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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

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VHIR researchers will participate in the European register of patients with multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis Center of Catalonia (CEM-Cat) has been chosen by the European Multiple Sclerosis Platform as one of the centers participating in the project EUReMS, the European Register of multiple sclerosis patients. Jaume Sastre Garriga, neurologist, and specialist in preventive medicine Susan

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Dr. Rello organized a forum on the transplant intensive care

On Thursday October 20, in Santiago de Compostela, has been celebrated the first Forum on transplant in intensive care units, with the presence of the leading experts in the field of critical care of 7 Spanish hospitals with major activity in the area of transplants. The forum of transplants in inte

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Dr. Roig publishes a book about oral-motor system diseases

Dr. Manuel Roig, responsible of pediatric neurology at Vall d'Hebron University Hospital and member of the pediatric neurology group at Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), has published the book "Oral-Motor Disorders in Childhood' (Editors: Manuel Roig-Quilis & Lindsay Pennington), a pioneering

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La Caixa and VHIR sign an greement for post-MIR grant

La Caixa, through 'Obra Social', and Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) signed today an agreement whereby the bank will continue funding a post-MIR grant to our center. Thanks to the 60,000 euros that provides La Caixa, one of our researchers will enjoy two years of significant help to do a the

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Dr. Ávila, member of VHIR's CCE, new director of CIBERNED

Dr. Jesús Avila, member of the External Scientific Council (CEC) of Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) has been chosen as the new director of Biomedical Network Research Center in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED). Dr. Avila's work focuses on the study of neurodegenerative processes of Alzh

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Interview with Dr. Miguel Marin Padilla, one life devoted to human brain

On October 5 Dr. Miguel Marin Padilla, from the Department of Pathology at Dartmouth Medical School in Hanover, USA, visited us during a general clinical session of Neurosciences invited by Dr. Alfons Macaya, head of the pediatric neurology group at Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR). Hours lat

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Dr. Rafael Simó and the keys of diabetes disease at Catalunya Radio

On Friday October 7 the radio show 'El Cafè de la República' presented and directed by Joan Barril at Catalunya Radio, issued a lengthy interview with Dr. Rafael Simó, head of the diabetes and metabolism group at Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), who discussed general aspects of the diabetes

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VHIR's CRIPS group awarded at ESICM 2011

The Clinical Research/Innovation in Pneumonia & Sepsis group (CRIPS) at Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) participated this week in the 24th annual congress of the European Society of Intensive Care (ESICM 2011) which took place in Berlin. Crips presented 9 abstracts, one of which, a cooperati