The Erasmus project forms part of the cooperation project between URV Solidària, the URV’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and the Infant Nutritional Support Centre on the island of Ibo
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URV researchers are taking part in this research work that is paving the way to finding effective treatments that can counteract the virulence of necrotizing fasciitis caused by a bacterium in water
The professor and director of the URV’s Unit of Human Nutrition is on the list of most influential scientists in the world thanks to the impact of his research, according to the list “Highly Cited Researchers 2019”
The research, led by CNIO and in which URV researchers participate, has found that the FASN enzyme is crucial for one of the essential processes by which a normal cell becomes cancerous. Blocking this enzyme in an animal model slows the onset of tumours and extends their survival
The studies carried out by the prize-winners William G. Kaelin, Gregg L. Semenza and Peter J. Ratcliffe describe the mechanisms of one of life’s most essential adaptive processes
The finding is from a nutritional study carried out by researchers from the URV’s Human Nutrition Unit, which concludes that regular consumption of nuts by men who follow a western diet improves the quality of their orgasms and their sexual function
Depressive symptoms, anxiety and compulsive obsessive disorder are the main risk factors, according to a study by Universitat Rovira i Virgili researchers
The results are from the Predimed-Plus study, and they have been obtained after monitoring for a year almost 2,000 patients suffering from overweight and the metabolic syndrome
Researchers from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili research group Tecnatox have analysed the pollution of the sea, the marine sediment and the beaches of the Tarragona coast with microscopic plastic waste
This is the conclusion reached by researchers from the Human Nutrition Unit of the URV-IISPV after analyzing nearcly 3,000 articles
In terms of gender equality, the University is in 22nd position worldwide according to this ranking, which evaluates the impact of universities on the sustainable development goals of the United Nations
The agreements between the URV and the Chinese university will also allow the mobility of the faculty staff and clinical internships
This strategy is economic and reliable, it can also be used to identify different components found in other food and environmental products
URV researchers have managed to halt the white spot virus that prevents prawns from growing and then kills them in prawn farms
The researcher Nicolás Pazos develops plasmonic nanomaterials that fit into sensors of various shapes and sizes. These could help diagnose different illnesses such as cancer
These are the results of an analysis of 28 nutritional intervention studies involving 2900 participants and headed by the Universitat Rovira i Virgili. These supplements may increase male fertility
The results were presented at the XVIII Latin American Nutrition Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico
The Predimed-Plus trial evaluates more than 600 patients with overweight or obesity and metabolic syndrome, and shows that the health benefits of following this healthier lifestyle are still present after one year
In the 2019 edition of the ranking, the University is classified in the 401-500 band for the fourth consecutive year
The results were presented at the Summer Research Conference held by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, in Nova Scotia (Canada)