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Before a spinal operation, greater risks can be predicted, thanks to a Vall d'Hebron study with the UPF and Hospital del Mar

The work improves accuracy in predicting complications at the boundary between the instrumented spine area and the area that is left free when spinal deformity corrective surgery is performed.

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Vall d'Hebron Research Institute PhD Programme 2023 Open Call

The Vall d’Hebron Research Institute makes its own and open call for a doctoral fellowship programme devoted to attracting early-stage researchers with a special interest in biomedical research.

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Defensa de tesi 'Hepatoencefalopatia deguda a mutacions en GFM1: obtenció d’un model de ratolí modificat genèticament i estudi preclínic de teràpia gènica amb vectors adenoassociats'

Doctorand: Miguel Molina Berenguer, grup de Recerca de Patologia neuromuscular i mitocondrial (VHIR) Directors: Dr. Javier Torres Torronteras i Dr. Ramon Martí Seves

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Vall d'Hebron shows that starting medication in patients with first symptoms of multiple sclerosis reduces long-term disability

The results show for the first time that patients who start treatment less than six months after having the first symptoms of the disease have a slower progression and less disability than when therapy is started more than 16 months later.

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Vall d'Hebron proves the safety of the use of a virus for the treatment of pediatric tumors

The multicenter phase 1 trial has been conducted in patients aged 2 to 21 years with solid tumors unresponsive to standard treatments or in relapse.

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We present the VHIR Annual Report 2022

It highlights the scientific and institutional results of the center during 2022.

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Vall d'Hebron points to the usefulness of smartwatches as a complementary tool to medical care to detect arrhythmias after stroke

Smartwatches are a practical, low-cost, noninvasive method that helps in the early detection of atrial fibrillations in some patients, which increase the risk of recurrent stroke.

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Dr. Sara Marsal wins a trifermed award for Social Impact in Healthcare

The head of the Rheumatology Service at Vall d'Hebron University Hospital and of the Rheumatology research group at VHIR is a highly accomplished rheumatologist with a distinguished career in the field.

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SYNLAB and Vall d'Hebron sign collaboration agreement to promote medical research

It will allow the promotion of research on systemic autoimmune-based diseases that especially affect women of childbearing age and, therefore, can also appear during pregnancy.

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Clone of Vall d'Hebron Talks 'Prevenció combinada del VIH: PrEP, PEP i TasP'

Ponents: Dr. Vicente Descalzo, facultatiu del Servei d'Infeccioses de l'Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron i investigador del Grup de Recerca de Malalties Infeccioses del Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR) CV: metge internista, adjunt a la unitat ITS-VIH Drassanes Vall

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Clone of Vall d'Hebron Talks 'Prevenció combinada del VIH: PrEP, PEP i TasP'

Ponents: Dr. Vicente Descalzo, facultatiu del Servei d'Infeccioses de l'Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron i investigador del Grup de Recerca de Malalties Infeccioses del Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR) CV: metge internista, adjunt a la unitat ITS-VIH Drassanes Vall

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Two Vall d’Hebron studies receive grants to study the benefit of exercise in bariatric surgery

The research has received funding from the Spanish Society of Obesity Surgery and the Spanish Association of Surgeons.

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Vall d'Hebron Talks by VHIR 'Diferential dietary regulation of proliferation of liver cells in cancer and regeneration'

Speaker: Dr. Manuel Fernández Rojo, Group leader of the Hepatic Regenerative Medicine Group. Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies, IMDEA  In the Hepatic

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Vall d'Hebron Talks 'Prevenció combinada del VIH: PrEP, PEP i TasP'

Ponents: Dr. Vicente Descalzo, facultatiu del Servei d'Infeccioses de l'Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron i investigador del Grup de Recerca de Malalties Infeccioses del Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR) CV: metge internista, adjunt a la unitat ITS-VIH Drassanes Vall

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TEST - Vall d'Hebron Talks 'Prevenció combinada del VIH: PrEP, PEP i TasP'

Ponents: Dr. Vicente Descalzo, facultatiu del Servei d'Infeccioses de l'Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron i investigador del Grup de Recerca de Malalties Infeccioses del Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR) CV: metge internista, adjunt a la unitat ITS-VIH Drassanes Vall

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Vall d’Hebron coordinates the ENROL project to promote research on rare haematological diseases

Recently, a closing meeting was organised to wrap up the first phase of the study, which aims at grouping sufficient data of patient affected by these pathologies.

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Vall d'Hebron Talks by VHIR 'Unveiling molecular mechanisms behind metastasis in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor'

Speaker: Aldo Di Vito, predoctoral researcher Translational Molecular Pathology (VHIR) Metastasis, the process through which tumor cells can colonize distant tissues, represents the leading cause of cancer-related death, including in Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs). Even if meta

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Defensa de tesi 'Noves estratègies no antibiòtiques pel tractament d'infeccions causades per microorganismes multiresistents i creixent en biopel·lícules'

Doctoranda:  Marta Palau Gauthier, grup de Recerca d'Infeccioses i Inmunologia Pediatrica (VHIR) Directors: Dr. Joan Gavaldà Santapau i Dr. Benito Almirante Gragera. Tutor: Dr. Vicenç Falcó Ferrer    

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Barcelona has hosted the 6th World Parkinson's Congress

Dr. Miquel Vila, head of the Neurodegenerative Diseases research group at VHIR, was the co-chair of the local organising committee. And Dr. Ariadna Laguna, principal investigator of the same group, was a scientific ambassador.