About the VHIR
Here at the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) we promote biomedical research, innovation and teaching. Over 1,800 people are seeking to understand diseases today so the treatment can be improved tomorrow.
Research
We are working to understand diseases, to find out how they operate and to create better treatments for patients. Get to know about our groups and their lines of research.
People
People are the centre of the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR). This is why we are bound by the principles of freedom of research, gender equality and professional attitudes that HRS4R promotes.
Clinical trials
Our work is not just basic or translational; we are leaders in clinical research. Enter and find about the clinical trials we are conducting and why we are a world reference in this field.
Progress
Our aim is to make the research carried out at the Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) a driving force for transformation. How? By identifying new channels and solutions for the promotion of people's health and well-being.
Core facilities
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The group of Clinical Neuroimmunology - Centre d'Esclerosi Múltiple de Catalunya (Cemcat) at the Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR) is a multidisciplinary group dedicated to clinical assistance, physical and cognitive rehabilitation, and clinical and basic research on multiple sclerosis (MS). Cemcat is a national but also an international reference center in the clinical assistance of MS patients. The research performed in the group is divided and further combined in clinical and basic research. In addition, basic research has a marked translational character since the ultimate goal of the group is to improve the quality of life of patients suffering from MS, through in-depth knowledge of the pathogenic mechanisms of the disease and the development of new and more effective therapeutic approaches.
IP: Carmen Espejo Ruiz Collaborators: Rosalia Horno Ocaña, Herena Eixarch Ahufinger, Breogan Rodriguez Acevedo, Mireia Castillo Juarez Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III Funding: 159720 Reference: PI21/01682 Duration: 01/01/2022 - 30/06/2026
IP: Macarena Simon-Talero Horga Collaborators: Joaquin Castillo Justribo, Mònica Pons Delgado Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III Funding: 60500 Reference: PI21/00312 Duration: 01/01/2022 - 30/06/2026
IP: Manuel Comabella Lopez Collaborators: Andres Miguez Gonzalez, Rucsanda Pinteac, Rucsanda Pinteac Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III Funding: 286770 Reference: PI21/01611 Duration: 01/01/2022 - 30/06/2025
IP: Manuel Comabella Lopez Collaborators: - Funding agency: National Multiple Sclerosis Society Funding: 300486.36 Reference: RIS_NMSS-PMSC2021 Duration: 01/05/2022 - 31/10/2024
A Vall d’Hebron study, carried out at Cemcat, shows that the risk of inflammatory activity increases after discontinuing treatment, but is considerably reduced in people over 60 years of age.
The project will analyse the functional activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome to advance the early identification of patients at risk of insufficient response to S1P receptor-modulating therapies.
Anti-Müllerian hormone had been proposed as a potential biomarker for predicting disease prognosis in women, but this study shows that the observed association is explained by patients’ chronological age.
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