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First genetic map of the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

An international study identifies twelve genomic segments -most of them corresponding to specific genes- that contribute to the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

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A study at Vall d'Hebron confirms the importance of influenza vaccination in pregnant women

Pregnant women recorded a number of visits to Primary Care and hospitalizations higher than in the previous year, when they were not pregnant.

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La Fira dels Somnis – Posa’t la Gorra Balaguer dóna 15.000 euros per a la recerca en càncer infantil

Els 15.000 euros de la donació aniran dedicats a estudiar els mecanismes que donen lloc a la proliferació dels neuroblastomes d'alt risc per millorar el seu tractament.

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Gene vital for post-stroke recovery identified for the first time

These variants could indicate targets of future treatments that improve the prognosis of the stroke, as well as allow to personalize the rehabilitation strategies.

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Vall d'Hebron organizes a seminar on Lysosomal Rare Disorders: Focus on Fabry Disease

Internationally renowned experts, as well as representatives of associations of patients and those affected, will participate in this event.

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VHIR researchers receive European funding for liver disease research

The research group on Liver Diseases receives European funding for a transnational research project on nanomedicine that will study chronic liver disease.

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VHIR has celebrated the Admin Retreat 2018

The Admin Retreat was a day full of activities in which the majority of the members of the VHIR structure and research support units participated.

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The EMA designates a new orphan drug for Fanconi anemia in whose development VHIR has participated

The research team led by Dr. Diego Arango, head of the CIBBIM Nanomedicine - Biomedical Research in Digestive Tumors group has participated in the development of this drug.

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VHIR and Clubotel La Dorada sign an agreement to promote research on immune disorders related to pregnancy

This agreement aims to promote the research projects carried out within the line of research in Immune Disorders related to Gestation, developed by Dr. Jaume Alijotas Reig.

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VHIR researchers recognized at the ESID for their research activity

Dr. Clara Franco and Dr. Jacques Rivière, specialist doctors at Vall d'Hebron and researchers at VHIR, have been recognized for their research activity in Primary Immunodeficiencies at ESID

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Two VHIR researchers receive the La Caixa research awards

Two VHIR researchers, awarded in the first open and competitive call of "La Caixa" Banking Foundation for research projects in biomedicine and health.

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Delivery of prints to the winners of the Vall d'Hebron Photographic Contest 2017

The winners of the Vall d'Hebron 2017 Photo Contest receive their image in a high-quality print form.

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Five research projects on infectious diseases receive funds from La Marató de TV3

Of the euros 9.7 million that was raised in the 2017 La Marató, almost 750,000 were allocated to the VHIR to finance research projects for 3 years. The researchers that have received the aid were the doctors María José Buzón, Meritxell Genescà, Maria Teresa Martín, Inés Oliveira Sousa and Dr. Joan

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Researchers identify a new molecular mechanism responsible in cardiac aging

Study demostrated that the functional alterations of cardiac cells in aging are not explained by oxidative changes, but to the accumulation of advanced products of the glycation that takes place, partly, by a fault in the enzymatic system in charge to prevent the damage by glycation.

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New donation from the BCN-PID Foundation to study the quality of life in patients with primary immunodeficiencies

The donation will be used to develop the project "Assessment of quality of life indicators for children with primary immunodeficiency" as part of the initiative "I'm not alone"

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Dr. Chaysavanh Manichanh takes part in an international multicentric study to decipher the fungus-host-microbiota interplay

Dr. Chaysavanh Manichanh has been selected to be part of a European project which aims to train researchers through a network of 18 centers from 7 different countries.

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The program +AGIL Barcelona or how to empower older people with fragility

This research work, published in the European Journal of Internal Medicine, aims to build a framework for the implementation of complex interventions in independent but fragile older adults.

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Dr. Javier de la Torre, speaker of the World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO2018)

He presented a study directed by him about the identification of precursor lesions of ovarian cancer in patients with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations.

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Vall d'Hebron will become the headquarters of ICORD, a worldwide reference organization in rare diseases, as of 2019

It will be led by Dr. Joan X. Comella, director of the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) and Dr. Manuel Posada, director of the Research Institute for Rare Diseases (IIER) at the Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII).

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III Solidarity Music Marathon for research on Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia

The third edition of the event will be dedicated to Enrique Granados and will be held at the AXA-Illa Diagonal Auditorium in Barcelona on October 28th.