Biology & biomedicine Success stories
A sensor allows monitoring renal lithiasis at home
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09 May 2014
A robust, precise and low-cost sensor allows accurate and quick analysis of urinary pH testing. Developed at the Instituto de Microelectrónica de Barcelona (IMB-CNM) of the CSIC, it will be implemented within the first easy-to-use device, suitable for use by lithiasic patients at home. This device is being developed by the company Devicare and is based on a patent by the Universitat de les Illes Balears.
ComFuturo, partnership between companies and science
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05 Feb 2014
The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the Fundación General CSIC have launched the program ComFuturo, which supposes an alliance between the CSIC and the companies.
A peptide that restores telomerase activity, proxime accessit in the best patents competition
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30 Nov 2011
A patent obtained by CSIC, and two spanish universities (UAM and UPV) has been distinguished as a proxime accessit in the the madri+d best patents competition. The development, a peptide that can restore the telomerase function, is a good example of new medical research based on cellular therapies. The scientists, Rosario Perona and her team, are co-working with the company Advanced Medical Projects to transform that protein fragment into a drug.
