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19-05-2025
Allopurinol, designated as the first orphan drug for Marfan syndrome treatment
The UB, IDIBAPS and CIBERER are promoting this important new advance in the fight against a genetic and minority disease that causes serious alterations in the cardiovascular system — such as aneurysms and rupture of the aorta — and affects around 7 out of every 100,000 people in the European Union.
Institutional
16-05-2025
The University of Barcelona participates in the new Future4Alliances project to boost European universities
It is one of nine universities that are part of the initiative, which is promoted by thirty ministries and public bodies in several countries.
Institutional
15-05-2025
The University of Barcelona Clínic Health Campus project moves forward
The Rector briefs the Governing Council on developments related to this project and on the negotiation of the EU funding framework programme, among other issues.
Research
15-05-2025
A study analyses the causes of university procrastination and proposes strategies to reduce its academic and emotional impact
The paper, published in the Journal of Further and Higher Education, identifies how time management, personality and psychological distress influence the tendency to procrastinate on academic tasks. The study is signed by Adrien Faure-Carvallo, Sergio Nieto-Fernández, Caterina Calderón and Josep Gustems, researchers at the University of Barcelona.
Research
12-05-2025
Science and TV cameras in the middle of Arctic glaciers
Scientists and journalists take part in a UB expedition to study glaciers in northern Greenland.
Culture
15-05-2025
Hispania, the engine of Roman imperial wealth: a fresh look at the economy of antiquity
University of Barcelona Editions publishes Economía de la Hispania romana. Paisajes de producción y dinámicas comerciales, which analyses the nature and evolution of the economy of an imperial territory that integrated the ecological and cultural diversity of the Mediterranean world and its periphery.
Divulgation
14-05-2025
Xavier Giménez and Meritxell Aulinas, honoured for their scientific dissemination tasks
The lecturer from the Faculty of Chemistry and the lecturer from the Faculty of Earth Sciences received the 11th and 12th Award for the best UB dissemination activity at a ceremony that also included the awarding of the Doctors’ Senate Award and the extraordinary doctoral awards.
Research
14-05-2025
Researchers develop a potential new drug for Alzheimer’s and pain treatment
An international study led by the UB has shown cognitive and analgesic effects in early mouse trials.