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Dr. Simó Schwartz, new member of the International Advisory Board of NanoCAN

Dr. Simó Schwartz, coordinator of the Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Research Center for Nanomedicine (Cibbim-Nanomedicine) - Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) has been selected as new member of the International Advisory Board of NanoCAN, the nanomedicine oncology center of the University

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Summary Videoconferences of the Congress of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Europe

From 2007 nurses dedicated to the Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Europe (N-ECCO), organize an annual meeting directed to European nurses that work in the field of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease. The Meeting N-ECCO provides educational opportunities, the creation of professional networks and covers al

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VHIR's researchers describe for the first time biological alterations in irritable bowel syndrome

A team of the researchers from the Digestive Physiology and Physiopathology group at Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) has described, for the first time, molecular alterations in irritable bowel syndrome. This finding changes radically the vision of a disease considered until now functional an

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First research meeting of the EUROCONDOR project coordinated by VHIR

On April 12 and 13 has taken place at Vall d'Hebron University Hospital the first meeting of the group of researchers who belong to the consortium to implement the project EUROCONDOR coordinated by Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), leaded by Dr. Rafael Simó, head of the diabetes and metabolis

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VHIR hosts a session for CERCA's centers about SCOPUS

On April 12th, Elsevier, in collaboration with the Spanish Foundation for the Science and the Technology (FECYT) and the Institution CERCA, presented the database of bibliographical citations SCOPUS to members of all CERCA's centers, with VHIR as host.The act counted with the presence of the directo

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The Catalan Society of Biology, awarded with the 'Creu de Sant Jordi'

The government of Catalonia has awarded with 'La Creu de Sant Jordi' to the Catalan Society of Biology (SCB) "for a recognized contribution to the research, the spreading and the international projection of the sciences of life from the territories of Catalan language". SCB is one of fifteen entitie

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Prof. Robert J. Waldinger at VHIR

It has been a pleasure having Prof. Robert J. Waldinger on April 4th.Here is the video: "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fz-JlPb3fhM&feature=youtu.be" - "Why We Get Happier As We Age: Positive Emotion Regulation and Late Life Wellbeing"

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Vall d'Hebron University Hospital (HUVH) achieves a 75% reduction in premature births in women with risk pregnancies using a simple pessary

The insertion of a simple non-invasive cervical pessary during the second trimester of pregnancy in women at high risk of preterm delivery (those women with short cervix) significantly reduces the probability of a premature birth, which is the main cause of death or serious illness of the newborn. T

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Published FADO project, which is a significant milestone in the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in Spain

The VAP prevention efforts and improved results should focus on achieving greater compliance with packages of evidence-based prevention. The FADO project has verified it in Spain, by means of a multicenter collaboration carried out in five intensive care units for adults. This project represents a m

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HUVH achieves a 75% reduction in premature births in at-risk pregnant women with the use of a simple pessary

The pessary is a simple silicone ring, inexpensive (38 euros), non-invasive and easy to insert and remove. It is inserted vaginally around the cervix without surgical intervention. 95% of women who have carried it would recommend it to other pregnant women at risk.

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The importance of the Knowledge transfer in Biotechnology

On March 27 VHIR organized an informative session about the importance of knowledge transfer in Biotechnology. It was the first one of a series of meetings directed the scientific community of the Vall d'Hebron. The director of the VHIR, Dr. Joan Comella, opened the session indicating that this want

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aecc funds VHIR's Dr. Andreas Doll project

The Board of Barcelona of the Spanish Association Against Cancer (aecc), has resolved to fund 6 research projects with 18.000 Euros each one. aecc call every year for bianual scholarships on oncology research. The purpose of the scholarships is to promote young researchers to be interested for the o

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Carmen Vela closes VHIR's 'Women and Science'

Carmen Vela, Secretary of State for Research, Development and Innovation of the Spanish Government, closed today the cycle 'Women and Science' at Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) with a conference in which has revised the principal intentions of her department related to science in Spain, as

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Success of VHIR's molecular pathology group in the USCAP congress

The molecular pathology group at Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) has been the European group with more communications (9) in the USCAP (United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology) congress that took place a few days ago in Vancouver, Canada. The communications have been focused, between

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Dr. Guarner at the International Human Microbiome Congress

Last week Human Microbiome research has brought together scientists from all around the world to discuss new findings, their impacts and the future trends at the International Human Microbiome Congress organized by MetaHIT at Palais Brongniart, Paris. "http://www.metahit.eu/paris2012" http://www.m

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Vall d'Hebron and Cedars-Sinai will collaborate in technology transfer and research innovation

Vall d’Hebron University Hospital (HUVH), Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center will collaborate in technology transfer and research innovation thanks to an agreement signed recently at HUVH in Barcelona between representatives of both institutions. Dr. Jaume Ravent

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Vall d'Hebron separates two Siamese joined by abdomen and liver

A multidisciplinary team from Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, with the participation of Dr. Jose Luis Peiró and Dr. Vicenç Martínez Ibañez, from the group of bioengineering, orthopedics and surgery pediatrics at Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), has separated successfully two Siamese siste

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New revolutionary stroke treatment - EU gives go ahead for largest trial of cooling

Cooling the brain within 6 hours of a stroke has been proven in pilot studies to be remarkably effective in saving patients and reducing brain damage. The European Union has now made available nearly 11 million Euro to fund a phase III clinical trial, a study of unprecedented scale with 60 partici

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The magazine 'El Temps' talks about Alzheimer with Dr. Boada

Dr. Mercè Boada, head of the Alzheimer group at Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) and director of Fundació ACE, is the protagonist of the article 'Epidèmia d'oblit' published by the weekly magazine 'El Temps' after a long conversation with the neurologist about the history of the dementia, the

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A chapter on stem cells of Dr. Petriz, the fifth most consulted of the Current Protocols in Cytometry

The chapter on stem cells of the Side Population (SP) written by Dr. Jordi Petriz, member of the research unit in biomedicine and translational and pediatrics oncology at Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), in the prestigious compendium of citomety Current Protocols in Cytometry (CPC, Ed. Wiley