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
We offer specialist support for researchers, internal and external alike, ranging from specific services to preparing complete projects. All this, from a perspective of quality and speed of response.
News
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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: Manuel Comabella Lopez Collaborators: Búsqueda de compuestos que bloquean la acción de la chitinase 3-like 1 sobre las neuronas como tratamiento para los pacientes c, Andreu Vilaseca Jolonch, Elisa Marín Ordovás, Rucsanda Pinteac, Rucsanda Pinteac Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III Funding: 233750 Reference: PI24/01088 Duration: 01/01/2025 - 31/12/2027
IP: Carmen Espejo Ruiz Collaborators: - Funding agency: Asociación Esclerosis Múltiple España Funding: 25000 Reference: EME/PROJECTE/2024/ESPEJO Duration: 30/10/2024 - 29/10/2026
IP: Isabel Novoa Garcia Collaborators: Joaquim Vives Armengol, Anna Duarri Piqué, Eva Colas Ortega, Oriol Bestard Matamoros, Marta Rosal Fontana, Carmen Espejo Ruiz, Marielle Esteves Coelho, Juan Jose Gonzalez Lopez, Sheyla Pascual Martín, Alejandro Tomasello Weitz, Shirley Guzmán Avilés Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III Funding: 137460 Reference: PT23/00040 Duration: 01/01/2024 - 31/12/2026
IP: Alvaro Cobo Calvo Collaborators: - Funding agency: The Sumaira Foundation Funding: 25000 Reference: MOGAXON_SUMAIRA/COBO Duration: 06/03/2024 - 31/03/2026
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.
The Spider-MS tool estimates the probability that a patient will experience various long-term clinical events and will help personalize the follow-up and treatment of each person living with the disease.
Simoa HD1 equipment
2026 SIMOA HD1 Rates
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SIMOA HD1 Rates - historical
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