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• 14 October 2008 - Press release

  Harmful effects of ecstasy use found to be long-term

  

  According to the results of a study recently published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, ecstasy use causes problems with verbal fluidity, working memory and the speed that information is processed. These effects are long-term and may not disappear, even when use of the drug has ceased.

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• 13/10/2008 - Press release

  People suffering from mental disorders feel discriminated

  

  The diagnosis and treatment alone of certain mental illnesses is not enough. In the future the way in which the mentally ill are perceived within their environment must also be taken into consideration. An international study and the first carried out at local level, has shown that one of the associated effects of mental illness is a feeling of shame and social discrimination that sufferers experience simply as a result of being ill.

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• 10/10/2008 - General information

  Barcelona School on Biomedical Informatics (BSBMI 2009)

  

  It is an activity targetted at early stage researchers in the field of translational bioinformatics or biomedical informatics. In its first edition, the school will be based on the computational tools developed within the framework of two FP6 STREP projects that will be about to finish: QosCosGrid and BioBridge. More information at BSBMI 2009 web page.

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• 08/10/2008 - Press release

  IMIM researchers have generated pancreatic cells with acinar phenotypes for the first time

  

  A study directed by Anouchka Skoudy in which researchers from IMIM and UPF took part, in collaboration with other European institutions, has enabled the generation of pancreatic cells with acinar phenotypes under controlled conditions for the first time.

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• 08/10/2008 - General information

  The ERS rewards Esther Barreiro for her research in the field of COPD

  

  The European Respiratory Society (ERS) rewarded this year Esther Barreiro with the Society's annual award for research in the field of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) 2008, for her study of the role of oxidative stress in the respiratory and peripheral muscle dysfunction of COPD patients.

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• Events

  Open Day event at the Barcelona Biomedical

  

  Discover the science and the real life of researchers in the fascinating elliptical building at the beach of Barcelona. On Saturday, October 4, the large European infrastructure PRBB with more than 1.200 people doing research in biomedicine invites the public to an open day.

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• 19/09/2008 - Press release

  MHADIE: A new framework for supporting health and disability policy in Europe

  

  The Italian Foundation IRCCS Neurological Institute Carlo Besta of Milan coordinated an innovative European research that involved for three years leading international researchers and that will allow the European Union to propose to its member countries a new model for disability policy within both health, statistical and social contexts. In this project has participated the health services research group of IMIM. 

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• 16/09/2008 - Press release

  Air Pollution in Europe – A Continuing Threat to Health from the Very Air We Breathe

  

  By providing fresh information, the new Aphekom project , with the CREAL colaboration, will further elucidate the characteristics and consequences of air pollution for policy and individual decision making across Europe.

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• 04/10/2008 - Events

  Open day at PRBB

  

  Next October 4 the park will celebrate an open day for the general public. The goal of the Open Day is to present the scientific activity of the centres to the public with a celebration throughout the day. The attendants can participate in scientific experiments, visit the laboratories, assist to a science café and enjoy the final party that will close the day.

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• 01/08/2008 - Events

  Available presentations of scientific meeting on doping organized by Jordi Segura

  

  Last Tuesday 22 July, in the framework of the Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF 2008), the session ‘Doping and society: towards the perfect human machine?’ was held, with the aim of providing a general overview of the fight against doping from different viewpoints: scientific, institutional, ethical and the viewpoint of the athletes themselves.

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