The CNAG-CRG participates in a European project to improve medical assistance through interceptive medicine Blog Post

Scientists from the Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico (CNAG-CRG), based in Barcelona Science Park and integrated to the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) unites with hundreds of innovators, research pioneers, clinicians, industry leaders and policy makers from all around Europe are united to revolutionize healthcare on the frame of LifeTime initiative. They are participating in two publications: a perspective article in the journal Nature and the LifeTime Strategic Research Agenda. They are now presenting how to improve leverage the latest scientific breakthroughs and technologies over the next decade, to track, understand and treat human cells throughout an individual’s lifetime.

 

Kumux launches a 2.0 software which creates differential light to improve human health and plant growth Blog Post

A spin-off by the University of Barcelona Enlighting Technologies, based in the Barcelona Science Park, has created Kumux to launch a 2.0 simulation spectrum software which, through patented algorithms, creates a differential light with beneficial effects for health for both people and plant growth. It is an smart lighting solution –autonomous and based on LED technology–, compatible with different systems and designed so that it can be integrated into any luminaire or control platform.

 

Eugin presents pioneering advances in fertility and human reproduction at ESHRE 2020 Blog Post

An analysis of the environment in which the embryos that become implanted in the uterus develop reveals a lower number of senescent (aged) cells than those that are not successful. This is the result of a study presented yesterday at ESHRE 2020, which has been led by researchers from Eugin’s Basic Research Laboratory, headquartered in the Barcelona Science Park. The group also submited at the congress another work –carried out with the Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG) and the collaboration of the National Center for Genomic Analysis (CNAG)– which reveals that the quality of the eggs can lie in the networks that create their genes.

 

Oxolife raises €5 million in a funding round and joins the Barcelona Science Park Blog Post

The biotech Oxolife –focused on the development of a new treatment to improve the female fertility rate– has moved its headquarters to the Barcelona Science Park. The company, which has just raised a €5 million funding round, will start a phase II clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of OXO-001, a drug that specifically acts on embryo implantation to increase pregnancy success rate in assisted reproductive technology processes.

 

DTI Foundation creates the IDOTCOVID international open access database Blog Post

Thanks to its global network of collaborators, the DTI Foundation –based in the Barcelona Science Park– has created the International Database on Organ Donation and Transplantation COVID-19 (IDOTCOVID) with the collaboration of the August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS) –Hospital Clínic de Barcelona and with the endorsement of the IRODaT registry and the LIDOBS observatory. The objective of this initiative is to provide clinical evidence in the scientific community towards the establishment of treatment and management protocols for patients infected with SARS-CoV2.

 

First foal born in Spain using a procedure which enhances reproductive efficiency and genetic preservation in elite animals Blog Post

The first horse conceived as a result of a combination of ovum pick up (OPU) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), two in vitro fertilisation techniques which enhance fertility and enable the genetic preservation of elite animals, has just been born in Catalonia. This birth points to the future of equine assisted reproduction in Spain. It has been made possible by a project carried out entirely in the country led by the Embryotools centre based in the Barcelona Science Park in partnership with CREA Veterinaris and Embriones Equino.

 

Bioengineering contributes to new advances against childhood cancer Blog Post

Researchers from the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) at the Barcelona Science Park, the INCLIVA Health Research Institute and the Hospital Clínico de Valencia have discovered how the rigidity of the tumor extracellular matrix affects the aggressiveness of neuroblastoma, a cancerous tumor that affects mainly children. The study, published in Scientific Reports, opens the door to generate more accurate models to predict tumor development in patients and to work in the design of new treatments.

 

The Park collaborates on a project for mass COVID-19 testing service led by IBEC, IRB Barcelona and CNAG-CRG Blog Post

The Government of Catalonia has approved the creation of the Orfeu Programme with the aim of having new diagnostic tests for COVID-19, as a complement to the capacity of the health system. In an initial phase, there will be two mass testing sites: one at the Barcelona Science Park, jointly coordinated by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) and the Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico (CNAG-CRG); and another coordinated by the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) at its labs at the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB).

 

Nostrum Biodiscovery appoints Ezequiel Mas as its new CEO and embarks on an ambitious expansion plan Blog Post

Nostrum Biodiscovery (NBD) has appointed Ezequiel Mas del Molino as its new CEO to lead a new phase of the company, which is establishing a leading position in the European market as a provider of cutting-edge bioinformatics technologies for drug design and discovery. NBD –a spin-off from the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre (BSC-CNS), the University of Barcelona (UB) and the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA)– is located at the Barcelona Science Park and the North Campus of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC).