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28/05/2014

Dr. Colobran composes a song dedicated to patients with multiple sclerosis

28/05/2014

On Wednesday was the World Multiple Sclerosis Day and Vall d’Hebron hospital offered an informative session

Coinciding with the World Multiple Sclerosis Day, the "http://www.fundaciongaem.org/ca/" GAEM foundation of patients with multiple sclerosis launched a song which identifies these patients, with music and lyrics written by Dr. Roger Colobran, researcher of the Immunology group at Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research (VHIR). The Catalan pop-rock group "https://www.facebook.com/Boxets" Boxets, in which Dr. Colobran is the guitarist, composed "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJeGUp850jc" “A prop meu” with the aim to bring closer the problem to the society and to work together to tackle the challenges of both patients and researchers. The Catalan singer Lídia Pujol also participates in this song with the oldest Spanish gospel choir, Cor Carlit Gospel. On this May 28 the Vall d’Hebron University Hospital held an "http://www.vhebron.net/documents/9904922/9954343/Dia+Mundial+EM+-Programa+28-05-2014.pdf/f4d24b45-fdf2-480d-9766-385ea09bd82d" informative meeting on multiple sclerosis, conducted by Cemcat researchers, led by Dr. Xavier Montalban, and researchers from Bellvitge Hospital in Barcelona, Arnau de Vilanova hospital in Lleida and J. Trueta hospital in Girona. In the meeting also participated the responsible of the public health care system in the Catalan government, Dr. Boi Ruiz, the director of health care service at the Servei Català de la Salut, Dr. Àlex Guarga i Rojas, and the executive director of the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation in Catalonia, Rosa Masriera. Cemcat researchers recently presented a study at the 32 congress of the "http://www.seram2014.com/" Spanish society of medical radiology which "demonstrated that magnetic resonance imaging in multiple sclerosis has higher diagnosic and prognostic quality than other aspects such as demographic criteria or the study on oligoclonal banding in the cerebrospinal fluid", reported Dr. Àlex Rovira to the newspaper "http://www.immedicohospitalario.es/noticia/2650/32-congreso-nacional-de-la-sociedad-espanola-de-radiologia-medica#.U4bz5ygwYUZ" IM Médico.

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