21/05/2024 - Projects, Research

Researcher Sofía España receives a €140,000 grant from the Spanish Association Against Cancer

Dr Sofía España, a researcher from the Cancer Mechanisms and Pathways Group at IGTP and the Badalona Applied Research Group in Oncology (B·ARGO) IGTP-Institut Català d'Oncologia (ICO), has been awarded one of the prestigious Clínico Junior Grants by the Spanish Association Against Cancer. This grant will enable her to balance her clinical duties with research, focusing on the development of a minimally invasive diagnostic tool to classify different types of colorectal cancer, advancing towards precision medicine.

19/05/2024 - Campus Can Ruti, Institutional, Outreach, Success Stories

Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are the focus of a new episode of the podcast 'Un bri de ciència'

Today, World Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Day, IGTP premieres the sixth episode of its podcast 'Un bri de ciència'. Researcher Josep Manyé explains the work of his team to combat this group of diseases, and a patient shares her experiences with Crohn's disease.

14/05/2024 - Research

A new drug shows potential benefits in the recovery of patients after a heart attack

Researchers from the Cardiac Regeneration and Heart Failure Research Group (ICREC) at the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) and the Heart Institute of the Germans Trias Hospital (iCor) have found beneficial effects of the novel drug Sacubitril/Valsartan in the management of myocardial infarction (MI).

09/05/2024 - Research

A study reveals the need to review temperature control measures in hospitals to manage legionella

A work of the Clinical and Environmental Infectious Diseases Study Group (CEID) at IGTP, led by Dr Laura Gavaldà from the Bellvitge University Hospital, in collaboration with the ICO and the Barcelona Public Health Agency, has disclosed significant findings on the survival of the Legionella pneumophila bacterium in hospital water systems.

06/05/2024 - Projects, Research

DATOS-CAT Project: Integration and Analysis of Biomedical Databases

The collaborative action DATOS-CAT aims to enhance the visibility and scientific impact of population-based cohorts created in Catalonia. Additionally, it seeks to enrich the procedures used in these cohorts, promoting their applicability in other similar contexts. To achieve this, it focuses on improving data interoperability, thereby facilitating their exploitation and use in scientific research.

02/05/2024 - Amics de Can Ruti, Campus Can Ruti, Institutional

Dr Carlos Rodrigo Gonzalo de Liria has been appointed new president of Amics de Can Ruti

Dr Rodrigo will lead the sponsorship program at the Can Ruti Campus with the goal of boosting support for research and medical assistance.

30/04/2024 - Campus Can Ruti, Outreach, Success Stories

IGTP brings science closer to primary school students in Badalona

Researchers from IGTP have taken part in the 2nd Street Science Fair of ESO with a STEAM focus, Together with students from eight secondary schools and other research centres and companies, they have showed scientific concepts to fifth-grade students in Badalona through various workshops.

25/04/2024 - Research

Plasmodium vivax, a Human Malaria Parasite Resilient to Elimination

Why is it so difficult to eliminate the "forgotten" malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax? The PvREX research group at ISGlobal and IGTP presents recent scientific data.

19/04/2024 - Research

COVID-19 increases the risk of severe cardiovascular problems in people with HIV

According to a study led by CEEISCAT-IGTP and conducted with the PISCIS cohort, individuals with HIV who have had COVID-19 face a 30% higher risk of developing cardiovascular diseases.

17/04/2024 - Innovation, Institutional, Success Stories

CMCiB renews its certificate of compliance with Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) for the preclinical validation of medical devices

CMCiB-IGTP has renewed its certificate of compliance with Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) in accordance with Directive 2004/9/EC.