With 809 citations, a clinical trial by Barcelona’s August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS) is the world’s most often cited study in the field of cancer. The study, published in 2008 in the New England Journal of Medicine, demonstrates the positive effect of the drug Sorafenib on the survival of patients with advanced liver cancer

STAFF | APRIL 13TH, 2011

The Laboratory of Applied Bio-Acoustics of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia has developed a study showing that low-frequency noise produced by large-scale human activities at sea causes acoustic trauma to cephalopods, a class of mollusks, that leads to severe injuries to their auditory structures

STAFF | APRIL 11TH, 2011

Researchers from the AIDS Research Institute (IrsiCaixa) participated in a study led by Harvard University that indicates that some HIV-positive individuals have a one of variety of strains that are resistant to antiretroviral drugs and are not detectable by routine resistance testing

STAFF | APRIL 6TH, 2011

Researchers at Vall d'Hebron Hospital have identified a group of 20 genes linked to the development of uterine cancer and have created a new test for its diagnosis that does not require a biopsy and that can be done in the doctor’s office.

STAFF | MARCH 29TH, 2011