Population screening for certain tumours has shown that early diagnosis can lead to better treatment at an earlier stage of the disease.National Cancer Institute
Agència SINC There is a general consensus that the development of vaccines and mass vaccination campaigns, many run worldwide, have saved millions of lives, and virtually eradicated
Agencia SINC One of the main environmental problems is massive industrial production of antimicrobial drugs, their widespread use in medicine, veterinary medicine and agriculture, and consequent release
From one of the grey doors lining up in the Medicine department, some musical notes emerge. They come from the office of Rafael Tabarés, professor of Psychiatry in the University
Interview with Javier Magriña
Javier Magriña knew he wanted to be a surgeon ever since he could perform his first autopsy during his medical studies in Barcelona. His enthusiasm was fuelled by the support
ABSTRACT Cancer has long been a taboo, an illness surrounded by secrecy, socially silenced and consequently excluded from visual and artistic representation. This article aims to highlight the pioneering role played
ABSTRACT Breast cancer is a health problem affecting women worldwide, and is so prevalent that for most of us it calls to mind the face of a relative, friend or acquaintance.
ABSTRACT For teenagers, to be diagnosed with cancer comes as a real blow. In this article, we describe the most prevalent cancers in this age group, the elements of cancer control,
Encara que tan sols l’1% dels casos de càncer es poden considerar de tipus hereditari, en l’actualitat s’han descrit més de 200 síndromes caracteritzades per l’agregació familiar de distints tipus de tumors. La identifi cació al llarg del segle XX de molts dels gens responsables d’aquestes síndromes ha permès un gran avenç en la caracterització d’aquestes famílies a l’hora d’identifi car o descartar els individus en risc i establir mesures preventives específi ques. No obstant això, existeix encara un alt percentatge de casos hereditaris en què la causa de la susceptibilitat és desconeguda, la qual cosa fa de la recerca de nous gens mitjançant les noves tecnologies una de les prioritats en investigació.
El càncer és un dels problemes sanitaris més importants dels països occidentals, donada l’alta incidència i elevada mortalitat que té. Constitueix la segona causa de mort després de les malalties cardiovasculars, i la primera causa en la població menor de setanta anys. En aquest article ens ocuparem dels factors externs capaços d’induir el desenvolupament d’un càncer: agents químics, físics i biològics.
Tothom té una idea més o menys clara del que representa un càncer: un conjunt de cèl·lules que es divideixen sense control. Darrere d’aquesta imatge simplista s’amaga un dels problemes de salut més complexos i més greus que existeixen. És gràcies als avenços biomèdics dels últims vint anys que finalment estem reconeixent les grans diferències que hi ha entre els tipus de càncer coneguts, un descobriment que serà clau per dissenyar teràpies més efectives en un futur proper.
Diagnosis, treatment and even the very concept of cancer as a disease have changed significantly over time. From a single and incurable disease, it is now considered a disease in
We live in a world where some people eat too much and some people eat too litle. According to FAO, 842 million people suffer from chrnonic
Architecture and Mathematics, Geometry and Art: from Gaudí to Gehry. Architecture has been indebted to geometric surfaces since ancient times, as books of descriptive geometry
Martí Domínguez Mas de la Cambreta, at the base of Peñagolosa, during the winter snows. The availability of cooling systems in housing is a
Between 1925 and 1975, the Sahara desert grew, especially southward, about 645,000 km2, and in some parts of Sudan, the southern boundary of the desert moved
© A. AguilellaSalaria fluviatilis, freshwater blenny. Which fish are to be found in the Mediterranean rivers? A rich and diverse ichthyofauna
The genome and the complexity of living beings. The genome of an organism is the whole DNA content of its cells, including genes and intergenic regions. In prokaryotes (Archaea and
Aggression between males and selection by the female. Throughout evolution, in many species, males have developed morphological