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More than 350 European organizations involved in research and research funding join forces to move towards a peer-review-based system.

Researchers have observed that, in the absence of glucose, tumor cells become sensitive to treatment with sorafenib, a drug that was approved years ago for other indications.

The funds come from the campaign "Una pizca de Magia" (A pinch of Magic) promoted by Tamara Gorro.

The head of the Renal Pathophysiology group at VHIR was part of a round table on how research can help to meet the needs of patients with rare diseases.

The awarded initiatives are research for a non-invasive diagnosis of endometrium cancer and a project to improve the efficiency of RNA therapies.

The research describes the clinical characteristics and management of patients with this rare kidney disease in 55 hospitals in 21 European countries.

En la mateixa trobada la SEP va decidir atorgar per primera vegada una beca per fer formació a l'estranger de dos mesos. La beca es va atorgar a la Dra. Teresa Crespo, adjunta a la Unitat de Lesionats Medul·lars de Vall d’Hebron.

The donation will allow to continue promoting research projects to understand and find new therapies for pediatric nervous system tumors and childhood sarcomas.

The sessions have brought together experts who have presented the advances and knowledge generated in the area of HIV infection.

Aquests guardons reconeixen els millors serveis i unitats de l’Estat, tant públics com privats, que busquen l’excel•lència en l’atenció que presten als seus pacients.

El nou calendari de vacunes suma una vacuna contra el meningococ B, contra el Virus del Papil•loma Humà per a nens adolescents, i les vacunes contra l’herpes zòster i l’antipneumocòccica conjugada 20v per a persones grans.

She is a cardiologist, specialized in hereditary disorders causing arrhythmias and sudden death and will direct the VHIR after being dedicated to healthcare, research and teaching at the Vall d'Hebron Campus.

This new technology provides image quality currently unavailable with paediatric and neonatal transoesophageal probes, offering an exact correlation between the real-time 3D heart image and the paediatric patient’s anatomy.

El Dr. Gabriel Sampol, del Servei de Pneumologia i grup de Pneumologia del VHIR, el Dr. Jordi Giralt, cap del Servei d'Oncologia Radioteràpica i cap del grup d’Oncologia Radioteràpica del VHIO, el Dr. Josep Antoni Ramos Quiroga, cap del Servei de Psiquiatria i cap del grup de Psiquiatria, Salut Mental i Addiccions del VHIR, i el Dr. Víctor M. Vargas, del Servei d'Hepatologia, guardonats pel COMB.

The study by physician Emilie Anderssen seeks to optimize the medicalization of people living in nursing homes.

La Violència Masclista és la manifestació més greu de la desigualtat cap a les dones a la nostra societat; un greu problema de salut pública, un atemptat contra la llibertat individual i una violació dels drets humans.

The scientific review reports that changes in the respiratory system flora due to pollution increase the risk of suffering a hospital infection caused by multidrug-resistant organisms.

November is men's health awareness month promoted by the MOVEMBER movement.

Els estudis avançaran en els camps de les malalties digestives, el VIH, la fatiga crònica, les patologies cardíaques, l’hepatitis, la diabetis i l’oftalmologia.

The inhibition of integrin alpha9 (ITGA9) by the drug RA08 is a novel therapeutic strategy to prevent the dissemination of tumor cells.

Els ajuts impulsaran estudis en els camps del VIH, les hepatitis virals i la COVID-19.

Enguany la Jornada ha estat dedicada a la recerca a l’abordatge de la nova realitat en salut mental postpandèmia.

A Vall d'Hebron study has identified this new marker, visible at the time of diagnosis, which can serve as a guide for both patients and professionals.

Els doctors Xavier Montalban, Àlex Rovira i Mar Tintoré han estat reconeguts en la categoria de Neurociències i Comportament, i el doctor Jordi Rello en la categoria Interdisciplinària.