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Pablo Marcos-Pardo, researcher of the Catholic University of Murcia received in Madrid the honour as coordinator of the network ‘HEALTHY-AGE: Active ageing, exercise and health’<br /> <br />
Through its Faculty of Sport, it will analyse and make proposals, together with institutions from thirteen European Countries, on how to improve in this field through marketing, administration, physical activity inside and outside school, the adaptation of sport for people with disabilities or as a tool for the inclusion of refugees.
Juan Carlos Izpisua, professor of Developmental Biology at the UCAM encourages UCAM students to do research
"The constant support by the UCAM is something unusual because in our country research is not considered important, and this makes me proud of these four years of collaboration”. This is one of the ideas highlighted by Juan Carlos Izpisua, professor extraordinary of Developmental Biology of the UCAM, throughout the presentation of the project ‘Collaboration UCAM-Primafrio: an example of scientific patronage’ that was held this afternoon in Los Jerónimos Campus.
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 UCAM has collaborated in the study 'PASOS', carried out by the Gasol Foundation, through its Research Centre on High Performance Sport, coordinating the project in Murcia, Alicante and Albacete.
The groups BIO-HPC and UKEIM of the UCAM obtain two new projects co-financed by the Séneca Foundation.
<br /> The final objective of the new business will be to investigate the development of new probiotics for the design of functional products, that have positive benefits in the health of the people<br /> Furthermore, these last generation probiotics will be proportioned to the Central Institute of Asturian Dairy for Personalized Nutrition, which allows them to continue developing new targets<br />
Last week UCAM celebrated the V session on Investigation and Doctorate “Science without Limits”, where more than two hundred national and international researchers were present, centered in eliminating the boundaries that prevent from finding solutions to the big problems of the society.
The Spanish Taekwondo player presented at UCAM progress in the investigation to detect frauds and combat them in the most efficient way, which is the objective of the doctoral thesis that the Catholic University of Murcia is doing
