Autonomous University of Barcelona

Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Discovered a genetic biomarker that detects Lewy body dementia

The Germans Trias i Pujol Health Sciences Research Institute (IGTP) and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) have discovered the first genetic biomarker to detect Lewy body dementia (LBD), a disease that can be confused ...

Medical research

New therapeutic approaches for hypertension using TRPV2 proteins

Researchers at the UAB have carried out two revealing studies on TRPV2, a key ion channel in several cellular functions, which points to it being a possible new therapeutic target in the treatment of hypertension. They have ...

Medications

Anti-cancer drug could improve symptoms after stroke

A study by the Institut de Neurociències of the UAB (INc-UAB) demonstrates in animal models the benefits of vorinostat after having suffered a stroke. The drug, used in humans to treat cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, has been ...

Medical research

New molecule to fight against transthyretin amyloidosis

Researchers from IBB-UAB have developed a second-generation molecule that significantly improves the stabilization and inhibition of the aggregation of proteins involved in Transthyretin Amyloidosis (ATTR), a group of minority ...

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