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The first light-controlled drug that could improve the hearing of people with cochlear implants

Researchers at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) in Spain and the University Medical Center Göttingen in Germany achieve, for the first time, in vivo light-activated auditory stimulation without the need for genetic manipulation. This new light-controlled drug, capable of triggering the neural pathways involved in hearing, can contribute to improving the spectral resolution of cochlear implants used by people with profound hearing loss or deafness.

Nanorobots to fight bacterial infections

Researchers develop self-contained micro- and nanorobots with antimicrobial activity, capable of attacking bacteria in the site of infection. The work has been led by Samuel Sánchez (Institute for Bioengineering of Catalunya (IBEC) and Cesar de la Fuente-Núñez (University of Pennsylvania, USA). The new technology, tested in mice, is a valuable tool for the treatment of bacterial infections in a controlled and localized way. In a future not so far, it could help combat infections.

PhD Thesis Defence: Gerard Rubí Sans

Development of an in vitro three-dimensional colorectal cancer model using cell-derived extracellular matrices Author: Gerard Rubí Sans Directors: Dra. Elisabet Engel López and Dr. Miguel Ángel Mateos Timoneda This thesis … Read more

PhD Thesis Defence: Gerard Rubí Sans

Development of an in vitro three-dimensional colorectal cancer model using cell-derived extracellular matrices Author: Gerard Rubí Sans Directors: Dra. Elisabet Engel López and Dr. Miguel Ángel Mateos Timoneda This thesis … Read more

PhD Thesis Defence: Gerard Rubí Sans

Development of an in vitro three-dimensional colorectal cancer model using cell-derived extracellular matrices Author: Gerard Rubí Sans Directors: Dra. Elisabet Engel López and Dr. Miguel Ángel Mateos Timoneda This thesis … Read more

Laboratory-generated mini-kidneys help understand the link between diabetes and COVID-19 disease

In an international collaboration, researchers led by Nuria Montserrat, ICREA Research Professor at IBEC, have generated human mini-kidneys that simulate the kidney of a person with diabetes in the early stages of the disease. These diabetic mini-kidneys open the door to studying, among others, the relationship between diabetes and COVID-19.