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8 topics related with the promotion of health and biomedical research

How are drugs developed?

How are drugs developed?

Xplore how drugs work, how they are developed and the ethical implications of this long process!Games, videos and virtual experiments will take you on a trip to discover the process behind the discovery and the development of a drug, from the research done in the lab to its final use...
The biotechnology revolution

The biotechnology revolution

Xplore the different applications and research lines of biotechnology and the ethical implications they have. Games, videos and virtual experiments will help you discover the different advances that biotechnologies have brought us, and the techniques that are being used in current...
Skin cancer exposed

Skin cancer exposed
Toward a malaria-free world

Toward a malaria-free world

Xplore malaria and some of the research that is taking place to eradicate it, from prevention to the investigation of the malaria vaccine. Through games, videos and virtual experiments you will discover the latest on malaria research as well as the ethical, legal and social implications...
A crisis of fat?

A crisis of fat?

People in many countries around the world are gaining weight. The problem of obesity is spreading and poses serious health threats. What is obesity? Why are some people more at risk? Can obesity be prevented? Young people and researchers discuss ethical issues surrounding obesity.
Towards AIDS eradication

Towards AIDS eradication

Xplore how scientists and doctors are investigating to find a cure and a vaccine for HIV and AIDS! Through games, videos and virtual experiments you will discover the latest on this illness that affects over 34 million people worldwide!
Rethinking mental health

Rethinking mental health

Mental health is how we think, feel and behave as we face the daily ups and downs of our lives.Mental health problems such as depression are the leading cause of disability for young people worldwide.Prevention, early detection and treatment are key issues. But stigma continues to...
Down to the genes

Down to the genes

What do our genes tell us? Why is knowing how to read the information they contain so important? Genes contain the most valued life secrets about everyone and scientists have already begun to decode and interpret them. Soon our medical records will tell us what these genes are and how likely we...

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Xplore Health Blog

The biotechnology revolution

28/06/2017 - 17:40

Registration opens for the Xplore Health's new online course on the biotechnology revolution

Free registration for the Xplore Health’s new online course "Approaching the biotechnological revolution in the classroom" opens today. The course will be taught in Spanish and it is aimed at high school and vocational training teachers from all over Spain. The Ministry of Education recognizes this course, which consist on 60 hours and starts on October 9, 2017. This training activity includes a scientific update, with sessions led by researchers and entrepreneurs doing research in this field, a wide variety of multimedia tools and discussion games on ethical aspects of biotechnologies, and educational materials to bring the latest research advances in the classroom, through competence learning and didactic innovation. The course is...

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20/06/2017 - 17:53

Xplore Health travels to Portugal

The Living Lab for Health of IrsiCaixa moderated a session of the annual European Network of Science Centers and Museums (ECSITE) Annual Conference...
Towards AIDS eradication

09/06/2017 - 11:45

660 high school students engage for the first time in a reflection to improve the research and innovation agenda on HIV prevention

Barcelona, June 9 .- The Deputy General Director of "la Caixa" Banking Foundation, Elisa Durán; The director of the Aids Research Institute -...
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18/05/2017 - 15:10

More than 650 high school students in Catalonia explain the main lines of research in HIV prevention through 16 science communication videos

- The videos have been produced during the exploration phase of the lines of research on HIV prevention that have been...
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16/05/2017 - 16:10

“Bringing current research into the classroom makes students realise that what they are learning is useful for society and valuable for them as citizens”

Mati Morales is a secondary school teacher at INS Francesc Ribalta (Solsona) and she is a member of the network of pilot schools of Xplore Health...