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The Eurecat technology centre is seeking 80 volunteers aged between 40 and 70 with mild and persistent knee pain to evaluate the effect of a nutritional supplement on the reduction of joint pain, one of the most prevalent conditions in the population and a major cause of disability. The project, called Agartrosis, will allow [...]
The Eurecat technology centre has demonstrated, at a preclinical level, the neuroprotective effects and cognitive performance–enhancing properties of polyphenol-rich extracts obtained from red onion skins, chicory leaves, and vine and olive pruning residues, as a starting point for the development of ingredients that can be transferred to nutritional products with beneficial effects on mental [...]
Biotechnology is “leading a transformation that is impacting human nutrition, human and animal health, industrial processes and green agri-food”, areas which this year will be marked by innovation “integrating sustainability, digitalisation and new ways of producing ingredients and foods”, advances the Scientific Director of the Biotechnology Area of the Eurecat technology center, Francesc Puiggròs. [...]
The Eurecat technology centre is coordinating the European project HYPIEND, an international initiative promoting a study aimed at children aged 6 to 8, with the goal of understanding and preventing the impact of endocrine disruptors on child development and helping to reduce exposure to these chemical compounds that interfere with the hormonal system. As [...]
The Eurecat technology centre is providing new insights into the transition to menopause with the identification of more than 140 potential biomarkers in a preclinical study carried out in collaboration with the Rovira i Virgili University (URV) and the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO). These findings could pave the way for the design [...]
The Eurecat technology centre is leading the MicroWorld Puertos project, which aims to identify and characterize bacteria capable of biodegrading microplastics and nanoplastics present in the sea, one of today’s major environmental challenges. The research will be carried out at the Port of Tarragona and at La Pineda beach, with the objective of ensuring [...]
The Eurecat technology centre has carried out, in collaboration with the technology centre AZTI, a clinical study involving elder people that lays the groundwork for advancing towards precision nutrition for this population group. The aim is to help combat age-related problems such as the progressive loss of muscle mass, strength and function associated with [...]
The Eurecat technology centre has demonstrated the photoprotective and anti-inflammatory potential of polyphenol-rich extracts from agricultural by-products such as chicory leaves, red onion skins, vine prunings and olive prunings, proving their effectiveness in three-dimensional in vitro models equivalent to human skin exposed to UV-B radiation in a paper recently published in the Journal of [...]
The Eurecat technology centre is developing several technologies to drive innovation in food, such as a new automated digester which will enable the food industry to analyse the digestibility and nutritional quality of new protein sources. The digester simulates the human digestive system and allows in vitro laboratory testing of the digestibility and protein [...]
At the Vitafoods Europe trade fair in Barcelona, the Eurecat technology centre is presenting advanced molecular technologies and studies for identifying new nutraceutical ingredients and designing new foods, including evaluating their effectiveness in improving health, to food, nutraceutical, nutricosmetic and pharmaceutical businesses. Eurecat furnishes the industry with technological solutions to assess the beneficial effects [...]
