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13/03/2026

Vesicles from the fat surrounding the prostate reveal a new mechanism that promotes prostate cancer

A study by IRB Catalunya Sud (formerly IISPV) and Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII de Tarragona has discovered that these vesicles act differently depending on tumour aggressiveness, opening new possibilities for future therapeutic strategies. Prostate cancer is the most common tumour...
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13/03/2026

Jordi Gracia-Sancho joins the IISPV as head of the new hepatology research group to promote precision medicine in the region

The researcher Jordi Gracia-Sancho, an international reference in the study of liver diseases, is joining the Institut d’Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili (IISPV) as the head of the new hepatology research group. His aim is to strengthen biomedical research...
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13/03/2026

Twenty students from the Mare de Déu del Carme School in Tarragona visit the IISPV facilities in Reus.

The students had the opportunity to learn first-hand how biomedical research is carried out and to discover the role of professionals who work to improve people’s health The Pere Virgili Institute for Health Research (IISPV) welcomed, this Friday 6 February...
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11/03/2026

An experimental model reproduces the creeping fat associated with Crohn’s disease and helps its study

A team of researchers from the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) and the Biomedical Research Institute of Southern Catalonia (IRB CatSud, formerly IISPV) has published a study in the scientific journal Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. The study describes an...
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10/03/2026

Extra virgin olive oil promotes cognitive health through the gut microbiota

The Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), with the participation of the Institut de Recerca Biomèdica Catalunya Sud (IRB CatSud, formerly IISPV), has taken part in a pioneering study showing that consuming extra virgin olive oil may help preserve cognitive...
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10/03/2026

La Lliga Contra el Càncer and the IISPV join forces to boost cancer research

• To coincide with World Cancer Day, a collaboration agreement with an initial duration of four years has been signed. • La Lliga will make an initial contribution of 68,000 euros to support cancer research projects at the Institut. The Institut d’Investigaci...
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