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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

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VHIR's researchers help to reproduce the loss of neurons that causes Parkinson disease

Dr. Miquel Vila and Dr. Iria Carballo-Carbajal, chief and member respectively of the neurodegenerative diseases group at Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) have participated in a study coordinated by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and published in EMBO Molecular Medicine i

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An international study determines that the oral drug Laquinimod reduces the progression of disability in multiple sclerosis

An international study published by the New England Journal of Medicine, in which participate Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) and the Center of Multiple sclerosis of Catalonia (CEM-Cat) determines that the oral drug Laquinimod reduces the progression of disability and the quantity of relapse

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VHIR'S UNINN participates in the Week of the Brain

The Neurotraumatology and neurosurgery research group (UNINN) of Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) has participated on March 14 in the Week of the Brain 2012 with the activity 'Live closely the problem: know the reasons and talk with the patient, traffic accidents and cranial traumatism, reaso

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Dr. Margarita Salas opened 'Women and Science' at VHIR

Dr. Margarita Salas opened on March 9 the first edition of the cycle "http://www.vhir.org/DDGRecerca%5CDOCENCIAACTIVITATS%5C2012%5C2012_0027%5C2012_0027_003.pdf" 'Women and Science'. The recognized biochemistry, who came from receiving the previous day the prize Clara Campoamor of the Town hall of

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Dr. Comella debates about the situation of the research

Six leaders of the scientific community debated on March 8 at CaixaForum of Barcelona about how to achieve that the excellence research survives to the crisis. Moderated by the journalist Josep Corbella, from La Vanguardia, the newspaper that organized the debate, counted with the participation of J

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Dr. Reventós invited to the International Focus Meeting on Innovation in Healthcare

A few days ago it has been celebrated at Hospital of Sabadell the International Focus Meeting on Innovation in Healthcare (Society for Medical Innovation and Technology), an international forum of scientific discussion on innovation and translational medicine. The meeting counted with the presence o