics and Epidemiology Research Group, received an award at this year’s ceremony along with other professionals from MAR Health Park.
Més informació "Roberto Elosua wins the COMB Award for Professional Excellence"
16/11/2010 - General information
A study directed by Miguel López-Botet, director of the IMIM (Hospital del Mar Research Institute) and coordinator of the Immunology Laboratory of the Health and Experimental Science Department (CEXS), has identified the receptors involved in triggering the cytotoxic activity of human NK (natural killer) cells in response to human cytomegalovirus (HCMV)-infected dendritic cells.
16/11/2010 - Press release
A study jointly led by researchers from the Hospital del Mar and the IMIM in Barcelona, Regensburg University (Germany) and the Epithelial Carcinogenesis group of the Molecular Pathology Programme at the National Centre for Cancer Research (CNIO, Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas) has explained new aspects regarding the genetics of benign skin tumours which question how tumours develop and progress.
Més informació "Benign skin tumours provide clues to the molecular mechanisms involved in cancer"
08/11/2010 - Press release
A study in Barcelona led by Dr. Silvia Delgado of the Hospital del Mar Digestion Service and IMIM researcher at the Hospital del Mar Research Institute, shows that speeding up the arrival of nutrients into the intestine with a drug manages to reduce the amount of food consumed in one meal. These results have been published in the International Journal of Obesity and involve a change of paradigm with regard to the established knowledge on the mechanisms which control satiety and ingestion in humans.
Més informació "A new treatment option for fighting obesity has been identified"
30/09/2010 - Press release
A study conducted by researchers from IMIM in Barcelona and from the Josep Trueta University Hospital and Jordi Gol Foundation in Girona analysed the relationship between socioeconomic status and the risk of suffering from an acute myocardial infarction. Education level and social class based on occupation are indicators that are associated with the risk of having an acute myocardial infarction.
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