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09/04/2013

Step by Step Foundation and 501SITU will contribute to fund the project 'Time to Move' led at VHIR

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09/04/2013

The 25% of the profits of a real state will fund a research project in spinal cord injuries

Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research (VHIR), Step by Step Foundation (SbS) and the real state agency 501SITU will donate 25% of the profits of a housing promotion for a research project in spinal cord injuries. The agreement will contribute to fund the project ‘Time to Move’, based on cell therapy to promote new approaches in the treatment of this type of injuries. VHIR leads this study in which collaborate 7 research groups: 2 from VHIR, 2 from the Universitat de Girona (UdG), 2 from the Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe (CIPF), and the rehabilitation group at SbS Foundation. In the signature of the agreement, hosted at the Economy Department of the Catalan government, participated VHIR’s director, Dr. Joan X. Comella, the head of the Spinal Cord Unit at Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Dr. Miguel Ángel Viejo, 501SITU's partner and SbS’s founder, Frederic Crespo, and the trustees at SbS, Xavier Esteve and Anna Veiga. For VHIR’s director, ‘Time to Move’ project is unique because it deals the research in spinal cord from a “multidisciplinary point of view with leading groups in their field of study”. A fact which also highlighted Dr. Gonzalez Viejo, who insisted on the approach that this project does from “all possible perspectives”.The act was led by the director of research of the Catalan government, Josep Maria Martorell, who underlined “the commitment of a private company in the research done in Catalonia”, as well as the “benefits that the investment in science generates for the quality of life of citizens”. "http://www.fundacionsbs.org/en/index.php" Step by Step Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to the recovery of people suffering from neurological disease affecting the central nervous systems, especially in the case of spinal cord injuries. Besides offering an innovative rehabilitation center, it has a scientific committee to promote new research lines which contribute to the improvement of the quality of life of patients.

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