Reasearchers of the UAB's Cellular Biology, Physiology and Immunology Departament, in collaboration with the Hospital of Mataró and the Fundació de Gastroenterology Dr. Vilardell, have identified for the first time the P2Y1 receptor, which is responsible of the purinergic relaxation in the human colon.
Studies on the brain are gradually unravelling the mysteries of how it operates.
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In nature we can see many examples of adaptable evolution. On of these mechanisms may be seen in the co-evolution of herbivorous insects and the plants they feed on: while prey develop biological defences, the predators react to make themselves insensitive to attack....
The research group for Research in Cell and Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Engineering, composed of researchers from Sant Pau Hospital, the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the Technical University of Catalonia, has found a new group of stem cells from the spinal cord that may lead to a new form of treatment for the regeneration...
The important role that layers of cianobacteria (photosynthetic microorganisms) play in the process of degradation in oil spillages at sea or along the coat is widely known. However recent research undertaken by the Environmental Microbiology Group at the UAB has shown that these...
After being synthesized, the proteins fold themselves to acquire their function. Although this process, called oxidative folding, has been investigated extensively, some keys aspects have been neglected, like the thermodynamics or the computational prediction. UAB researchers disassembled this puzzle and its conclusions became a one single theory...
Most animal species have two symmetrical halves. There are small differences that break this bilateral symmetry. Scientists at the UAB have studied how these differences come about and how organisms try to achieve perfect symmetry by crossing two species of insects, Drosophila madeirensis and...
One of the most frequent problems that affects horses is the equine colic, which can reach different levels of seriousness. A group of scientist from the UAB has carried out a clinical research on 115 horses, using the two analysis methods formerly described the horses' plasma. Constable simplied method on strong iones has turn out the most...
The international scientific community is now investigating possible substitutes for silicon oxide, one of the main components of microelectronic devices, by looking at other materials that have better electrical properties and are compatible with the CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) manufacturing processes. The UAB's Department...
Canine monocytic ehrlichiosis (CME) should be considered in the differential diagnosis of dogs with exudative retinal detachment and anterior uveitis. This was the main conclusion drawn by a group of researchers from the UAB Faculty of Veterinary Medicine following a study on around 50 animals affected by the tick-borne disease.
