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

The ZRF1 gene plays a key role in the activation of genes related to the cell destination of stem cells, according to a study published in Nature by a team led by researchers at Barcelona’s Center for Genomic Regulation

STAFF | DECEMBER 23RD, 2010

A team led by Carles Lalueza-Fox, a researcher at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology at the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, studied a dried blood sample stored in a gourd that supposedly was kept as a souvenir from the execution of the French King Louis XVI by guillotine in 1793.

STAFF | OCTOBER 25TH, 2010

A new study into autism reveals that some genetic variants are strongly linked to the development of the disease and could be used to diagnose it quickly.