Placenta samples are ready!
Placenta samples are ready! Did you know that the placenta is a completely temporary organ, which is formed from scratch during implantation, and is completely expelled when giving birth? In the BiSC project, we know that the placenta is a very special tissue, which is why we want to study it in depth! As you know, during all months of monitoring the BiSC project, teams from partner hospitals [...]
The visit of 18 months, a very complete visit !!
The visit of 18 months, a very complete visit !! The BiSC Project has already visited more than 200 of the children who have reached the age of 18 months. This visit is very complete as it collects a whole set of data including different perspectives on children's development as well as some of the variables involved. Around the age of 18 months of their children, the volunteers [...]
We start new noise measurements at residential addresses!
We start new noise measurements at residential addresses! In order to recover prenatal information that due to confinement we were not able to obtain, we will begin to make noise measurements at the homes of volunteer families during the 6-month visit of the baby where we will install a computer called "sound level meter". We will also repeat measurements in some homes to see if the noise has [...]
Let’s go back with the batteries recharged!
Let's go back with the batteries recharged! After these summer months, holidays and disconnection, the BiSC team is back "charged" with more energy than ever. We are about to reach the end of one of the most important stages of the study: the prenatal stage. This past August we made the last visits of 32 weeks of pregnancy and in the coming weeks, we will reach all the [...]
We wish you a good summer from the entire BiSC team !
The BiSC team wishes you a happy summer and a nice holiday! The last text before reopening the news section in September is a reflection that Maria Torres, predoctoral researcher for the BiSC project, wanted to share with all of you. Summer is coming again and with it, a well-deserved holiday for everyone. This year, it has continued to be weird and unusual. To be able to deal [...]
COVID19 and maternal and child mental health within BiSC (MOOD-COVID)
We completed the collection of data from the study of confinement, COVID19 and maternal and child mental health within BiSC (MOOD-COVID) The MOOD-COVID study studies the effects of COVID19 confinement and pandemic on maternal and child health within the BiSC population and is funded by the AXA Research Fund. To obtain the data, during the confinement of March to June 2020, 5 successive surveys were conducted on the [...]
BISCAPE, the pollution measurement campaign of the BiSC project!
BISCAPE, the pollution measurement campaign of the BiSC project! From the BiSC Project we have just launched the campaign called BISCAPE (Barcelona Life Cohort Study Air Pollution Exposure) to measure the levels of air pollution in various parts of the city of Barcelona and the metropolitan area simultaneously. Air pollution is a complex mixture of hundreds of pollutants from various sources (vehicles, industry, etc.). Numerous research studies have [...]
The chemical exposome in BiSC
The chemical exposome in BiSC! Exposome is defined as the set of environmental exposures to which an individual is exposed from conception to the end of life. The exposure is therefore complex and dynamic as it changes over time. One dimension of this exposome is the chemical compounds, to which we are exposed on a daily basis. More than 140,000 new commercial chemicals have been synthesized since 1950, [...]