BIOSFER TESLAB, SL with the support of ACTION in the frame of the Operative Program FEDER Catalonia 2014-2020 has carried out the “DEVELOPMENT And VALIDATION OF ADVANCED DIAGNOSTIC TEST Of INFLAMMATION And INSULIN RESISTANCE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK USING NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE” (RD15-1-0013).
Biosfer Teslab, along the project, has developed a system of prediction, using of advanced prediction tests, with the aim to improve the evaluation of cardiovascular risk and to identify those individuals with residual cardiovascular risk that would remain undiagnosed with classical risk factors.
In particular, the company has developed a glycoprotein test and a LMWM test - that includes, branched amino acids -, as they have been identified as inflammatory markers and involved in insulin resistance processes, respectively.
The Agency for the Competitiveness of the Company, ACTION, aiding to industrial research centers and experimental development, has granted Biosfer Teslab with an amount of 67,728.97 €.
This aid is programmed in the axis 1, "Boost research, technological development and innovation", specific objective OE 1.2.2, "Transfer and spreading of technology and cooperation between companies and universities or other research centers", line of action "Collaborative R+D projects" under the framework of the FEDER Operational Program of Catalonia 2014-2020