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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

Targeted biodegradable nanoparticles of simvastatin as new therapeutic tool for chronic liver disease

IP: Joan Genescà Ferrer
Collaborators: -
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 80598
Reference: CD19/00049
Duration: 01/01/2020 - 18/04/2022

BIODEGRADABLE NANOPARTICLES OF SIMVASTATIN AS NEW THERAPEUTIC TOOL FOR CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE (NANOSIM)

IP: Joan Genescà Ferrer
Collaborators: -
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 199952
Reference: ISCIII/EURONANOMED/2018/NANOSIM/DUP
Duration: 22/10/2018 - 22/10/2018

BIODEGRADABLE NANOPARTICLES OF SIMVASTATIN AS NEW THERAPEUTIC TOOL FOR CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE (NANOSIM)

IP: Joan Genescà Ferrer
Collaborators: Maria Nieves Martell Pérez-Alcalde, Diana Fernandes de Rafael
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 199946.45
Reference: AC18/00033
Duration: 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2022

De la sencillez en el diagnóstico (no masivo) y seguimiento de la enfermedad hepática crónica avanzada a los complejos mecanismos terapéuticos de las estatinas en modelos animales.

IP: Joan Genescà Ferrer
Collaborators: Immaculada Raurell Saborit, Torrens Buscató, Maria Margarita, Ares Aurora Villagrasa Vilella, Mònica Pons Delgado
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 196020
Reference: PI18/00947
Duration: 01/01/2019 - 30/06/2023

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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