This unique infrastructure in Catalonia will enable the stages of experimental and clinical research to be optimised before finally being applied to people.
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The five projects focus on improving the lifestyle of the young elderly, overcoming social exclusion through education, creating polymers that help reduce waste production, studying the consequences of femicides on the victims’ sons and daughters and designing a nutritional support programme for people with dementia
This discovery is essential since it could prevent these patients from having to undergo surgery and undergo a resection (cutting of the damaged part of the intestine), as occurs in 50% of diagnosed cases
Her career in the field of nutrition and her contribution to obesity research have motivated this appointment, which will be for the next three years
A study led by the URV’s Human Nutrition Unit has associated the consumption of ultra-processed foods products with a greater risk of overweight, increased blood sugar and worse levels of good cholesterol
The results of this study, led by the Universitat Rovira i Virgili, are a step forward in our understanding of the relationship between obesity, type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease
For yet another year, this competition was hosted by the Bartrina theatre, where six doctoral students from the URV explained what they were studying.
A URV-IISPV research group has found an association between the presence of a group of molecules in the blood and the development of Alzheimer’s
A URV study finds that this yeast speeds up the winemaking process and improves the organoleptic properties of wines
Stanford University has updated its list of leading researchers with data from the year 2022. The URV ranks third in Spain and Catalonia in terms of the percentage of researchers among the permanent teaching and research staff