The research group of Molecular Imaging is the result of the logical evolution after a long history of scientific activity developed by professionals from the Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Departments of the University Hospital Vall...
Read moreReparative Therapy of the Heart
The Laboratory of Reparative Therapy of the Heart aims to design new therapeutic approaches to reduce myocardial injury induced by ischemia and reperfusion and to repair the damaged myocardium through mechanisms of stem cells homing...
Read morePharmacokinetic Nanoparticles
The Group of design and pharmacodynamics of nanoparticles at the Valld’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) focuses on the synthesis, characterization and applications of engineered inorganic nanoparticles in the field of medicine. By mastering the...
Read moreNew Technologies and Craniofacial Microsurgery
The aim of our group is to develop new imaging technologies to allow virtual planning, navigation and robotic-based procedures in reconstructive Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery and microsurgery. We also focus into 3D Guided Surgery at the...
Read moreKidney Physiopathology
We are an interdisciplinary group of basic scientists and physicians devoted to the study of pathogenic mechanisms of renal diseases including inherited rare tubulopathies, tubular injury-regeneration processes and cancer, interstitial fibrosis...
Read moreImmune Regulation and Immunotherapy Group
Our group has worked for a long time in the molecular and functional characterization of diverse family of immune receptors including CD150, CD300, Siglecs and LILR. At the present moment, we are focusing our efforts in evaluate the possible role...
Read moreDrug Delivery and Targeting
Our group focusits research on new biomedical nanotechnology-based applicationsto develop new innovative drug delivery therapies and diagnostic systems to provide solutions to unmet medical needs in the oncology field and also in rare diseases...
Read moreDIAGNOSTIC NANOTOOLS (DINA): Diagnostic Nanotools for Fast Assay and Biosensor Development.
At Diagnostic Nanotools, we design and optimize new tools and assays that could betruly applicable to the diagnostics field. We work mainly in three research fields, which are in fact interconnected. On the one hand, the production of classical...
Read moreBiomedical Research in Digestive Tumors
Our group investigates the molecular mechanisms underlying the malignant transformation of the digestive tract. Using in vitro systems as well as animal models and large human tumor collections we study the role of small GTPases and structural...
Read moreThe Bioengineering, Cell Therapy and Surgery in Congenital Malformations (Bio-Cell Fetal)
The Bioengineering, Cell Therapy and Surgery in Congenital Malformations (Bio-Cell Fetal) research group is composed by clinical researchers (pediatric surgeons, neonatologists and obstetricians) and basic researchers (biochemists...
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