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A study analyses the risk genetic factors shared between ADHD and disruptive behaviour disorders
People with attention-deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) combined with disruptive behaviour disorders (DBDs) share about the 80% of genetic variants associated with aggressive and antisocial behaviours, this is one of the conclusions of a study published in the journal Nature Communications.
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This study identifies new functions in the gene that causes Machado-Joseph disease
The study, published in the journal Cell Reports, is led by Gemma Marfany, Human Molecular Genetics II · IRSJD, researcher at the Institute of Biomedicine of the UB (IBUB) and the CIBERER.
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A world-first treatment based on an oncolytic virus allows a child to overcome retinal cancer
The treatment, developed by researchers at Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital and the biotechnology company VCN Biosciences has succeeded in preventing the child from going completely blind.
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Sant Joan de Déu Research Institute recognized as CERCA center
The Sant Joan de Déu Research Institute (IRSJD) has been recognized by the board of trustees of the Institution for Research Centers in Catalonia (CERCA) as a CERCA centre.
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IRSJD collaborates in the new biomedical proteomics unit led by IRB Barcelona
The Institute of Research in Biomedicine, together with the Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology and the University of Barcelona, receives ERDF support to acquire cutting-edge technology in the field of proteomics.
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Researchers find new transposon-derived genes related to autism and other neurological diseases
Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu researchers collaborate in this study led by Professor Jordi Garcia Fernàndez, from the Faculty of Biology and the Institute of Biomedicine of the University of Barcelona (IBUB).
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Gene crucial for growth of Ewing sarcoma uncovered
Researchers at the Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu in collaboration with those at Centre for Genomic Regulation have discovered that RING1B is a critical gene for the development of Ewing sarcoma, a rare type of developmental cancer that presents in bones and soft tissues.
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Researchers discover a new genetic disease of the nervous and cardiac systems
The study, led by Dra. Àngels Garcia-Cazorla (Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu), and scientists from IRSJD, IDIBELL and CIBERER, is published in the prestigious journal 'Acta Neuropathologica'.
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Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu and ICFO create a joint lab to improve neonatal and paediatric health care
The new joint laboratory will advance the use and development of photonic technologies to understand, diagnose, monitor and treat paediatric diseases.
