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Rafael Simó Canonge

Institutions of which they are part

Head of group
Diabetes and Metabolism
Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca

Rafael Simó Canonge

Institutions of which they are part

Head of group
Diabetes and Metabolism
Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca

Projects

Unraveling the retinal and brain mediators of diabetes-induced neurodegeneration

IP: Rafael Simó Canonge
Collaborators: Santiago Ramon y Cajal Agüeras, Joan Montaner Villalonga, Lorena Ramos Pérez, Hugo Ramos Abellan, Patricia Bogdanov Baruj
Funding agency: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación-MICINN
Funding: 242000
Reference: PID2019-104225RB-I00
Duration: 01/06/2020 - 31/05/2023

Ministerio de Ciencia

ADMINISTRACION TOPICA DE AGONISTAS DEL RECEPTOR DE GLP-1: UNA NUEVA ESTRATEGIA PARA EL TRATAMIENTO DE LA RETINOPATIA DIABETICA

IP: Rafael Simó Canonge
Collaborators: Hugo Ramos Abellan, Miriam Izquierdo Sans
Funding agency: Ministerio Economía, Industria y Competitividad
Funding: 96843.15
Reference: BES-2017-081690
Duration: 01/07/2018 - 30/11/2022

Models of Patients Engagement for Alzheimer’s Disease (MOPEAD)

IP: Rafael Simó Canonge
Collaborators: Laia Perez Lasarte
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 30000
Reference: INT18/00026
Duration: 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2019

MOPEAD

IP: Rafael Simó Canonge
Collaborators: Angel Michael Ortiz Zúñiga, Miriam Izquierdo Sans
Funding agency: Fundació Institut de Recerca HUVH
Funding: 47268
Reference: 2018/VHIR/ORTIZ
Duration: 01/07/2019 - 30/06/2022

Related news

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The results of a phase 3 clinical trial show that orforglipron reduces body weight by an average of 11% and improves cardiovascular risk factors.

Dr. Maria Llorián-Salvador, from the Diabetes and Metabolism Research Group at VHIR, is leading this project to identify new therapies for this inherited disease that causes progressive vision loss.

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