A new follow-up visit at 24 months where an electroencephalography (EEG) test is performed!
A new follow-up visit at 24 months where an electroencephalography (EEG) test is performed! The BiSC project, in collaboration with the Cognition and Brain Plasticity Unit of the University of Barcelona, has begun a new follow-up visit at 24 months. This visit will include an electroencephalography (EEG) test while the children listen to sounds and play a learning game in front of the computer. EEG is a completely [...]
The BiSC 2022 scientific meeting was held on March 11!
Celebration of the BiSC Scientific Meeting 2022 The 2022 BiSC scientific meeting was held on Friday, March 11, a meeting of the entire team and collaborators of the Barcelona Life Study Cohort (BiSC). Two years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the BiSC team has met again in person. The aim of the day was to bring together the whole team, share the status of the project, [...]
The ALTER project will analyze the intestinal microbiota of BiSC children
The ALTER project will analyze the intestinal microbiota of BiSC children The set of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and other microorganisms that live in a particular habitat make up what is known as a microbiota. We can find microbiota in our environment (in the leaf of a tree, in volcanic rock, in the Arctic ice ...), as well as in our organism (in the skin, in the intestine, in [...]
The mask, has come to stay?
The mask, has come to stay? Air pollution is an invisible enemy, but the cause of 1 in 5 deaths worldwide (according to a report published in 2018 by Environmental Research). However, not all exposures, harmful particles, and risks are the same. The most harmful and dangerous is PM2.5, which are particles so small (less than 2.5 microns) that they can penetrate most of the body's tissues. Depending [...]
The BiSC biorepository
The BiSC biorepository For over two years we have been collecting prenatal and birth samples from BiSC mothers and babies. We collected urine, blood, hair, feces, nails, vaginal and rectal samples from mothers. And we also collected meconium, cord blood and baby placentas. The image below shows you the total samples collected. We are currently inventorying in a computer program the samples we have stored in the freezers [...]
New publication on tobacco waste in children
New publication on tobacco waste in children The results of a study conducted by the University of San Diego and the University of Cincinnati in the United States on the presence of nicotine residues in the hands of boys and girls were published on February 7. The article, published in the journal JAMA Network Open (1), shows that both children living in exposed and non-smoking environments have nicotine [...]
Green light for a new visit at 28 months old!
Green light for a new visit at 28 months old! We are pleased to announce that we are incorporating a new baby monitoring visit for the BiSC Project. As you all know, the goal of our project is to assess the effect of pollution on children's neurodevelopment. This development is measured at 8 and 18 months of infants, and now also at 28 months. This new visit will [...]
Placentas road to New York!
Placentas road to New York!! If you are a BISC volunteer you have probably donated your placenta to the study and you may be wondering where it is now or what became of it and we have to tell you that… They are in New York! The placenta is a very special organ since it is formed from scratch when implantation begins and is completely expelled during childbirth. [...]