Presently, liquid crystals are compounds of great interest due to their applications mainly in the fields of electronics and optics (displays). Molecules that form them must show thermal, chemical and photochemical stability. Moreover, these compounds must exhibit liquid crystal behaviour for a...
The latest discoveries in the field of RNA interference have revolutionized our knowledge of molecular and cellular biology. They have allowed to advance in therapies to treat serious diseases, like HIV. But this article proves that, at the present time, much is left to...
Variation in DNA sequence is the basis of natural selection, and hence a study of the variation patterns in the gene sequences of a species is essential for the understanding of the mechanisms of evolution at molecular level. Introns are DNA sequences that form part of the genes but...
A research group of the UAB Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine and the UAB Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, directed by Francesc Xavier Avilés, is the coordinator of a European project aimed at studying...
Peruvians form nowadays the group of largest presence in Chile. This phenomenon has caused a rise in discrimination, xenophobia and racism among the Chilean population. Therein lays the importance of intercultural education in our society; it is as a...
Researchers of several universities, among them UAB, have analyzed the relation between the ethnobotanical knowledge of Tsimane´ mothers -an ethnic group of the Bolivian Amazon- and the health of their children. Researchers have concluded that children with mothers with...
