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4th ICS Research Forum with the participation of VHIR

The Catalan Institute of Health (ICS) has organized for the fourth consecutive year a Research Forum which brought together representatives of the nine research institutes linked to health centers in the organization. The Forum, which aimed to bring together the latest scientific advances that are t

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ANNUAL REPORT 2010

"2010 was a fruitful year for Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR). The general economic situation has not been an impediment to achieving new milestones. As a research center we have reached our goals through the efforts of our researchers and the support staff of all the different units. We hav

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Dr. Audí talks about intersexuality at 'Els Matins' of TV3

Dr. Laura Audí, from the pediatrics endocrinology group at Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), has participated in a discussion about intersexuality that organized the program 'Els Matins' on TV3, in which have also been invited affected people and one anthropologist. Intersexuality is an abnor

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A pioneering study investigates the health effects of broth

A team led by Dr. Fernando Azpiroz, from Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) is developing a research project that aims to demonstrate the ability of foods to improve digestive comfort and pleasurable sensations in the body. The study, conducted in collaboration with Gallina Blanca Star, is ins

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Strategic alliance between Telstar, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital and Vall d'Hebron Research Institute

The company Telstar, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital (HUVH) and the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) have formalized a strategic alliance in R+D+i for developing together research and innovation projectes in the fields of science and technology applied to healthcare and biomedical research

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VHIR researchers identify a new predictive marker of response to one of the most frequently used treatments in Multiple Sclerosis

A team from the Research Group of Clinical Neuroimmunology at Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) and CEM-Cat, directed by Dr. Xavier Montalban, has led an investigation that described a predictive marker of response to treatment with a drug of first choice, Interferon-beta (IFNB), in patients s

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VHIR receives a delegation of the AECC

Dr. Joan Comella, director of Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), and Isabel Oriol, president of the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC), have chaired a working meeting that has taken place on November 23 at VHIR's Collserola Buildingthe during which were presented the main lines of cance

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The 5th Scientific Session and the 15th Annual Conference highlight the best of VHIR

Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) celebrated 1st and 2nd December the 5th Scientific Session and the 15th Annual Conference. More than 50 research works have been presented during the Scientific Session in the predoctoral, postdoctoral, residents and nursing categories. The best predoctoral co

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Success of the round table on nanomedicine in Expoquimia

Expoquimia, the reference event in the chemical industry in southern Europe held in Barcelona, hosted on 16 November a round table that discussed the nanotechnology applied to medicine. The director of Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Dr Joan Comella, acted as moderator in a debate where par

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VHIR participates in the UABCEI Biomedical Innovation Forum

On November 11 took place the UABCEI Biomedical Innovation Forum in the Auditorium of the Hospital of Sabadell (University Park Taulí Health Corporation), with the participation of Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR). The purpose of this forum was to understand the successful processes of innova

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Coating of cured sausages: a rarely-known cause of hypersensitivity pneumonitis

The term hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) encompasses a group of lung diseases produced by inhalation of certain substances, mainly organic, which, in susceptible individuals, can trigger an inflammatory reaction at the level of the alveoli, bronchioles, and pulmonary interstitium. Researchers of t

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La Marató 2010 funds three projects with VHIR researchers

Three projects with participation of VHIR researchers have been funded by La Marató 2010 of TV3, an edition dedicated to spinal and brain injuries. The awards show, presented by journalist Albert Olm, took place on November 8 in the Conference Room of the Rectorate of the Universitat Autònoma of Bar

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VHIR's innovation unit participates in a conference on business opportunities in the health sector

The innovation unit at Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) played an important role in the conference 'Business Opportunities in the health sector', held at Club Cecot Innovation and Technology on November 3rd in Terrassa, Barcelona. The day began with the presentation of Valentí Sallés, presid

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'Best Health Ideas 2011' awards VHIR's research on endometrial cancer

The Research Unit in Biomedicine and Translational and Pediatric Oncology at Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR)) led by Dr. Jaume Reventós,has won the award 'Best Health Ideas 2011' organized by Diario Médico in the category of research and pharmacology for the identification of 20 genes invol

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Kick off meeting of the project 'Molecular alterations associated with tumor progression in endometrial cancer'

Friday November 4th on Collserola Building at Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) has taken place the kick off meeting of the project 'Molecular alterations associated with tumor progression in endometrial cancer'.With this meeting has begun officially this programa of the Research Unit in Biome

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'Football, refuge in the memory'

Dr. Merce Boada, ACE Foundation (Barcelona Alzheimer treatment and research center) director and head of the Alzheimer group at Vall d'Hebron Institute for Research (VHIR) participates in 'Football, refuge in the memory, a story of the tv show "Informe Robison' of Canal Plus, in which is discovered

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HUVH specialists operate a fetus affected with spina bifida with a pioneering technique in the world that has been successfully tested in sheep

Doctors and researchers at Vall d'Hebron University Hospital (HUVH) have solved a severe case of myelomeningocele during pregnancy in a baby who had been diagnosed with this severe malformation before she was born through an exceptional intrauterine surgical procedure.This is the first time that an

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The detection of silent strokes would reduce the appearance of future stroke and dementia

A study coordinated by the Neurovascular Research Group of Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) attempts to determine, for the first time in the Mediterranean population, the frequency of silent strokes, those that are unnoticed and without clinical manifestations. Strokes are a major public heal

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Vall d'Hebron trains Argentine paediatricians with the support of Leo Messi Foundation

Leo Messi Foundation, along with Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Hospital Universitari Sant Joan de Déu and Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, and the support of Ànima Foundation, are collaborating to bring Argentine paediatricians to Catalonia to be trained as specialists in oncology

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Identified the genetic material that makes tumor stem cells inmortal in order to block them

Dr. Matilde Lleonart's team at Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) has discovered how small strings of genetic material play an important role in cellular immortality and therefore act on them could have consequences for the progress of the fight against cancer. These chains of genetic material