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.
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The Genetics Medicine group of the VHIR belongs to the Clinical and Molecular Genetic Area of the Hospital Vall d’Hebron and combines genetic diagnosis and translational research in hereditary diseases and the study of pathologies and malformations during human development.
The group actively works in different consortiums and networks for rare disorders including ERN Ithaca, Cranio, Bond and NMD.
Specific research lines and teams include:
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IP: Alfons Macaya Ruíz Collaborators: Laia Ventura i Expósito, Belen Perez Dueñas, Laura Costa Comellas, Francina Munell Casadesus, Anna Marcé Grau, Miquel Raspall Chaure, Mireia Del Toro Riera, Julia Sala Coromina, Ana Felipe Rucián, Ana Laura Cazurro Gutierrez, David Gómez Andrés, Amaia Lasa Aranzasti, Lucy Dougherty de Miguel Funding agency: Agència Gestió Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca Funding: 0.01 Reference: 2021 SGR 01171 Duration: 01/01/2022 - 30/06/2025
IP: Alberto Plaja Rustein Collaborators: Anna Maria Cueto Gonzalez, Anna Maria Cueto Gonzalez, Anna Maria Cueto Gonzalez Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III Funding: 123420 Reference: PI20/01767 Duration: 01/01/2021 - 30/06/2025
IP: Belen Perez Dueñas Collaborators: Maria Victoria Gonzalez Martinez, Anna Marcé Grau, Ana Laura Cazurro Gutierrez, Amaia Lasa Aranzasti Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III Funding: 125840 Reference: PI21/00248 Duration: 01/01/2022 - 30/06/2026
IP: Lucas Moreno Martín-Retortillo Collaborators: Aroa Soriano Fernández, Miguel Segura Ginard, Lorena Valero Arrese, Raquel Hladun Alvaro, Elena Antima Martinez Saez, Marta Sese Faustino, Gabriela Guillén Burrieza, Josep Roma Castanyer, Andrea Vilaplana Blanes, Estela Carrasco López, Margarita Ortega Blanco, Implementation and new biomarker development for Personalised Medicine for Childhood Cancers in Spain, Asbleidy Carolina Torres Barbosa, Berta Campos Estela Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III Funding: 369260 Reference: PMP21/00073 Duration: 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2025
The results show that, in some patients with mutations in the X chromosome, the healthy gene is inactivated and the mutated gene manifests itself, which favors the onset of the disease.
On January 24, a session was held to explain what these three-dimensional models are and what advantages they have, as well as to review some of their applications in research.
The research has studied the structure and function of proteins related to this degenerative disease and their interaction with SMN2 messenger RNA (mRNA), which is key to the evolution of patients.
