Institut de Recerca Sant Pau - Centre CERCA
Researchers from the Research Area on Neurological Diseases, Neuroscience, and Mental Health at the Sant Pau Research Institute, led by Dr. Juan Fortea, Director of the Memory Unit of the Neurology Service at the same hospital, have found that over 95% of individuals over 65 years old who have two copies of the APOE4 gene -APOE4 homozygotes- show biological characteristics of Alzheimer’s pathology in the brain or biomarkers of this disease in cerebrospinal fluid and PET scans.
The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked extensive discussions about its effect on mental health. While global suicide rates remained stable during the pandemic, the specific impact on non-lethal suicidal behaviors, namely, ideation or suicide attempts that are survived, during and after the pandemic had not been explored.
The Sant Pau Research Institute announces the creation of the new research group in Advanced Medical Imaging, Artificial Intelligence, and Image-Guided Therapy. Dr. Josep Munuera, a researcher with a broad trajectory in the use of artificial intelligence applied to medicine and director of the Radiodiagnosis Service at Hospital Sant Pau, will lead this cross-sectional and multidisciplinary project that seeks to go beyond traditional specializations.
According to the results of an international study involving researchers from the Clinical Oncology group at the Sant Pau Research Institute, led by Dr. Teresa Ramon y Cajal, the follow-up with magnetic resonance imaging in women with mutations in the BRCA1 genes who have a high risk of developing breast cancer throughout their lives significantly reduces mortality without the need for preventive mastectomy.
L’Institut de Recerca Sant Pau (IR Sant Pau) i el Banc de Sang i Teixits (BST) han signat un acord de col·laboració destinat a impulsar el desenvolupament i la producció de medicaments innovadors.
L’acord, que representa una aliança pionera entre dues institucions capdavanteres en el camp de la salut, estableix les bases per a la creació d’un node conjunt que comptarà amb instal·lacions preparades per a la producció de teràpies avançades, incloent-hi les cèl·lules CAR-T.
