The 2018 Marató de 3Cat i Catalunya Ràdio, focused on cancer research, achieved a historic score of fifteen million euros — the largest investment in research made by this solidarity project — to fund 43 research projects of excellence developed by 96 teams and nearly 600 leading experts in this field. The scientific results of the call, in which teams linked to the University of Barcelona took part, were presented to the public at the 25^th La Marató social return event, which took place recently at the TV3 facilities.

Regarding UB, it is worth highlighting the results of projects such as “Compostos bioactius dels aliments i el risc de càncer de pròstata. Bases científiques per a futures recomanacions dietètiques” (Bioactive compounds in food and the risk of prostate cancer. Scientific basis for future dietary recommendations), carried out by Maria Cristina Andrés Lacueva, from the UB’s Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences, the Institute for Research in Nutrition and Food Safety (INSA-UB) and the Torribera Food Campus of the University of Barcelona, and Raül Zamora, from the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL). In this study of nutrimentabolomics, it has been observed that different metabolites related to the consumption of polyphenols and derivatives of the microbiota are associated with a lower risk of prostate cancer.