Loading...Short stories that are shared among the admitted patients. This is the program, ‘Prescribing readings‘ which is held in the High Resolution Hospital of Guadix (Granada). An initiative to encourage reading thanks to the collaboration of the hospital with the municipal library of Guadix.
Quality of life for Crohn’s disease patients thanks to a stem cells treatment
The Colorectal Surgery Unit of the Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, based in Seville, has successfully applied a stem cells shot as treatment against the frequent and painful anal fissures suffered by Crohn’s disease patients. 49 international health centres participate in this clinical trial, under the leadership of this Sevilian hospital.
Non-invasive diagnosis to detect cancer with a new ultrasound technique
Researchers from the University of Granada have designed a new ultrasound technique that would allow for the non-invasive diagnosis of diseases such as cancer. The European Society of Biomechanics awarded this work in 2017.
More effective breast cancer treatments through microcapsules that transport an antitumor drug
Scientists have used microgels for the first time, developed using gold spheres, in order to better the treatment of breast cancer. Investigators at the universities of Granada and Malaga have managed to transport an antitumor drug in these hollow microcapsules and have successfully tested this on cultures of tumour cells.
