A study led by the URV reveals the potential of some glycoproteins to help in our understanding of the chronic inflammation associated with disease and its impact on cardiovascular risk
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Homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia causes children to have blood cholesterol levels that are dangerous for their health. A study led by the URV has shown that a pill, lomitapide, can reduce cholesterol in these children by half
This unique infrastructure in Catalonia will enable the stages of experimental and clinical research to be optimised before finally being applied to people.
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
The finding, led by researchers from the DIAMET research group of the IISPV and URV, focuses on the role of succinate and its receptor, which play a key role in the alterations in metabolism suffered by these patients
The URV’s Amb-Èxit-Ed programme is the first set up by a Catalan university to help this group, who give particular value to funding, support and information
For the sixth consecutive year, the University features on the QS World University Rankings by Subject in the disciplines of Nursing, Agriculture and Forestry, Chemical Engineering, Medicine and Chemistry
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
Together with professionals from various health centres, they assessed up to 45 patients, 14 of whom required surgical intervention
This finding will make it possible to personalise treatments and in some cases find alternatives to operations that involve significant aesthetic and physical damage that reduces the patient’s quality of life.