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A team of scientists led by Juan Carlos Izpisúa, director of the Gene Expression Laboratory at Salk Institute in the USA and Extraordinary Professor of Developmental Biology at UCAM, has developed a method, with unprecedented efficiency, that makes it possible to obtain pancreatic β-cells suitable for autotransplantation from human iPS cells.
The results of the study, published today in the Nature Communications journal, represent a major step forward that will benefit athletes and the elderly in particular
The founder of the National Transplant Organisation gave the master class to the students of the 10th edition of the Master’s Degree in Health Services Management and Planning, directed by Dr Mariano Guerrero
The findings on cellular communication hold promise for early human development, disease progression and aging, as well as organ transplantation and for testing therapeutics
It can analyze 96 samples at the same time, identifying Sars-CoV-2 with its variants, influenza viruses, adenoviruses and other human coronaviruses. In only 15 minutes it starts giving results and in three hours it finishes all the samples.
The research that UCAM is carrying out with its own funds has collected around fifteen thousand euros in contributions through the FECYT crowdfunding platform Precipita, which belongs to the Ministry of Science and Innovation.
The project, included in the Precipita platform of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT), which belongs to the Ministry of Science and Innovation, is directed by the UCAM researchers Juan Carlos Izpisúa, Professor of Developmental Biology; José Meca, neurologist and Head of Unit at the Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca and Estrella Núñez, vice-chancellor for Research
The research team led by the Professor of the Gene Expression Laboratory of the Salk Institute, in the US, and Professor of Developmental Biology of the UCAM has observed, after testing the technique (SATI) in mice with progeria (premature ageing), a rejuvenation in various tissues, including skin and spleen, and 45% increase in their lifespan, which would be equivalent to more than a decade in case of humans. The advance has been published by the scientific journal Cell Research.
The doctor, researcher and lecturer at UCAM and director of the Genetic Expression Laboratory of the Salk Institute (California), specializes in mother cells, genetic therapy, and ageing and regenerating tissues.
