Middle age and childhood stress linked to Alzheimer’s risk later in life
A study led by ISGlobal follows 1,290 people with a family history of Alzheimer’s disease and links stress to several biomarkers of the disease. Stress also seems to affect men and women differently.
The master builder: DNA is nothing except in the presence of cellular components
Cells, and not DNA, are the master builders of life, says MELIS-UPF researcher Alfonso Martínez-Arias in his book “The master builder”. Marc Güell, another researcher at the institution, tells us more in this book review.
The XIX edition of the PRBB Award honours a study on Leigh syndrome
A total of 232 works in the life sciences were submitted in this year’s edition of this competition for high school students. The 5 finalists and the 3 mentions visited the Park last Friday to receive their awards.
(Very) young scientists present their research on the sea at the PRBB
In its 11th edition, the science congress brought together more than 1,500 pupils aged between 5 and 12 for a week at the PRBB. Currents, salinity and microplastics were some of the topics on which the students’ research was based.
