The European Commission, upon proposal from the European Medicines Agency (EMA), has designated Gefitinib as an orphan drug for Fanconi anemia. This orally administered product is currently indicated for the treatment of lung cancer. The studies...
Read moreCIBBIM Nanomedicine awarded at the National Congress of Paediatric Nephrology
Pre-doctoral researcher Mónica Vall, from the research group in Renal Physiopathology – CIBBIM Nanomedicine led by Dr. Anna Meseguer, won the prize for the best poster – short communication from the XLIII National Congress of...
Read moreDr. J. Raúl Herance, appointed Co-chair of the Spanish Group of the European Molecular Imaging Society
Recently, Dr. J Raúl Herance, co-head of the Molecular Medical Imaging group at the Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) has been elected to the position of Co-chair of the Spanish Group of the European Molecular Imaging Society. It will...
Read moreExtracellular HMGA1 promotes tumor Invasion and Metastasis in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.
Mendez O, Peg V, Salvans C, Pujals M, Fernandez Y, Abasolo I, Perez J, Matres A, Valeri M, Gregori J, Villarreal L, Schwartz S, Ramon Y Cajal S, Tabernero J, Cortes J, Arribas J, Villanueva J Clin Cancer Res. 2018 Aug 22. pii...
Read moreRational Design of a siRNA Delivery System: ALOX5 and Cancer Stem Cells as Therapeutic Targets
Rafael D, Andrade F, Montero S, Gener P, Seras-Franzoso J, Martínez F, González P, Florindo H, Arango D, Sayós J, Abasolo I, Videira M, and Schwartz Jr. S. , Prec. Nanomed. 2018 July;1(2):86-105 DOI:10.29016/180629.1...
Read moreBacterial cellulose hydrogel loaded with lipid nanoparticles for localized cancer treatment
Cacicedo ML, Islan GA, León IE, Álvarez VA, Chourpa I, Allard-Vannier E, García-Aranda N, Díaz-Riascos ZV, Fernández Y, Schwartz S Jr, Abasolo I, Castro GR Colloids and surfaces. B, Biointerfaces Volumen: 170 Páginas: 596-608 Fecha de...
Read moreDetection of plasma MMP-9 within minutes. Unveiling some of the clues to develop fast and simple electrochemical magneto-immunosensors
Gisela Ruiz-Vega , Alicia García-Robaina, Manel Ben Ismail, Helena Pasamar, Teresa García-Berrocoso, Joan Montaner, Mohammed Zourob, Ali Othmane, F. Javier del Campo, Eva Baldrich Biosensors and Bioelectronics Volume 115, 15 September 2018...
Read moreUsing polyHRP to produce simplified immunoassays and electrochemical immunosensors. Application to MMP-9 detection in plasma and uterine aspirates
Erica de la Serna, Elena Martínez-García, Teresa García-Berrocoso, Anna Penalba, Antonio Gil-Moreno, Eva Colas, Joan Montaner, Eva Baldrich Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical Volume 269, 15 September 2018, Pages 377-384...
Read moreA new European project awarded to the CIBBIM-Nanomedicine of the VHIR converts the Vall d’Hebron Campus into the health institution with the highest number of active research projects in Nanomedicine of Europe
For the first time, the Vall d’Hebron Campus has a FET Innovation (Future and Emerging Technologies) project that has been awarded within the Horitzo 2020 program to the CIBBIM-Nanomedicine. Drug Delivery and Targeting research group...
Read moreThe EVO-NANO project will allow testing the behavior of nanoparticles within a tumor
The CIBER-BBN-CIBBIM group, led by Dr. Simó Schwartz, coordinating NANBIOSIS U20. In Vivo Experimental Platform has been granted a FET Innovation project (Future and Emerging Technologies) within the Horizon 2020 program. The EVO-NANO project...
Read moreApril, Fabry disease awareness month
The Fabry International Network (FIN) association has established the month of April as the «month of Fabry» to raise awareness and educate about this disease, a rare, progressive and with multi-organ involvement pathology. Fabry disease is a...
Read moreBook – Nanoparticles in Life Sciences and Biomedicine
Book – Nanoparticles in Life Sciences and Biomedicine The creation of new and more efficient therapies for improving human health greatly depends on drug delivery systems. Nanotechnology has emerged as a powerful strategy for the...
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