Javier Luque is the father of Antonio, a boy from Cordova with cerebral palsy. Since 2004 they have completed the Camino de Santiago together several times, and from this the project DisCamino was created. DisCamino hopes to facilitate the creation of an accessible route, and their next challenge is the Spanish Vuelta Ciclista.
Month: March 2016
Pablo Huertas, on the front line of European Molecular Biology
The Sevillian Pablo Huertas has been sure from a young age. At seven years old he decided that he wanted to be a biologist. Today now established as a leading scientist, he has been appointed by the European Organisation of Molecular Biology as one of the 23 young researchers with the greatest continental impact in […]
Justo Sánchez, ecological wine farming as a way of life
As a farmer, Justo Sánchez had to change his lifestyle in 1995 due to health reasons. He worked in greenhouse agriculture, which at the time used many chemical products, and his health became seriously affected following three separate intoxications. The doctors prevented him from using these types of chemicals. So, with his family’s support, he […]
Researchers patent a new method to identify the cells that cause metastasis
Scientists from the University of Granada and the Andalusian Health Service, part of the Genome Centre of Oncological Investigation (Genyo), have created a new method which allows them, using a blood sample, to identify the cells that cause metastasis, which has an 80% mortality rate. This research is opening the door to creating new medicine […]