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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

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Discovery of a new genetic mechanism responsible for cardiac hypertrophy

A research network with Catalan participation and in which have worked researchers from seven countries has discovered how to control cardiac hypertrophy, increased heart weight that may lead to heart failure, a major cause of death and disability worldwide. This study, which was coordinated by Dr.

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Delegates of Mondragon visit VHIR to initiate collaborative works between the two entities

After the cooperation agreement signed on 4 July between Mondragon Health and Vall d'Hebron to collaborate in the field of R+D+I, representatives of the Basque company have visited Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) to begin the working sessions between the two entities. By Mondragon were prese

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4th SMD Integrated Diagnostic Workshop

Units of Cytology, Immunophenotype and cytogenetics of Hematology from Hospital Vall d'Hebron organized on October 5 the fourth Integrated Diagnostics Workshop Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) of clinical cases.The workshop third edition, led by Dr Teresa Vallespí, hematologist of Vall d'Hebron Resea

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Dr. Ricard Pujol reflects on the Nobel Prize in Medicine 2011

Nobel Prize in Medicine 2011 recognize key contributions that have revolutionized immunology over the last 15 years It's a truism that science advances with each change of paradigm, but it's true, and this year's honorees have been key players in a very significant change in the conception of the fu

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Chat with Dr. Rafael Esteban Mur at 'Diario Médico' about the World Hepatitis C Day

Dr Rafael Esteban Mur, member of hepatic disease group at Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) and head of internal medicine-liver service at Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, answered questions today in a chat about Hepatitis C in the journal 'Diario Médico' coinciding with the World Day of thi

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Dr. Montalban debates on research in Multiple Sclerosis at TVE

Dr. Xavier Montalban, head of clinical neuroimmunology group at Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) and the Multiple Sclerosis Center of Catalonia (CEM-Cat) has participated in a discussion of multiple sclerosis at TVE in the show 'Para todos la 2'. They have also intervened Dr. Pablo Villoslada