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The Jordi Gol Institute for Research in Primary Care (IDIAP) and Bioiberica Farma have signed a five-year research partnership agreement. Its objective is to boost biomedical research in the field of primary care, and, to be more precise, in the field of osteoarthritis. This partnership project aims to achieve new research milestones in the field of joint care.
On April 16-20, 2012, the XIII National Congress in Horticulture Science was held at Almería, Spain. Horticulture constitutes more than 70% of all agricultural output, and Almeria, one of the main horticulture areas in all of Europe, hosts a large concentration of national and transnational companies belonging to the agricultural and agro-food sectors.
In the white paper on Dysgen, a group of veterinarians specializing in trauma, orthopedic surgery and rehabilitation offer clinical practice advice based on the first results of the Dysgen test for growing dogs. Dysgen is a DNA chip test that predicts the risk of developing hip dysplasia from a blood sample.
The uncontrolled formation of new blood vessels in the synovial membrane (angiogenesis) may increase joint inflammation. Inflammation is associated to loss of cartilage tissue and pain, which causes rapid progression of the disease.
The contest aims to raise awareness of the diagnosis and treatment of osteoarthritis among gynecologists and resident physicians specializing in gynecologyThe prizes were awarded during the National Congress of the Spanish Association for the study of Menopause (AEEM) that is being held in Alicante.