BiSc in the media!
BiSC in the media! It has already been several times that BiSC has appeared in the media (radio, press, and television), both nationally and internationally, and that we are still in the recruitment phase and we have not yet been able to start exploiting results! It is very important for BiSC and for all scientific projects, to promote and disseminate all new knowledge, to allow the scientific world [...]
The second newsletter of the BiSC project!
The second newsletter of the BiSC project! Today we sent the second newsletter of the project by e-mail to the BiSC volunteers. Following the format of the previous newsletter, you can find interviews, a collection of news published on the web, news and a small creative corner, among others. In this second edition, the BiSC team updates us on the current situation of the project as well as [...]
Two years from the start of the project, THANK YOU !!
Two years from the start of the project, THANK YOU !! In October 2018 we began the inclusion of the first participants of the BiSC study in the different participating hospitals. From the beginning we have been adapting to circumstances, the main one being the COVID-19 Pandemic, and yet we have always had the main driver: the predisposition and interest of volunteering mothers !! Making this project has [...]
The scientific research has not stopped!
The scientific research has not stopped! The Obstetrics and Gynecology team at Sant Pau Hospital, which is part of the BiSC project, together with ISGlobal, have recently published (September 2020) a review on the effects of exposure to pollution during pregnancy on placental development and risk of developing preeclampsia. They concluded that being exposed to air pollution and noise is associated with greater placental dysfunction and a higher [...]
We keep moving forward with the 32 week hospital visit!
We keep moving forward with the 32 week hospital visit! Despite the pandemic, the BISC project and all the professionals involved have not stopped, on the contrary, they have adapted to the new regulations that COVID 19 has generated. To date, the project has 811 volunteer patients enrolled, and 437 environmental visits carried out, respecting all security measures. In fact, during the confinement, the field workers have left [...]
The BiSC project appears in the first program of the documentary series ‘Natural’!
The BiSC project appears in the first program of the documentary series ‘Natural’! The BiSC project was invited to participate in the first program of the documentary series 'Natural' that is broadcast weekly on "La Sexta". The program used the decline in the number of sparrows in cities as a leitmotif of a program that highlighted the negative effects of air pollution, noise, electromagnetic radiation and lack of [...]
The BiSC project readjusts the timing and follow-up tests of babies to the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
The BiSC project is readjusting to the context of the COVID-19 pandemic! As in many other professional fields, and also in our personal lives, the COVID-19 pandemic has also forced the readjustment of the BiSC Project. The research team and the group of field workers who make the project possible have had to readjust the contact and interaction with future mothers, the collection of biological samples, the measures [...]
The BiSC project will obtain genetic data from mothers and their babies
The BiSC project will obtain genetic data from mothers and their babies! The BiSC project has secured funding from the Carlos III Institute of Health (ISCIII) to be able to genotype mothers and their babies. Genotyping consists of determining for each individual which variant (or shape) has a specific position of the DNA sequence, among all the possible variants existing in the population. The new project will determine [...]