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Lactadherin protein with two sides
In the framework of World Breast Cancer Day, Commemorated on October 19 of each year, the Dra. Lorena Lobos, researcher at the Centre for advanced chronic diseases (ACCDIS) and the Center for Regenerative Medicine of the University of Development reported on the latest scientific advances of its research, who together with his team study the protein called "Lactadherin" and its relationship with the generation of tumors and metastases in breast cancer.
Science to the Meson 2022: “Obesity, inflammation and chronic diseases: under study
With a new line of research in ACCDiS we begin this 2022 with Science at the Mesón. The guest is Mariana Cifuentes, who will tell us about his research that seeks to know the mechanisms within adipose tissue and in its communication with other cells and organs. Now in new house in the Museum of Chemistry and Pharmacy Professor […]
Professor Sergio Lavandero: "The basis of change is to have a better education"
The outstanding researcher and son of public education was unanimously awarded the National Prize for Natural Sciences 2022. The award was given in recognition of his 35 years of outstanding scientific career, Research, clinical and academic, especially in the field of pathophysiology and chronic diseases. The current vice president of the […]
Gold nanorods shed new light on Alzheimer's disease
Age-related diseases, as Alzheimer's disease, are becoming more frequent and could affect more than 130 million by 2050. During the aging process, overproduction of beta-amyloid peptides (Aβ) leads to the formation of different types of aggregates in the brain. While the advanced stages of the disease […]
Our researcher Sandra Cortés leads the research that seeks to study social determinants of health in Concón, Quintero and Puchuncaví
The study will be developed by the Department of Public Health of the PUC and its objective is to know the prevalence of certain diseases in the population over one year of age in the territory.
Director of the Molina hospital and the Mauco project: "The UCM has been very important"
The Catholic University of Maule is a central collaborator of the first project in Chile that investigates since 2014 the factors that influence or prevent the development of chronic diseases, for which 10 thousand residents of the commune of Molina are included, in the Maule region.