Following the success of the first edition, which brought together more than 3,000 participants, the Sant Pau Research Institute (IR Sant Pau) is launching the second edition of Mariona’s Adventure—an educational and science outreach project designed to inspire children and teens to pursue scientific careers and to break gender stereotypes that often discourage girls from entering the world of research.
A team of researchers at the Sant Pau Research Institute (IR Sant Pau) has demonstrated that the plasma biomarker p-tau217, obtained through a simple blood test, can predict the clinical progression of Alzheimer’s disease even in its earliest stages. This is when symptoms are not yet evident. The study, published in the journal Neurology, reinforces the role of blood tests in the future of diagnosing and monitoring dementias.
The Technology Transfer and Innovation Unit (UTI) at the Sant Pau Research Institute (IR Sant Pau) has obtained ISO 56001 certification, an international standard that sets out the requirements for implementing, maintaining, and continuously improving an innovation management system.
On Thursday the 26th, the documentary A Journey to the Limits of Human Adaptation was presented at Girona Cinemas. Produced by Tarannà Viatges and the Sant Pau Research Institute (IR Sant Pau), this production blends science, adventure, and public outreach to explore how the human body responds to the most extreme conditions of altitude and oxygen deprivation.
Physicians from the Intensive Care Medicine Department at Hospital Sant Pau, members of the Sant Pau Research Institute (IR Sant Pau), have participated in the international PROMIZING study. This is one of the most ambitious clinical trials to date aimed at optimizing the discontinuation of mechanical ventilation in patients with severe respiratory failure.