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Metformin, key drug in the battle against type 2 Diabetes, reveals its secrets in a new study
Dr. Manuel Vázquez-Carrera, Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu (IRSJD) and professor from the Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences of the University of Barcelona, leads this new study on metformin, one of the most prescribed drugs for treating type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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Longer breastfeeding duration leads to larger gray matter volume at age 10 years
The Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu (IRSJD) and the Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau) have led the largest-ever study with brain images of children between 9 and 11 years old, relating the duration of breastfeeding to a larger volume of cortical gray matter in this age bracket. The study has been published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
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New research facilities for studying children's cancer
New facilities have been opened for the children's oncology laboratory of the Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu - SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital to celebrate 20 years of research. These laboratories are unique in their exclusive dedication to pediatric tumors and have over 50 researchers who focus on the study of more than ten developmental tumors.
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The IRSJD joins the XarSMART network to promote the transfer of medical technology in Catalonia.
The Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu (IRSJD) participates in XarSMART, a project that aims to promote the generation of medical technologies and new companies in Catalonia in the field of life sciences and health.
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Benefits of listening to music during pregnancy on baby's brain capacity for language sound encoding
The study, led by Dr. Carles Escera · Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, shows that when pregnant women sing to their baby or listen to music with speakers every day during gestation, babies are born with a better ability for neuronal encoding of language sounds.
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Researchers generate a stem cell-based model to study an ultra-rare disease that causes childhood parkinsonism
Researchers from the Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu (IRSJD), the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Sant Pau Research Institute (IIB Sant Pau) and the UB generated the first model of this disease that reproduce patients' characteristics and response to treatment.
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IRSJD researchers have discovered an intergenerational inheritance mechanism in mouse models of childhood obesity
A study led by Dr. Josep Jiménez-Chillaron, a researcher at the Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu and the University of Barcelona, suggests that hepatic steatosis could be intergenerationally inherited through paternal germ line microRNAs. Hepatic steatosis is a condition that is associated with childhood obesity. The results of this study have been published in the scientific journal Nutrients.
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An early diagnosis and some diet changes can decrease the risk of severe symptoms in children with BCKDK metabolic deficiency
The research, under the leadership of Dr. Àngels García-Cazorla at the Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, has demonstrated that early identification of this disease is possible through the standard neonatal screening test, also known as the heel prick test.
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Artificial intelligence tool to predict neurodevelopmental progress of infants with low birth weight
Dr Carles Escera receives support from the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation to develop the project Artificial intelligence tool to predict neurodevelopmental progress of infants with low birth weight.
