Researchers from the IDIBELL and the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) have shown that administration of genetically modified mesenchymal stem cells regenerates lung tissue and stops the inflammatory process in mice with acute lung injury.
May 31st marks the World Day against Snuff. So we wanted to know more about the work done by Anna Riccobenne leading the consultation Tobacco Control Unit of the ICO. Program Smoke Free IDIBELL offers Anna's help to quit smoking. She has explained which the keys to quit are.
April 24 marks the World Day of laboratory animals. Everybody thinks about mice but IDIBELL also works with other animal models such as worms, pigs or frogs and others.
The researcher Artur Llobet of the cellular and molecular neurobiology group is working with a species of frog, Xenopus tropicalis, able to regenerate brain functions.