Stay tuned with BiSC social media
Stay up to date with BiSC social media Do you already know the different networks from which you can keep up to date with the progress and new information about the BiSC project? Our website is always available and updated so that you can keep up to date with the progress of the project of which so many mothers and children are a part, but we also have other [...]
Let’s start analyzing exposure to noise pollution!
Let's start analyzing exposure to noise pollution! During weeks 12 and 32 of pregnancy, BiSC participants received a home visit from our fieldworkers. In these visits, among other tasks, the exposure to environmental pollution in the home of pregnant women was measured. This exposure was measured with the help of different devices that recorded various parameters related to atmospheric pollution: air, and acoustic pollution, noise. And the latter is [...]
Jordi Sunyer, researcher at BiSC, receives the Title of Honorary Doctor from the University of Hasselt
Jordi Sunyer Receives the Title of Honorary Doctor from the University of Hasselt Jordi Sunyer, one of the main epidemiologists that leads the BiSC project, has received an honorary degree for his work on the importance of air quality and green environments in children's cognitive development. The Faculty of Science at the University of Hasselt (UHasselt), in Belgium, has awarded an honorary doctorate to the environmental epidemiologist Jordi Sunyer, [...]
What tests are performed during the 4-year visit?
4 year old visit This month of May we have started collecting data from the 4 years of BiSC children. We do this through a very complete face-to-face visit, in which we collect information about the health, habits and neuropsychological and anthropometric data of children, as well as information on the health status of BiSC mothers and fathers. In this post we want to share with you a brief explanation [...]
The BiSC biobank stores more than 68,000 aliquots of biological samples
The BiSC biobank stores more than 68,000 aliquots of biological samples At BiSC we have biological samples of different types, collected from the mother's pregnancy up to 18 months. On the one hand, we collected samples of urine, blood, hair, vaginal swab, rectal smears and nails from the mothers. From the blood samples we obtained different derivatives: serum, plasma, buffy coat and red cells. The buffy coat, for [...]
This May we finish the 18-month follow-up!
This May we finish the 18-month follow-up! From the BiSC project team, we announce that the 18-month follow-up ends this May! This means that all BiSC boys and girls have already completed their first year and a half of life, after more than 2 and a half years since the first visit at that age. The "star" test of this visit was the Bayley scale, which the BiSC families [...]
We present preliminary BiSC results at the Health Effects Institute conference
We present preliminary BiSC results at the Health Effects Institute conference At BiSC we have been working hard for many months refining all the data that we are collecting in the different monitorings. The data collected in the prenatal period is already in a very advanced state and we can start with the first analyzes to assess how various environmental factors, lifestyles and other parameters affect the development of children. [...]
WE ALREADY HAVE THE NEUROSONOGRAPHY DATA OF BiSC!
WE ALREADY HAVE THE NEUROSONOGRAPHY DATA OF BiSC! As you know, one of the aims of the BiSC project is to investigate the effects of early exposure to various environmental factors on fetal neurodevelopment. During the follow-up of the project volunteers, a complete ultrasound was performed to collect parameters of the fetal brain anatomy at the 3rd trimester visit at each of the collaborating hospitals: Hospital de Sant Pau i [...]