Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a type of cancer characterized by the accumulation of mature B lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell that, under normal conditions, together with T lymphocytes, are responsible for combating infections. Atypical chronic...
Synchrotron light has been used for the first time to simulate damages due to oxidative stress on the aldose reductase protein with the aim of obtaining its activated form. This form of the protein, related with some...
A study by the research group Bioinformatics of Genome Diversity at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), published in the journal Nucleic Acids Research, increases by 40% the total number of signals of natural selection...
This study proves that MALDI-TOF, a culture-based diagnostic tool able to identify a large variety of isolated bacteria, allows the identification and discrimination of NAS species (non-aureus staphylococci) in...
Improving argumentative competence is a social and educational imperative to help students to develop scientific thinking. It is basic that future teachers understand science and learn to build scientific reasoning during their...
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are used as antibacterial agents for the manufacture of textile materials with microbicidal properties. Researchers from the UAB Department of Chemistry, have satisfactorily stabilized these silver...
A characteristic teeth found in the latest Cretaceous outcrops in a zone of Catalonia have provided the evidence to prove the existence of Myliobatiform rays. Moreover, these teeth have been identified as a part of a new fossil species called...
Because of its extraordinary properties, graphene has been studied as a new and promising material for electronics during the last fifteen years. The dynamic of electrons in graphene is modelled by...
Did the children of farmers and artisans inherit the occupation or social status from their parents in the Barcelona area along the early...
Some hunter-gatherer societies are undergoing a dietary transition because, due to the integration of market economy and its effects, processed foods are being introduced into their diets causing an increase of their oil, fats...
