Arias Badia, Marcel (Date of defense: 2017-09-29)
Oncolytic virotherapy with Adenoviruses has regained importance in the past years with the appearance of fresh and promising strategies to deal with tumors. Among the major limitations of this therapy ...
Atanasov, Kostadin Evgeniev (Date of defense: 2019-05-14)
Arabidopsis thaliana is a small ruderal weed with prominent north-hemisphere distribution. It has an autogamous style of reproduction, whereas about 3% of the natural population can exhibit outcrosses. ...
Bastías Pérez, Marianela Pía (Date of defense: 2022-11-21)
[eng] Obesity and its associated metabolic diseases are currently a priority research topic. The increase in global prevalence at different ages is having a huge economic and health impact. Genetic and ...
Montero Martín, Sara (Date of defense: 2021-11-22)
Despite the latest advances in early diagnosis and increased resources employed to develop new therapeutic options, effective control of cancer disease remains a challenge. In fact, cancer is the second ...
Gregorio Jordán, Sara (Date of defense: 2021-12-03)
Breast Cancer (BCa) is the most prevalent cancer among women worldwide. It is a very heterogeneous disease at the histological, molecular and clinical level. Consequently, different classifications are ...
Altay, Gizem (Date of defense: 2018-12-20)
Intestinal epithelium is highly specialized tissue organized into crypt-villus units relevant for their effective barrier function and nutrient absorption. In the crypt units reside the proliferative ...
Balcells Nadal, Cristina (Date of defense: 2019-12-19)
Metastasis and drug resistance represent the two main causes of therapeutic failure in oncology. In the present dissertation, the interplay between them has been interrogated using metabolomics, systems ...
Arqué Roca, Francesc Xavier (Date of defense: 2023-01-24)
[eng] Enzyme-powered motors are based on the micro- and nanosized particles that propel thanks to the chemical conversion of enzymes attached on their surface. Recently, these tiny devices have been ...
Bustos Salgado, Paola (Date of defense: 2021-06-22)
This research work was aimed at the characterization in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo of nanostructured systems which independently contain a natural flavanone extracted from Eysenhardtia platycarpa and ...
Calatayud Aristoy, Carles (Date of defense: 2017-09-14)
Despite the advances in the identification of genes and proteins involved in Parkinson’s disease (PD), there are still appreciable gaps in our understanding of the mechanisms underlying the chronic ...