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New molecules inhibiting the formation of biofilm by different opportunistic pathogens

Researchers from the Bacterial Pathogenesis and Antimicrobials group of the Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina (IBB) and the

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The risks of anticoagulants during COVID-19 infection

Anticoagulants are drugs used in people at high risk of blood clots to reduce their risk. This study, which has the collaboration of the UAB, has compared the risk of suffering a stroke or pulmonary embolism, pneumonia, being admitted to hospital,...

Alcohol consumption expectations in university students: the APNE scale

Young adulthood is a stage of changes in social environments and responsibilities, being the age threshold with the highest alcohol consumption in Spain. A study led by the Departments of Clinical and...

Computational neural networks parameterizing pain

The parameterization of pain varies according to the culture or the disease of the patient. Health personnel are in charge of evaluating the pain faces of hospitalized patients to make decisions about medication. The following study by the UAB proposes the use of trained...

Management and organization of activist profiles with a collective identity on social networks

Social media has facilitated the rise of digital activism, but individualistic logics and the high pace of publication make it difficult for the unity establishment of the feminist...

The chemistry of Hg (I): a structural study

Mercury (Hg) is a metal capable of forming various polycations with various geometries. In this work of the Area of Inorganic Chemistry, the synthesis and characterization of Hg2(Pip)2, a Hg (I) compound with aromatic ligands and...

The interaction of ALDH1A3 with ATP: new evidence for its role in cancer, diabetes, and obesity

Human aldehyde dehydrogenase 1A3 (ALDH1A3) is an enzyme that binds ATP, as well as a biomarker of tumor-initiating cells responsible for resistance to chemotherapy....

Slow and steady wins the race: a tale of molecules dancing in a different way

Macroscopic equilibrium phenomena require microscopic movement of molecules. Until now, the dynamics of liquids had been described considering a single type of movement known as...

Citizen involvement in smart cities

Smart technologies offer the potential to provide innovative solutions to urban challenges, but they also carry the risk of embedding and amplifying existing social divisions. While smart innovation is often championed as of benefit to “the general citizen”, the degree to which...

UAB participates in OXIPRO EU project: A new opportunity to contribute to more environment-friendly consumer products

In a European society increasingly concerned about the environment, OXIPRO arises as a project whose objective is to contribute to the...