At the 8th edition of Women in Science, a project supported by thirty-two Basque entities, a comprehensive programme has been designed that will take place from 8 to 16 February in Gipuzkoa, Bizkaia and Araba. The initiative aims to highlight the presence of women in science, break with gender stereotypes in scientific and technical disciplines…
The aim of a new study by the Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL) in Donostia, in collaboration with the Donostia University Hospital and the Biogipuzkoa Health Research Institute (IIS Biogipuzkoa), is to find the origin of prosody (the ability to interpret and distinguish the intonation of anger, joy, exclamations or questions) and…
The VII Young Researchers Awards are an initiative by the AstraZeneca Foundation under the motto of «People who change lives», to support the growth and consolidation of young scientific talent in Spain. The molecular and cellular underpinnings of intercellular communication in deadly prostate cancer are the focus of research led by CIC bioGUNE and researcher…
The NanoBioCel group of the UPV/EHU has edited and published a book that analyses emerging approaches related to these technologies. The increasing availability and decreasing costs of 3D printing and bioprinting technologies are expanding opportunities to meet medical and pharmaceutical needs. The book edited by researchers from the UPV/EHU’s NanoBioCel group analyses emerging approaches related…
The Ramsay Santé Group, through its Aquitaine Centre, is committed to innovation in healthcare by launching its first “Living Lab”. This concept aims to experiment innovative healthcare solutions in a real environment, in order to bring added value to patients and healthcare professionals. (Autor: Ainhoa López-Abadía Urresti) This first laboratory, located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, will…
A UPV/EHU research project led by Ikerbasque researcher Agustín Vicente sheds light on the level of understanding of non-verbal adult autistic people. (Autor: Ainhoa López-Abadía Urresti) Adult autistic people without linguistic communication form a group that has hardly been studied, mainly due to the complexity of carrying out research on groups with these characteristics. Now,…
European iCare Project Advances In Vitro Models and Methods for Predicting the Neurotoxicity of Nanomaterials. (Autor: Ainhoa López-Abadía Urresti) The GAIKER Technology Centre, a member of the Basque Research & Technology Alliance, BRTA, is participating in the European project iCare – Integrated Assessment and Advanced Characterisation of Neuro-nanotoxicity, whose main objective is to develop an…
Healthcare technology startup Cyber Surgery has successfully completed clinical trials of its surgical robot in two hospitals in the Basque Country. (Autor: Ainhoa López-Abadía Urresti) The trials were carried out at the Donostia University Hospital in San Sebastian and the Cruces University Hospital in Bilbao. The robot is used to perform minimally invasive operations on…
The Basque Country Leads the Way in Advancing RNA Therapies with International Congress and Collaborative Research Efforts. (Autor: Ainhoa López-Abadía Urresti) The expression «carrying something in DNA» is a reflection of how widespread knowledge about DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid is in society. However, RNA or ribonucleic acid is much less well known. Recently it was…
Committed to innovation in health, the Pôle Aquitaine of the Ramsay Santé group launches its first «Living Lab», a concept aimed at experimenting in a real environment with innovative health solutions, which makes it possible to provide added value to patients as well as to Health professionals. Details with Yannick Denot, Director of Innovation, and Nicolas Bobet, Director of the Aquitaine Cluster.