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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.

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Link between gut flora and multiple sclerosis discovered

Gastrointestinal microbiota could play a far greater role in the pathogenesis of the disease than previously assumed.

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Vall d'Hebron Campus renews its collaboration agreement with PPD, one of the world leaders in clinical trial management, through its PPD Select strategic program

For PPD, Vall d'Hebron becomes a center of excellence within the program, offering priority or preferential clinical trials managed by the American company.

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Researchers at Vall d'Hebron explore the association between delirium motor subtypes and the functional evolution of the patient

It's the first time delirium and its motor subtypes are assessed in a large number of vulnerable older patients in sub-acute care units

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El VHIR i acidH signen un conveni de col·laboració per a impulsar la recerca en l’àmbit de la intel·ligència límit i millorar l’ocupabilitat d’aquestes persones

El conveni és clau per poder desenvolupar la recerca i la innovació al tercer sector i alhora fer la intel.ligència límit més visible a la societat.

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The Social Council of the UAB awards researcher Miquel Chillón

For his valuable entrepreneurial and transfer experience in the treatment of human diseases with gene therapies

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New genetic loci related to the consumption of cannabis

It is the largest work carried out so far in the field of the relationship between cannabis use and mental disorders such as schizophrenia.

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An investment of $30 million to advance the development of a VHIR and Columbia University patent

VHIR and Columbia University licensed this technology to the company Modis Therapeutics, created "ad hoc" in the United States to bring this therapy to patients.

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Vall d'Hebron researchers receive grants from the AECC for cancer research

On the occasion of World Cancer Research Day, the AECC awarded its Cancer Research Grants AECC 2018 to 8 researchers from Vall d'Hebron

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The campaign “Deixa’t prendre el pèl” raises more than 22,000 euros for research on childhood cancer in the VHIR

Donation is for research on precision medicine searching for different therapeutic approaches and prognosis based on genomic data.

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VHIR Annual Report 2017

We present, for the seventh consecutive year, our commitment to communicate our scientific and institutional results of 2017