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 moreAsdent donates more than 114,000 euros for the investigation of Dent’s disease in Vall d’Hebron
Asdent (Association of Dent Disease) has delivered 114,978.55 euros to the Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) to continue researching this disease. The pathology of Dent is a hereditary minority disease linked to the X chromosome and...
Read moreProven that a protein produced by the kidney could become a therapeutic target for the metabolic syndrome
A study led by Dr. Anna Meseguer, chief of the group of research CIBBIM-Nanomedicine Renal Pathophysiology of the Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), has showed the role of the KAP protein in the control of the development of the metabolic...
Read moreAsdent donates more than 120,000 euros to raise funds for the Dent’s disease at Vall d’Hebron
Nacho is a 6-year-old child who was diagnosed when he was 3 with the Dent’s disease; a rare untreatable disease which may result in renal failure. Since the diagnosis, his parents have not stop to reverse this situation getting researchers...
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. 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 moreVHIR inaugurates the 2nd edition of the Master’s Degree in Translational Biomedical Research
On September 29th, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research (VHIR) celebrated the opening day of the 2nd edition of the Official Master’s Degree in Translational Biomedical Research and the closing of the 1st edition, with the diploma award ceremony...
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