Industrial activities generate wastewater and gases with high sulfate content. Sulfate is not harmful but if it is disposed into sewers or rivers, some bacteria transform them into hydrogen...
A new study by the Immunology of Diabetes Group, led by Marta Vives-Pi at the IGTP-UAB in collaboration with the University Hamburg-Eppendorf, looks into the effect of betamethasone on new-borns and its...
A research conducted by the INc-UAB shows that the same perinatal brain injury caused by hypoxia and ischemia have differentiated effects on each gender, but can be improved through tactile and proprioceptive stimuli. Petting and massaging the...
The economic crisis started in 2008 has had direct effects on the population in housing rights, resulting in a massive dispossession process during the 2008-2017 decade. This thesis studies the impact of the housing crisis on the territory of...
The Research Lupus Unit from Vall Hebron Institute Research (VHIR) - UAB has been the first to demonstrate that microRNAs, small molecules of RNA capable of inhibiting and / or modulating gene expression, play a very important role in the lupus cutaneous mechanism of...
A recent study published by CREAF and the UAB shows that the combination of multiple sources of information helps to have a broader and better understanding of the forest ecosystems of Catalonia and the services and goods they provide, which are key for...
Those responsible for many of our reactions and interactions with the world are the set of different chemical neurotransmitters in our brains. What would happen if the artificial machines also had this characteristic? In this study, the...
Researches of the UAB have developed a new software for the identification of the features of the peptide repertoires presented by HLA class I and HLA-DR molecules to T lymphocytes. T lymphocytes recognize protein fragments...
"Magnetic charges do not exist in nature in the form of elementary particles (free and in a vacuum)". This is one of most deeply rooted dogmas of physics. Several research groups have tried, unsuccessfully, to prove it wrong by publishing papers about the need for the existence...
Contagious mastitis is an infection of the mammary glands (udders) of cows and it is caused by the Streptococcus agalactiae and Staphylococcus aureus pathogens. This disease is a major problem in our society from an economic and public-health point of...
