Lung cancer Archives - Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia

April 9, 2025

New advances in the fight against the most common form of lung cancer

From left to right, Fernando Martín and Joan Montero at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. / Credit: University of Barcelona

A study led by the University of Barcelona in collaboraiton with the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia reveals that the functional assay dynamic BH3 profiling (DBP) can predict whether specific treatments will be effective in non-small cell lung cancer patients. The technique helps determine which therapy will be most effective by testing it directly on living cells, improving personalised therapies.

June 20, 2023

Researchers identify new biomarkers of the most frequent lung cancer

From left to right: Marselina Arshakyan (co-first author of the study), Rafael Ikemori, Paula Duch, Jordi Alcaraz and Marta Gabasa.

Researchers from the IBEC and the University of Barcelona (UB) have identified new biomarkers for non-small cell lung cancer, the most common lung cancer. The results, published in the journal Modern … Read more

February 1, 2023February 1, 2023

Researchers find recruitment mechanism for cancer-associated fibroblasts in the most common lung cancer

A team of experts led by Jordi Alcaraz, professor at the UB and associated researcher at IBEC, found a mechanism of recruitment for tumour-associated cells (cancer-associated fibroblasts or CAFs) which are essential … Read more