science

November 13, 2024

ASEICA organizes a “Week of Science in Cancer” with an international congress that will bring together 400 experts

The activities of the “Science Week” in Zaragoza will run from 12 to 16 November 2024. In addition to various informative days and meetings between patients and researchers, several grants will be awarded for cancer research worth a total of 345.000 euros.
Augusts 14, 2024

A large genomic map of colorectal cancer seeks to improve its treatment

The development of this atlas has been possible thanks to the complete genome sequencing of 2023 colon tumors. The data generated from the analysis is accessible to the scientific community.
Augusts 13, 2024

New scales to measure optimal vitamin D levels

Despite being essential for health, new guidelines from the Endocrine Society suggest that measuring and supplementing vitamin D in the general population may be unnecessary as its benefits are not supported by science.
November 28, 2023

Science believes that men excel over women in some spatial skills and with virtual reality the differences would be reduced

Spanish researchers, part of the IIS Aragón, point out that thanks to immersive technologies, skills that are disparate between men and women can be malleable.
October 9, 2023

Researchers from IIS Aragón participate in an international work that links the importance of treating hypertension in the elderly to preventing dementia

The Spanish researchers belong to the GIIS030 Liaison Psychiatry Group of the Aragón Health Research Institute, the University of Zaragoza, the Lozano Blesa University Clinical Hospital and the CIBERSAM of the Carlos III Health Institute.
October 5, 2023

Aragón launches a pilot project for the early detection of eating disorders with the help of IIS Aragón

The project will be developed within the framework of a research project of the Aragon Health Research Institute through the APE Foundation.
October 3, 2023

Carlos Martín, microbiologist who develops the Spanish vaccine against tuberculosis: “We do not want to kill the bacteria, but rather train it”

The professor of microbiology and researcher at the IIS Aragón, leads the research that seeks a Spanish vaccine for tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis).