IIS BIODONOSTIA, ONE OF THE CENTRES LEADING THE PATH TAKEN BY ITEMAS TO CERTIFY ITS NODES

The Medical Innovation Technology Platform (ITEMAS), promoted by the Carlos III Health Institute, aims to foment, detect and channel innovation as a fundamental tool to make the National Healthcare System more sustainable. It is made up of over one thousand professionals, spread out between 31 innovation nodes, with the participation of 67 ... + info

RESEARCHERS FROM BIODONOSTIA AND DONOSTIA OSAKIDETZA HOSPITAL STUDY THE POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COMPOSITION OF DIGESTIVE SYSTEM MICROORGANISMS AND MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

Over the next two years, the samples needed to make progress in research will be collected at the Donostia University Hospital, and will be processed and stored at the Biodonostia Institute. The study shall be conducted by a consortium of researches from the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, Germany and the government, in this case ... + info

RELAUNCH OF THE BIOZIENTZIAK GIPUZKOA FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF THE BIOMEDICAL SECTOR

The Biozientziak Gipuzkoa Fundazioa Foundation is a joint initiative of the Regional Government of Gipuzkoa and Kutxa, created at the end of 2011. It was decided to relaunch it to act as a “development and dynamism” factor in this field in the region. Last year, sponsorship was renewed, bylaws were re-defined to adapt them to […]

IIS BIODONOSTIA’S LIVER DISEASE GROUP DISCOVERS THE IMPORTANT ROLE OF THE SOX17 GENE IN BILIARY CANCER

The prestigious international scientific magazine Journal of Hepatology, one of the best in this speciality, recently published a research work conducted by the Osakidetza IIS Biodonostia Liver Disease group, proving the important role of the SOX17 gene, both in normal biliary epithelium development and in the malignancy process. The study ... + info

BIODONOSTIA RESEARCHERS INTERVIEWED ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

Researchers from Biodonostia María Caffarel, Idoia García and Matxus Perugorria were interviewed by the Newspaper Noticias de Gipuzkoa in celebration of International Women’s Day last 8 March. The interview states their vision, as female researchers, on issues such as work-life balance, maternity discrimination, and leadership, which ... + info