Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) is the most extreme form of unhealthy alcohol use. It is associated with liver-related problems, among other alterations. A study carried out by the Addiction...
The results of a study which has examined the relationship between blood concentrations or levels of several persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and self-rated health (SRH) show that people with higher...
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder is the main cause of preventable non-genetic mental retardation. Until today the diagnosis of alcohol exposure has been based on questionnaires and biomarkers of alcohol consumption. It is important to...
Fernando Rodríguez de Fonseca (IBIMA Institute - Regional University Hospital of Malaga) gave a seminar at the UAB Institut de Neurociències (INC)...
Inclusion bodies or amyloids are nanostructured protein aggregates produced inside a cell, frequent in certain bacteria, and with interesting biomedical applications such as drug protein delivery. Until now, the use of inclusion bodies was limited by the presence of own toxins from the...
Exotic plants can strongly affect the composition, structure and functioning of the invaded ecosystems and it seems that they are able to change their own chemical composition and toxicity. To determine whether these changes actually take place, the Chemical Ecology and...
The important impact on fertility, growth and disease that the mineral status of living things has is often underestimated in wildlife. The results of a study on macro and trace mineral concentrations in liver samples show that Pyrenean chamois...
Detection of prenatal exposure to drugs of abuse is critical to ensure adequate monitoring of the affected children. A doctoral dissertation defended at the UAB compares the utility of maternal hair and meconium in detecting prenatal...
