Cancer

16 April 2025

Julián Pardo Jimeno: “It is essential to collaborate with the right professionals and work in multidisciplinary teams.”

In this interview, the IIS Aragón researcher talks about his work leading the 'Immunotherapy, Inflammation, Infection and Cancer (I3C)' group (GIIS055) and the main challenges they face.
7 April 2025

Interview with Alberto J. Schuhmacher: "I don't like the war on cancer being talked about outside the laboratory."

Today, Aragón interviews Alberto Jiménez Schuhmacher, Principal Investigator of the Molecular Oncology Group at the IIS Aragón, where he is developing a cancer diagnostic technique known as "virtual biopsy" and another fluorescence-guided surgery technique. His goal is to achieve more efficient and less invasive diagnosis of the most lethal brain tumors, pancreatic cancer, and certain childhood tumors.
20 March, 2025

Breastfeeding attenuates the genetic predisposition to obesity in adolescence

The 'Growth, exercise, nutrition and development (GENUD)' group (GIIS066) from the IIS Aragón and the University of Zaragoza has published a study in the journal Pediatric Obesity highlighting the protective role of breastfeeding against obesity, after analyzing data from 715 European adolescents.
17 March, 2025

Pre-registration for the IV Meeting of Young Cancer Researchers (EJIC)

The 2025th edition of the Meeting of Young Cancer Researchers (EJIC) 5 will take place on June 6, 7, and 2025, 21, in the city of Calatayud (Zaragoza). Pre-registration closes on March XNUMX.
10 March, 2025

Aspirin, a new ally against cancer: metastasis is stopped in a novel experiment with mice

This common drug can prevent T cells from being inhibited, improving their ability to destroy cancer cells. Ángel Lanas, scientific director of the IIS Aragón, explains this to Science Media Centre.
14 February, 2025

More than a thousand schoolchildren from Teruel learn about vitamins from two young scientists

On the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, this scientific activity was held on February 11 with researchers Rebeca Sanz and Raquel Ibáñez. The event took place at the Urrea de Gaén school and was followed online live in a total of 22 schools.