The Ibero-American University Foundation (FUNIBER), through its International Academic Network, continues to promote the generation and dissemination of high-quality scientific knowledge. As part of this effort, it is publishing a study in which Dr. Irma Domínguez, academic coordinator of the Foundation’s Health and Nutrition Department and a member of the Research Group on Food, Nutritional Biochemistry, and Health at the Universidad Europea del Atlántico (European University of the Atlantic, UNEATLANTICO)—an institution belonging to the university network—is participating. Read more

Dr. Mercedes Briones, researcher and educator associated with the Fundación Universitaria Iberoamericana (Iberoamerican University Foundation, FUNIBER), is participating in a study that analyzes the biological activity of betalains present in the fruits of the Opuntia cactus, particularly in prickly pears, and their possible health benefits. Read more