The objectives of ESNAM are to promote nanomedicine research and facilitate the exchange of knowledge among its members (currently, about 800 members). According to Dr. Simó Schwartz “the dissemination of specialized infrastructure in...
Read moreVHIR brings nanomedicine to the Science Festival
The Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) participated once again in the Science Festival, which this year has reached its 10th edition. Dr. Víctor Puntes, head of the group of Design and Pharmacodynamics of Nanoparticles, gave a talk...
Read moreVHIR presented the results of three projects of the TV3’s Marathon 2010
On Wednesday 15 June was held the Symposium on acquired spinal cord and brain injuries, in which have been presented the results of the 30 projects funded in the 2010 edition of the TV3 Marathon. Of these projects, three were carried out at the...
Read moreThe Association for Familial Hypomagnesemia donates once again 15000 € for the research of this disease
For the second year in a row, the Association for Information and Research of Familial Hipomagnesemia (Hipofam) has given 15000 euros to the research group on Renal Physiopathology of Vall d’hebron Research Institute (VHIR) to investigate...
Read moreDr. Schwartz Jr participates in a European nanomedicine project for pancreatic cancer
The Drug Delivery and Targeting group from the CIBBIM-Nanomedicine at VHIR, led by Dr. Simó Schwartz Jr., participates in a new European project, called NoCanTher, which aims to develop treatments with nanomedicine for pancreatic ductal...
Read moreConformational and functional variants of CD44-targeted protein nanoparticles bio-produced in bacteria
Pesarrodona M1, Fernández Y, Foradada L, Sánchez-Chardi A, Conchillo-Solé O, Unzueta U, Xu Z, Roldán M, Villegas S, Ferrer-Miralles N, Schwartz S Jr, Rinas U, Daura X, Abasolo I, Vázquez E, Villaverde A. Biofabrication. 2016 Apr 14;8(2):025001...
Read moreAlpha-Galactosidase A Loaded Nanoliposomes with Enhanced Enzymatic Activity and Intracellular Penetration.
I Cabrera, I Abasolo, JL.Corchero, E Elizondo, P Rivera Gil, E Moreno, J Faraudo, S Sala, D Bueno, E González-Mira, M Rivas, M Melgarejo, D Pulido, F Albericio, M Royo, A Villaverde, M F. García-Parajo, Schwartz S Jr., N Ventosa, J Veciana...
Read moreDr. Anna Meseguer receives grant from the American Association for Cancer Research
Dr. Anna Meseguer, head of the Kidney Physiopathology group at the Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research (VHIR), has received the 2016 Research Grant for Immunotherapy in Kidney Cancer of the American Association for Cancer Research, endowed with...
Read moreTaking care of your kidneys, and also of the youngest ones’
Renal disease, those that affect the kidneys are not an issue just for adults. Younger children also suffer. A reality that sometimes is hidden and has led to devote this year’s World Kidney Day to preventing diseases that affect children...
Read moreIncreased secretory sphingomyelinase activity in the first trimester of pregnancy in women later developing preeclampsia: a nested case-control study.
Rodríguez-Sureda V, Crovetto F, Triunfo S, Sánchez O, Crispi F, Llurba E, Gratacós E, Figueras F, Domínguez C. Biol Chem. 2016 Mar;397(3):269-79. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=26756094 Abstract The pathogenic basis of abnormal...
Read moreA New Surgical Model of Skeletal Muscle Injuries in Rats Reproduces Human Sports Lesions.
Contreras-Muñoz P, Fernández-Martín A, Torrella R, Serres X, De la Varga M, Viscor G, Järvinen TA, Martínez-Ibáñez V, Peiró JL, Rodas G, Marotta M. Int J Sports Med. 2016 Mar;37(3):183-90...
Read morePrenatal ultrasound evaluation of segmental level of neurological lesion in fetuses with myelomeningocele: development of a new technique
E. Carreras, A. Maroto, T. Illescas, M. Meléndez, S. Arévalo, J. L. Peiró,C. G. García-Fontecha, M. Belfort, A. Cuxart ULTRASOUND OBST GYN Volume 47, Issue 2, February 2016 Pages 162–167...
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