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Altered Cholesterol Uptake by Neurons in Alzheimer’s Disease Linked to APOE4 Variant

A study led by the Sant Pau Research Institute (IR Sant Pau), the Clinical Biochemistry Service at Hospital de Sant Pau, and the Spanish Biomedical Research Network in Diabetes and Associated Metaboli...

Even in People Without Risk Factors, Elevated Lp(a) Increases the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease

Lipoprotein(a), also known as Lp(a), is a lipid particle with pro-inflammatory properties whose blood concentration is determined mainly by genetic factors. Its involvement in the development of ather...

A New System Enables Objective Measurement of Gait Impairments

A team led by Drs. Elba Pascual-Goñi and Luis Querol, researchers from the Neuromuscular Diseases Group at the Sant Pau Research Institute (IR Sant Pau), has published in the journal Journal of Neuro...

Dr. Vladyslav Vyazovskiy Chairs Dissertation Committee on Sleep and Synaptic Plasticity at Sant Pau

On Tuesday, July 29, the Sant Pau Research Institute (IR Sant Pau) welcomed Dr. Vladyslav Vyazovskiy, professor at the University of Oxford and one of the world’s most recognized voices in sleep res...

Correcting Vitamin D Deficiency in Patients With Decompensated Cirrhosis Reduces Frailty and Inflammation and Improves Working Memory

Vitamin D supplementation may have effects that go far beyond bone metabolism. In patients with decompensated cirrhosis, correcting vitamin D deficiency is associated with improvements in frailty, mus...