21/09/2015 - Press release
An uncommon variant of the gene EN1 contributes to bone mineral density and osteoporotic fractures, according to a study recently published in the journal Nature. Daniel Grinberg, expert in the Department of Genetics of the University of Barcelona (UB) and member of the Institute of Biomedicine of the UB (IBUB), has participated in the study. Xavier Nogués and Natàlia Garcia Giralt, experts at the Service of Internal Medicine of the Hospital del Mar and the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM) also participate in the study, which is led by Brent Richards, professor at McGill University (Montreal, Canada). The study is also part of a research line on bone pathologies developed by the Centre for Biomedical Network Research on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), led by professors Daniel Grinberg and Susana Balcells (Department of Genetics of the UB and IBUB) with the collaboration of experts on internal medicine from the Hospital del Mar and the IMIM.
9/10/2012 - Press release
Patients with breast cancer that undergo a selective sentinel lymph node biopsy have a better quality of life 12 months after surgery than those submitted to lymph node dissection. "Until now, there was a slight controversy as to the benefits in terms of the quality of life of patients undergoing a sentinel lymph node biopsy compared to a lymph node dissection.” says Roser Belmonte, a doctor at the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Hospital del Mar-Esperança and a researcher at IMIM.
24/05/2012 - Press release
Researchers at the IMIM (Hospital del Mar Research Institute) and the Hospital del Mar have studied the role of NK cells in the development and progression of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) when a viral infection is present. The results from the study show that these cells play a decisive role in the natural progression of the disease.
Més informació "New Indicators to Reveal the Progression of COPD"
17/05/2012 - Press release
An international collaborative study with the participation of researchers from the IMIM (Hospital del Mar Research Institute), has studied whether the link between the levels of HDL cholesterol, commonly called “good cholesterol” and the risk of suffering an acute myocardial infarction is or isn’t causal, by using genetic biomarkers. The article will be published in the prestigious Lancet journal.
25/12/2011 - Press release
For the first time, it has been discovered that neutrophils exist in the spleen without there being an infection. This important finding made by the research group on the Biology of B Cells of IMIM (Hospital del Mar Research Institute) in collaboration with researchers from Mount Sinai in New York, has also made it possible to determine that these neutrophils have an immunoregulating role.
Més informació "Discovered the existence of neutrophils in the spleen"
11/11/2011 - Press release
A study lead by a team of researchers from the Hospital del Mar and its research institute, IMIM, concludes that post-menopausal women with osteoarthritis have a 20% greater risk of experiencing bone fractures due to osteoporosis and are at greater risk of falling –nearly 30% more than post-menopausal women without osteoarthritis
13/10/2011 - Press release
The Spanish Society of Cardiology (Sociedad Española de Cardiología or SEC) warns that the percentage of the Spanish population with a good control of cardiovascular risk factors is no higher than, at best, 65%, and at worst, 34%.
12/09/2011 - Press release
The International Consortium for Blood Pressure genome-wide association Studies (ICBP), an international project in which researchers from the IMIM (Hospital del Mar Research Institute) have participated as the only Spanish researchers, has identified 29 loci or genetic characteristics, 16 of which are new, associated with the risk of presenting with high blood pressure in a population of European origin
Més informació "New Leads on the Genetic Origin of High Blood Pressure"
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.
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