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Noves regions genètiques relacionades amb el consum de cànnabis

El treball és el més gran realitzat fins ara en el camp de la relació entre el consum de cànnabis i les patologies mentals com l'esquizofrènia.

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VHIR will host again an African researcher through Fundación Mujeres por África (FMxA)

The Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) once again this year participates in the program "Science by Women" promoted by Fundación Mujeres por áfrica (FMxA).

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Doctors at the Vall d'Hebron Hospital and VHIR researchers point out the relationship between asthma and environmental pollution

Elevated levels of contaminating particles may precipitate the onset of symptoms in asthmatic patients.

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Una nova funció de la proteïna HMGA1 obre la porta a fàrmacs específics per el càncer de mama triple negatiu

El descobriment per part d'investigadors del VHIO permetrà desenvolupar nous fàrmacs per el tractament d'aquest tipus de càncer.

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A VHIR project focused on tuberculosis has been awarded a Marie Curie grant

The European-Latin American Tuberculosis Research Collaboration Network, co-directed by Dr. Adrián Sánchez, will bring together institutions from different countries in a study to improve the diagnosis and treatment of this disease.

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Four VHIR projects have been awarded in the 2017 MINECO Challenges-Collaboration call

The MINECO program, which grants aid to collaboration projects between companies and research centers, has selected four proposals in the last call in which VHIR researchers participate.

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Festa Major de Gràcia starts with the opening of the Dr. Elena Carreras

On August 14 the Festa Major de Gràcia starts with the opening of the Dr. Elena Carreras, head of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of Vall d'Hebron.

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Winners of the Extraordinary High School Awards do their internships at VHIR

The students, Monica Torrecilla and Claudia Castelló, have made a stay in the research groups of Ophthalmology and the CIBBIM-Drug Delivery and Targeting.

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Two VHIR projects selected in the first call for biomedical research of the Fundació Bancaria “la Caixa”

The 20 selected projects are considered key for biomedical research in Spain and Portugal.

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A diet low in fermentable residues and a prebiotic similarly improve the symptoms associated with intestinal gas production

The improvement was maintained for two weeks in the group of patients that had taken the prebiotic, while in those who followed the diet, there was a rebound effect.

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Study on the improvement of detection and treatment of complications associated with mechanical ventilation in children and adults

Two studies in child and adult population compare the existing algorithms to determine the differences on detecting and predicting the several events associated to the mechanical ventilation.

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Vall d’Hebron and Hospital Clínic participate in a study that demonstrates the efficacy of a new drug to treat familial amyloidosis

The study demonstrates that Inotersen improves the development of the neurologic disease and the life quality of the participants, independently of the stage of the disease or the presence of cardiomyopathy.

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Mutua Madrileña grants a project of Dr. Oscar Len on rejection of the lung transplant due to respiratory viral infection

The grant will support the research on biomarkers that could help on the prognosis of rejection by lung transplant patients after a viral infection.

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Dr. Jordi Bañeras, appointed Young National Ambassador for the Young Acute Cardiovascular Care Community

YAC&sup3, is a community that gathers the active professionals in the health field that are below 40 years old that are specialized in the acute cardiovascular care.

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Dr. Rafael Simó named President for the European Association for the Study of Diabetes – Eye Complications (EASDec)

A presidency that will last 3 years, which he faces with illusion and will to achieve several goals, such as to increase the members of the group by increasing especially the amount of diabetologists and basic researchers

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The Spine Research Unit receives the second prize for the best communication at the GEER 2018 congress

The Spine Research Unit has created very reliable models to predit chirurgic complications, re-interventions or re-admissions at the hospitals in case of Adult Spinal Deformity.

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VHIR participates in a trial in patients to test a drug for Huntington's disease

The Phase II study will determine the efficacy and safety of the compound in reducing choreic movements in 30 patients with Huntington's disease for a period of 6 months.

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VHIR’s team steps forward on studying the involved mechanisms on the development of traumatic brain bruises

Discovered that ion cannel Kir6.2 is overexpressed on brain bruises, especially in astrocytes. It is a step forward on designing new strategies for new drug therapies.

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Characterized a key protein for the formation of the Central Nervous System, common among invertebrates and vertebrates

Syntaxin-1, a protein preserved among species, is a basic guide for the development of the Central Nervous System.

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Update in vaccination guidelines for immunocompromised patients

The amount of immunocompromised patients has increased during the last years because of the treatments used against oncologic diseases, inflammatory diseases mediated by immune mechanisms and transplants.