As coordinator of the Spanish Nanomedicine Platform (NanoMed Spain), IBEC is co-organising this week’s 7th Annual Conference of Biomedical Research Technology Platforms in Barcelona.
Drugs in nanocapsules ‘recognise’ the infected cells of different types of malaria and could help curb resistanceA study by researchers from the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and the Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB) demonstrates that an antimalarial drug encapsulated in nanoparticles—chloroquine salts in polyamidoamine polymers—is significantly more effective when delivered in vivo than free (unencapsulated) drugs and may help to curb drug resistance.
Montse López and Pau Gorostiza, PhD student and group leader in IBEC’s Nanoprobes and Nanoswitches group, have participated in the development of “Can you make your mobile smaller?”, a virtual experiment in collaboration with IrsiCaixa’s Unit for Public Engagement on Health Research.
Last week’s press release about the Biomedical Signal Processing and Interpretation group’s new non-invasive method to monitor patients with respiratory diseases has been covered in the health section of Spanish national daily newspaper ABC.
A new non-invasive method has been developed to monitor patients with respiratory diseases
The news about Xavier Trepat’s Proof of Concept grant from the ERC appears in La Vanguardia today.
Awards will support researchers’ work on a system to aid rehabilitation in children, and improved healing in shoulder injuries
IBEC is mentioned in the press today in relation to the HYPER project, of which the Robotics group is a partner. The story reveals the start of some pilot tests with real spine patients at the Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos de Toledo with the robots being developed by the project, which aims to develop new treatments in neurorehabilitation and help with patients’ mobility.
Any researcher or industry worker who’s trying to find a scientific service, tool or technology available in Barcelona now need look no further than BioCores@BCN, a new directory and search engine, in which IBEC’s Nanotechnology Platform is listed.