Tumors produce antioxidant molecules that inactivate immune system cells specialized in eliminating cancer. But if the antioxidants produced by tumors are removed, the immune system’s ability to control the disease can be restored.
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, praised this Monday the “efficient and effective” management of the latest migration crisis in Ceuta by the authorities of Spain and Morocco, while insisting on giving a “common European response,” united and supportive.
The judge of the National Court Santiago Pedraz has agreed to summon as a suspect on September 10 the former director of the Civil Guard Leonardo Marcos in the case being investigated against an alleged plot aimed at destabilizing the judicial proceedings affecting the PSOE and the Government.
Catalonia recorded this Friday the hottest September day it has experienced so far, on a day when temperatures exceeded 40ºC and reached 42.5ºC in Vinebre (Ribera d’Ebre). Barcelona recorded its highest temperatures for a September.
France and Europe have lost one of their most distinguished intellectuals, a witness and keen observer of the 20th and 21st centuries, who helped to decipher them. The sociologist and philosopher Edgar Morin, theorist of “complex thought,” a figure of the anti-Nazi resistance during World War II, died yesterday at the age of 104, his wife reported this Saturday. Morin remained active, publishing books, almost until the end.
Spain could see between 800 and 1,500 million euros of pending European funds cut if it fails to validate the lobby royal decree-law in Congress next Wednesday. While diverse positions appear in the business environment, the Government still lacks the necessary votes to pass the vote. Ibex companies, the CEOE, and the unions are trying to sink it, but the groups dedicated to lobbying are betting that Spain will have, after six years of debate, a regulation governing their activity.
The Ceuta crisis reached the European Parliament this Tuesday in a debate on the humanitarian situation and the protection of the European Union’s borders. The Commissioner for Home Affairs and Migration, Magnus Brunner, acknowledged before the MEPs that the crisis in the autonomous city “shows that we need to double our efforts.” Brunner praised the European migration policy and said that the “return system is working better” and that “Europe has made significant progress regarding illegal immigration,” but there is work to be done.
Recently, a peptide has transformed medicine. Drugs based on glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), a hormone released by the intestine after a meal, started as treatments for diabetes before proving especially effective in helping people lose weight. Since then, they have also shown benefits in treating heart, kidney, sleep apnea, and other conditions. Now, pharmaceutical companies are betting that two other peptides, orexins, could follow a similar path in various brain-related diseases.
The president of FC Barcelona, Joan Laporta, has confirmed that the club will not hold the planned tribute to the international footballers who were world champions with Spain this Thursday. At Camp Nou, an “act of exaltation of the estelada” will be held. In this context, the ANC and Òmnium Cultural have called to fill Camp Nou with estelades this Thursday. The decision comes after the controversy generated in Elche, where estelades were confiscated from Barça fans and police charges occurred, and a Barça member with whom the club has been in contact was assaulted.
Judge Juan Carlos Peinado has requested Begoña Gómez, wife of the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, to justify within five days that she used the passport only for the trip that the court itself had authorized, that is, to fly to the United Kingdom for her daughter’s graduation.