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The presence of macrovascular complications in people with diabetes is associated with a worse prognosis in hospitalized patients with COVID-19

Patients with diabetes and previous macrovascular complications (coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease, or peripheral arterial disease) admitted for COVID-19 to a hospital have a worse prog...

Identified two new genes that increases risk of Alzheimer’s disease

An international study in which researchers from the Dementia Neurobiology Group and the Memory Unit of the Research Institute of the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau - IIB Sant Pau participated, ...

A new protocol will facilitate the study of astrocytes in different neurodegenerative diseases

The research group in Neurobiology of Dementias of the Research Institute of the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau - IIB Sant Pau, leaded by Dr. Juan Fortea, designed a detailed protocol for the en...

A team from Sant Pau wins the Hack Healthtech 2030

A team of 6th year Medicine students from the Sant Pau Teaching Unit – UAB: Berta Rifà, Inés Clavero, Irene Rexach and Júlia de Mas, with the support of Dra. Marilina Santero, researcher at the H...

A new biomarker would help detect arteriosclerotic plaque early in diabetics

The levels of the α-klotho protein could have a useful role as a biomarker to help identify patients with type 1 diabetes who are at increased risk of developing arteriosclerosis and thus increased c...