Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute

Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute

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C/ del Dr. Aiguader, 88, 08003 Barcelona

addictions, Alzheimer's, big data, cancer, behavioural sciences, covid-19, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, rare diseases, ageing, epidemiology, STDs, immunology, microbiology, neuroscience, mental health, AIDS / HIV
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David Collantes Lafuente
Head of Communication
dcollantes@psmar.cat
932483537

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SMC participants

Head of the Stem Cell and Cancer Research Group at the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM)

Professor of Public Health in the Department of Medicine and Life Sciences (MELIS) at Pompeu Fabra University, researcher at the Centre for Occupational Health Research (CISAL) at IMIM-PSMar, and scientific director of the Ibero-American Observatory on Occupational Safety and Health

Coordinator of the Research Group on Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer and Stem Cells at IMIM-Hospital del Mar

Researcher at the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), professor of public health at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and author of the book Vive más y mejor

Research director

Contents related to this centre
cancer

Research to be published in the journal Nature identifies and characterizes the cells responsible for relapse in colon cancer. In addition, it proposes revising clinical guidelines and administering immunotherapy before surgery to try to avoid them

uniform

Researchers have analysed the presence of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in 72 textile products purchased online in the US and Canada in 2020 and 2021. The results, published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology Letters, show high concentrations in school uniforms and higher concentrations in 100 % cotton as opposed to synthetics. 
 

PFAS

A review of studies in rodents and humans examines the relationship between exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and liver damage.