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Joan Genescà Ferrer

Internal medicine doctor expert in hepatology. Special dedication to advanced liver disease, liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension. Interest in non-invasive methods for the diagnosis and control of liver disease, especially liver elastography. Both clinical and experimental research in animal models of liver disease, including therapeutic studies with nanomedicine.

Institutions of which they are part

Head of group
Liver Diseases
Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca
Hepatologia
General Hospital

Joan Genescà Ferrer

Institutions of which they are part

Head of group
Liver Diseases
Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca
Hepatologia
General Hospital

Internal medicine doctor expert in hepatology. Special dedication to advanced liver disease, liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension. Interest in non-invasive methods for the diagnosis and control of liver disease, especially liver elastography. Both clinical and experimental research in animal models of liver disease, including therapeutic studies with nanomedicine.

Chief Liver Unit.
Clinical director of Digestive Diseases.
Professor of Medicine of the UAB.

Projects

CIBER Enfermedades hepáticas y digestivas (CIBEREHD)

IP: Joan Genescà Ferrer
Collaborators: Lluís Palenzuela Díaz, Nuria Raguer Sanz
Funding agency: CIBER Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas
Funding:
Reference: CB06/04/0007
Duration: 01/01/2007 - 31/12/2010

Utilidad de la PCR bacteriana en el diagnostico de la peritonitis bacteriana espontánea del cirrotico.

IP: Joan Genescà Ferrer
Collaborators: Antonio González Fernández
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 15205.61
Reference: 01/1390
Duration: 17/07/2001 - 31/12/2002

Estudio longitudinal de la expresión génica diferencial de la alteración vascular esplácnica en el modelo experimental de hipertensión portal de rata. Papel de los mecanismos de angiogénesis

IP: Joan Genescà Ferrer
Collaborators: Antonio González Fernández, Maria Nieves Martell Pérez-Alcalde
Funding agency: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación-MICINN
Funding: 83490
Reference: SAF2006-03714
Duration: 01/10/2006 - 30/09/2009

Ministerio de Ciencia

Utilización de la tecnología de alto rendimiento de microchips de DNA en ell estudio de la fisiopatología de la alteración vascular arterial de la hipertensión portal experimental

IP: Joan Genescà Ferrer
Collaborators: -
Funding agency: Fundació Institut de Recerca HUVH
Funding: 13200
Reference: PRED/IR-HUVH/29/2004
Duration: 01/01/2005 - 31/12/2008

Related news

Preliminary study results confirm that the drug resmetirom reduces the presence of fat, inflammation, cell damage and fibrosis in the liver.

The European project, in which Vall d'Hebron participates, will favor personalized diagnosis and innovative therapeutic strategies in patients with the disease.

The research team used nanotechnology to deliver the drug directly to liver cells, which eliminated side effects without reducing effectiveness.

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