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Javier Ramón Azcón, an ICREA research professor and the leader of the Biosensors for Bioengineering group at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), has been granted an "ERC Proof of Concept Grant."

One of the great challenges in the fight against cancer is to design new technologies for a personalized treatment for each patient.

“We have not committed any crime, we are defending our territory, the natural resources of all Ecuadorians. We guarantee food sovereignty, the protection of land and water”

An optical sensor consisting of gold nanorods can provide real-time data on insulin production in an on-chip device mimicking the pancreas.

The main open dump in the Colombian city evolved over decades from an informal home to scavengers to becoming a focus of communal resurgence.

Campaigners say if copper mine gets go-ahead in cloud forest, the longnose harlequin, once thought to be extinct, will be threatened again

AgroFresh teams up with Know Hub Chile Together, the two companies will offer natural post-harvest treatment for superficial scald in apples and pears Related Articles AgroFresh Solutions has signed an exclusive global licensing agreement with Know Hub Chile to test and potentially market patent-pending technology for superficial scald control in apples and pears.  AgroFresh said the agreement continues its commitment to preserving produce freshness and potentially offers a new natural solutio...

A new 3D model for myotonic dystrophy Myotonic dystrophy is a hereditary degenerative neuromuscular disease that occurs mainly in adults, affecting about 50,000 people only in Spain. Symptoms range from difficulty walking and myotonia (great difficulty in relaxing the contracted muscles) to severe neurological problems, leading to progressive disability that unfortunately puts many of those affected in a wheelchair. This disease is very heterogeneous among patients (age of onset, progression, h...

 E-Mail IMAGE: In vitro confocal microscopy image of muscle developed from patient cells showing the three-dimensionality of the tissue. Cell nuclei are marked in blue and skeletal muscle in red. view more  Credit: IBEC Myotonic dystrophy is a hereditary degenerative neuromuscular disease that occurs mainly in adults, affecting about 50,000 people only in Spain. Symptoms range from difficulty walking and myotonia (great difficulty in relaxing the contracted muscles) to severe neurolog...