A study by researchers at the Barcelona’s Bellvitge Institute of Biomedical Research (Idibell) is the most often cited work in the category of Biology, according to the latest Science Watch rankings for the months of November and December produced by the news agency Thomson Reuters

STAFF | DECEMBER 27TH, 2010

On Dec. 2, the city of Barcelona and the public organization Biocat signed an agreement to promote biotechnology under the brand Barcelona Biotech. The agreement aims to promote Barcelona as prominent location for activities in this sector.

STAFF | DECEMBER 7TH, 2010

The Catalan Institute of Oncology has incorporated the most modern linear accelerator in the world for radiation treatment into its center in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, located near Barcelona. The device is the second of its kind that has been installed in Europe (the other is in Zurich), and third in the world after the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York acquired one last spring.

STAFF | SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2010

A study by the Medical Oncology Service of the ICO Badalona concludes that a low expression of the 'BRCA1' gene in breast cancer patients with the sporadic type is associated with a better prognosis of the disease.

18 March 2010