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The EVOLUTION trial is currently in phase IIb and it will evaluate the effect of the Vafidemstat drug on cognitive effects and the negative effects deriving from the illness.

Among the 108 Spanish scientists recognised on the 2021 Web of Science Group list, two from Vall d’Hebron Research Institute stand out: Dr Maria Buti and Dr Xavier Montalban.

The team led by Dr. Matilde E. LLeonart has observed the presence of elevated levels of syntenin-1 in chemotherapy-resistant cells and cancer stem cells.

La Setmana de la Innovació i la Ciència a Vall d’Hebron seran cinc dies plens d’activitats relacionades amb la realitat virtual i augmentada, la robòtica, la simulació, el 3D, l’emprenedoria o la recerca.

The jury unanimously recognised her efforts in the fight against COVID-19 and the cooperation with the care sector for dependent elderly people.

The AECC Research Grants for 2021 will drive the research headed by Dr Fernanda da Silva and Dr Eva Colás.

Within the framework of the project “Cooperative Cohort COVID-19”, a mobile application will allow citizens to transfer their data under certain conditions and thus actively collaborate in research projects.

The grant will allow to carry out a validation study of a digital tool for monitoring patients with advanced diabetic kidney disease.

The analysis aimed to identify trends in indicators of quality of care in the surgical treatment of adult scoliosis, such as complications, reinterventions and impact on the quality of life of patients with spinal deviation.

Dr Albert Salazar, director of Vall d’Hebron and Chairman of the EUHA highlighted “the significance of this alliance, which allows us to establish synergies with Europe and thus improve patient care”.

Prostate cancer, testicle cancer, mental health and preventing suicide among men were the focus of the charity organisation Movember, which since 2003 has funded more than 1,250 projects associated with male health around the world.

Vall d’Hebron is looking for volunteers over the age of 18 who have received the Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty vaccine against COVID-19 at least 6 months ago.

The Fight Kids Cancer initiative (a union of three European cancer associations: Imagine for Margo, Kick Cancer and Kriibskrank Kanner Foundation) is the funding institution.

L’Associació Pulseras Candela consolida la seva col·laboració amb una nova aportació de 50.000€ al projecte del Dr. Miquel Segura i la Dra. Roberta Antonelli del VHIR.

As of tomorrow, Lleida will be hosting the 19th Congress of the Spanish Society of Neuroscience (SENC). This is a biennial event, which this year will be held from 3 to 5 November in la Llotja, the Lleida Exhibition Centre.

Hi participaran 300 persones en set centres repartits per tota Catalunya, entre els quals es troba Vall d'Hebron.

The Aligning Science Across Parkinson's (ASAP) initiative has awarded the grant to a project coordinated by Dr. Miquel Vila, head of the Neurodegenerative Diseases research group at the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR).

The funded project, led by Dr. Berta Sáez, will analyze the usefulness of certain biomarkers for the diagnosis and evaluation of disease progression.

El cap del Servei de Neurologia-Neuroimmunologia Clínica de l’Hospital Vall d’Hebron, cap del Grup d’Investigació en Neuroimmunologia Clínica del VHIR i director del Centre d'Esclerosi Múltiple de Catalunya (Cemcat) ha liderat el comitè d’elaboració de la guia europea amb recomanacions per a neuròlegs i pacients, basades en l’evidència existent, sobre l’eficàcia de tractaments, que ha presentat al Congrés del Comitè Europeu del Tractament i Recerca en Esclerosi Múltiple (ECTRIMS).

La Dra. Carmen Tur rebrà un ajut per al projecte “Caracterització de patrons espai temporals de dany tissular cerebral en esclerosi múltiple mitjançant tècniques d'aprenentatge profund no supervisat”.

La campanya vol sensibilitzar la ciutadania sobre la importància de la recerca i permet la seva col·laboració amb la Recerca de Vall d’Hebron a través de microdonatius.

A Vall d’Hebron, l'abordatge del càncer de mama es realitza de manera multidisciplinària: personal d'oncologia, radioteràpia i medicina nuclear i cirurgians i cirurgianes plàstics treballen de manera coordinada per definir el tractament més adient per a cada pacient.

Research led by Dr Fernando Azpiroz points to an increase in gas caused by high metabolic activity in the intestine.

Vall d’Hebron obre les portes gràcies al 48h Open House BCN 2021, que se celebra a Barcelona el cap de setmana del 23 i el 24 d’octubre i enguany està dedicat a l’arquitectura mediterrània.