Martes, 29 de Enero de 2013
Researchers generate a mutant mouse model useful in the treatment of neuromuscular diseases
Researchers at the University of Granada have produced for the first time in the world mice lacking the coenzyme Q10, a rare mitochondrial disease prevailingly affecting children. The researchers needed three years to complete the study.
At three to six months of life, this genetic alteration in mice –similar to that occurred in human– causes a rapid degeneration in the lower limbs to death for cardiac arrest.
For the first time in the world, researchers at the (...)
Miércoles, 23 de Enero de 2013
Researchers design a new imaging technique for identifying the age and sex of a corpse
The new technique is based on a computing system designed by researchers at the Forensic Anthropology Laboratory of the University of Granada.
This system is based on free software and has a reliability of 95%.
Researchers at the University of Granada, Spain, have designed a new computing system that determines the age and sex of a corpse with a reliability of 95%. This system is based on free software called Image and a free DICOM (...)
Jueves, 10 de Enero de 2013
Teenagers with a Low Muscular Strength Have a Higher Risk of Committing Suicide and Dying Early form Heart Disease
This was the conclusion of a research study published in the British Medical Journal by researchers at the University of Granada (Spain), the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm (Sweden) and the University of Helskinki (Finland).
To conduct this research study, the authors took a sample of one million Sweden male teenagers aged between 16 and 24 years, who were monitored for a 24-year follow up period.
Teenagers with a low muscular strength have a 30% higher risk of (...)
Miércoles, 09 de Enero de 2013
Not all Stem Cells are Equally Efficient for Use in Regenerative Medicine
Scientists at the University of Granada and Alcala de Henares University have concluded that, contrary to what was thought, only a specific group of cord blood stem cells (CB-SC) maintained in culture are useful for therapeutic purposes.
This research study was recently published in the prestigious journal Tissue Engineering.
Scientists at the University of Granada and Alcalá de Henares University have found out that not all isolated stem cells are equally valid in regenerative medicine and tissue (...)
Lunes, 10 de Diciembre de 2012
Researchers demonstrate that a saliva analysis can reveal decision-making skills
University of Granada researchers have found that, in a stressful situation, people who are not skilled in decision-making have greater cortisol levels (the stress hormone) in saliva than people highly skilled in decision-making.
This paper has been recently published in the prestigious journal Psychoneuroendocrinology.
A study conducted by researchers at the University of Granada Group of Neuropsychology and Clinical Psychoneuroimmunology has demonstrated that cortisol levels in saliva are associated with a person's ability to make good decisions (...)
Viernes, 09 de Noviembre de 2012
University of Granada scientists take a step forward in the study of Parkinson’s disease and collaborate with Michael J. Fox foundation and hospitals in Malaga and Granada
The studies were conducted by the research group TIC 218 at the Department of Signal Theory, Telematics and Communications attached to the University of Granada and the Andalusian Information Technology and Communications Center (CITIC). The results obtained have been published in prestigious journals such as Medical Physics and NeuroImage, the most important journal in the field of neuroscience.
During the past year, the research group TIC 218 at the Department of Signal Theory, Telematics (...)
Jueves, 20 de Septiembre de 2012
Obese people can be Metabolically Healthy and in Good Shape
This is the conclusion of a study published in the prestigious journal European Heart Journal conducted by professor Francisco B. Ortega, a researcher at the University of Granada Department of Physical Education and at the Karolinska Institut Department of BioSciences and Nutrition (Sweden).
A person can be obese and metabolically healthy at the same time, which means that this person will have the same mortality risk for heart disease or cancer that people of normal weight. (...)
Miércoles, 04 de Julio de 2012
Spanish Researchers will Employ Microscopic Clay Minerals to Design More Efficient and Less Toxic Drugs
This is a pilot research project where researchers at the University of Granada Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology and the Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra (CSIC-UGR) –among others– will participate.
University of Granada and the Spanish Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientÃficas (CSIC) researcgers will use nanoscopic clay for the controlled release of drugs in patients, with the aim of designing more efficient and less toxic drugs. This is a pilot research study that (...)
Martes, 03 de Julio de 2012
A Study Demonstrates that Ibuprofen Improves Bone Repair after Surgery or a Fracture
An in vitro study conducted at the University of Granada has demonstrated that a therapeutic dose of this non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) improves bone repair.
The article has been recently published in the prestigious Journal of bone and mineral metabolism.
A study conducted at the University of Granada has demonstrated that ibuprofen –a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID)– has beneficial effects on bone repair after a fracture or following bone surgery.
In vitro tests demonstrated that –unlike other NSAIDs– when a therapeutic dose of ibuprofen (...)
Miércoles, 13 de Junio de 2012
Researchers Design New Substances that Might Help Fight Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease
University of Granada researchers have tested melatonin analogues in rats that inhibit the enzyme nitric oxide synthase (NOS), which is involved in the development of the diseases referred above.
This enzyme is also involved in other conditions as inflammatory bowel disease or rheumatoid arthritis, as well as in neurodegenerative conditions as Huntington's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
University of Granada researchers have tested melatonin analogues in rats as it inhibits the enzyme nitric oxide synthase (NOS), which (...)