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VHIR leads a gene therapy study to stop the progression of neurodegenerative diseases

This gene therapy protects mice against cognitive deficits associated with aging, improves motor function, and delays the onset of diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Alzheimer’s disease.

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Vall d'Hebron Talks by VHIR 'Air quality systems and climate predictions, tools developed at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center for their application in biomedicine'

Speaker:  Albert Soret Miravet, Earth System Services Group Leader at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC). It is widely known that climate change and air quality have an impact on different aspects of human health, but

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Defensa de tesi 'Cribratge de preeclàmpsia de primer trimestre: validació, aplicació i detecció dels falsos positius'

Doctoranda; Erika Bonacina, grup de Recerca de  Medicina maternal i fetal (VHIR) Director: Dr. Manel Mendoza Tutor:  Dr. Antonio Gil Moreno

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Dr Xavier Montalban wins the MS Charcot Award, the highest international recognition in the treatment and research of multiple sclerosis

This is the most prestigious international award in the multiple sclerosis scientific and social community, given in recognition of life-long work in care, research and teaching in relation to the disease.

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Vall d'Hebron trains future professionals in the use of gene therapy to treat rare neurological disorders

Over the course of two days, experts presented the latest advances in vectors, different gene modification techniques and their transfer to clinical practice.

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Vall d'Hebron participates in the study that finds the first genetic variant related to the progression of multiple sclerosis

The finding opens the door to the development of new therapies that block neurodegeneration, beyond current treatments that focus on the inflammatory process and the control of relapses.

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Vall d'Hebron Talks by VHIR 'Stroke care: clinical endpoints and variables to be studied in the acute and chronic phases'

Title. Stroke care: clinical endpoints and variables to be studied in the acute and chronic phases Short description of the webinar content This webinar will cover the following top

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Vall d'Hebron Talks 'Teràpia electroconvulsiva: un tractament longeu i encara estigmatitzat que salva vides'

Ponent: Dra. Isabel Carrion, psiquiatra, coordinadora de la Unitat de TEC, H. Sant Rafael, Barcelona Teràpia electroconvulsiva: un tractament longeu i encara estigmatitzat que salva vides

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Defensa de tesi 'La vida de les teràpies avançades: de l'acadèmia a la prescripció'

Doctoranda: Carolina Iglesias López, Farmacologia clínica Directors: Dr. Antoni Vallano, Dra. Mercé Obach i Dra. Antònia Agustí Escasany Tutor: Dr. Antònia Agustí Escasany

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Strong presence of VHIR's Hepato-Bilio-Pancreatic Surgery and Liver Transplantation group at the European congress of its speciality

Vall d'Hebron professionals presented four posters, two oral communications and two lectures by Dr. Dopazo and Dr. Gomez-Gavara.

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Visit by the Minister of Health, Manel Balcells, to the work on the new research building for the VHIR Board of Trustees meeting

The Minister of Health, Manel Balcells, chaired the meeting of the Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) Board of Trustees, the first of 2023.

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Relevant projects in pediatric hematology and oncology at Vall d'Hebron are presented at the Iberian congress of the specialty

The presentations include the one given by Dr. María Pérez Torres, who received the award for the best oral communication for a project on the use of mesenchymal cells to reduce complications after hematopoietic progenitor transplantation.

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Vall d'Hebron receives a €20,000 donation from ANiNATH to support research in paediatric liver transplantation

The donation will go towards two studies aimed at improving the quality of life of paediatric liver transplant patients.

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Vall d'Hebron and Hospital Nossa Senhora da Paz in Angola organize the X Scientific Days on endemic infections and malnutrition

Members of the Infectious Diseases research group and the VHIR Management participated in the sessions and visited the areas where the CRESCER and FUTURO projects are developed.

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Defensa de tesi 'Integration of fungal and bacterial microbiome sequencing data'

Doctoranda: Zixuan Xie, Recerca en Microbioma (VHIR) Directora: Dra. Chaysavanh Manichanh Tutor: Dr. Victor Vargas Blasco

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Vall d'Hebron Talks by VHIR 'Persister Cell Biology and Cancer Cell Vulnerabilities'

Speaker: Dr. Oskar Marín, Institut German Trias i Pujol (IGTP) During my career, I have developed a strong interest to understand the cancer cell plasticity and the underlying transcriptional mechanisms. The combination of exhaustive

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Defensa de tesi 'Aplicació adaptada de la NGS per millorar la caracterització genètica dels pacients de complex esclerosi tuberosa i atròfia muscular espinal'

Doctoranda: Laura Blasco Pérez, Medicina genètica VHIR Directors: Dra.  Elena García Arumí i Dr. Eduardo F Tizzano Tutor: Dr. Francisco Rodríguez Frias

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II Jornada Parkinson Vall d'Hebron: "Més enllà de les teràpies dopaminèrgiques en la malaltia de Parkinson"

15:30-15:40 h Benvinguda  15:40 h Abordatge de la malaltia més enllà de la dopamina  Dr. Jorge Hern

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Dr. Rafael Simó receives the Eva Kohner Award for his international career in diabetic retinopathy research

Dr. Simó has also recently pronounced the lecture of admission as a new member of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Catalonia.