A project carried out in IRTA-CReSA (Barcelona) and the CNB (Madrid), led by CIC bioGUNE (Bilbao), shows that rabbits are susceptible to spongiform encephalopathies, neurodegenerative diseases caused by prions. The research, which was published in...
In most Western nations one in four women are at risk of suffering intimate partner violence. In Mexico, this proportion is even higher. However, intimate partner violence affects not only women but also men. But when they suffer it, both...
After a peripheral nerve injury, neurons activate mechanisms that allow the regeneration of sensory axons, to try to restore their function. However, in most cases, functional recovery is insufficient and there are alterations in the processing of...
A team of researchers from the ‘Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont’ describes in the Science magazine the new genus and species, Pliobates cataloniae, based on a skeleton recovered...
This article explores and describes the association between social support perceived by children and young people diagnosed with cancer, and health-related quality of life once they overcome the oncological illness. Results showed how social support, specifically the...
A team from the Ethnoecology laboratory hosted by ICTA at the UAB has done a study with a community of semi-nomadic herders from Gujarat (India) to determine how traditional ecological knowledge is transmitted. The main finding of the study is that...
Nowadays, superficial bladder cancer is treated with Mycobacterium bovis BCG, which is effective in preventing tumour recurrence but can have several adverse effects in patients. The Mycobacteria Research Group at the UAB has discovered the...
The Eastern enlargement (2004) represented an important challenge for the European Union (EU). In this article, we analyze the changes incurred in the trade direction and composition inside the EU after 2004. Our...
Sea spiders (pycnogonids) are marine arthropods that inhabit all waters: from tropical to polar and from very shallow to very deep. In this work 65 species of sea spiders found in Iberian waters were studied. The results show a greater richness in...
Transition metal oxides are an essential material for many industrial processes. Electrodeposition, which consists in the growth of a material on a substrate through the reduction (gain of electrons) of an ion present in an electrolyte (dissolution), allows preparing...
