Rafael D, Merce Roca Melendres, Andrade F, Montero S, Martinez-Trucharte F, Vilar-Hernandez M, Francisco Duran-Lara, Schwartz S Jr, Abasolo I Int J Pharm. 2021 Jul 28:120954. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2021.120954...
Read morePluronic F127-micelles improve the stability and enhance the anticancer stem cell efficacy of citral in breast cancer
Marwa M Abu-Serie, Fernanda Andrade, Patrícia Camára-Sánchez, Joaquin Seras-Franzoso, Diana Rafael, Zamira V Diaz-Riascos, Petra Gener, Ibane Abasolo, Simó Schwartz Jr. Nanomedicine (Lond.) (Epub ahead of print)...
Read moreHarnessing subcellular-resolved organ distribution of cationic copolymer-functionalized fluorescent nanodiamonds for optimal delivery of active siRNA to a xenografted tumor in mice
Sandra Claveau , Marek Kindermann , Alexandre Papine , Zamira V Díaz-Riascos, Xavier Délen, Patrick Georges , Roser López-Alemany , Òscar Martínez Tirado , Jean-Rémi Bertrand , Ibane Abasolo , Petr Cigler , François Treussart Nanoscale. 2021...
Read moreApplication of Quality by Design to the robust preparation of a liposomal GLA formulation by DELOS-susp method
Josep Merlo-Mas, Judit Tomsen Melero, Jose Luis Corchero, Elisabet González Mira, Albert Font, Jannik N.Pedersen, Natalia Garcia Aranda, Edgar Cristóbal-Lecina, Marta Alcaina-Hernando, Rosa Mendoza, Elena García Fruitós, Teresa...
Read moreExtracellular vesicles from recombinant cell factories improve the activity and efficacy of enzymes defective in lysosomal storage disorders
Seras-Franzoso J, Diaz-Riascos ZV, Corchero JL, Gonzalez P, Garcia-Aranda N, Mandana M, Riera R, Boullosa A, Mancilla S, Grayston A, Molto-Abad M, Garcia-Fruitos E, Mendoza R, Pintos-Morell G, Albertazzi L, Rosell A, Casas J, Villaverde A...
Read moreHyaluronic acid (HA)-coated naproxen-nanoparticles selectively target breast cancer stem cells through COX-independent pathways
Eva Espinosa-Cano, Miguel Huerta-Madroñala, Patricia Cámara-Sánchez, Joaquin Seras-Franzoso, Simo Schwartz, Ibane Abasolo, Julio San Román, Maria Rosa Aguilar Materials Science & Engineering C. Available online 10 March 2021, 112024  ...
Read moreStimuli-Responsive Hydrogels for Cancer Treatment: The Role of pH, Light, Ionic Strength and Magnetic Field
Andrade F, Roca-Melendres MM, Duran-Lara EF, Rafael D, Schwartz S Jr Cancers (Basel). 2021 Mar 9;13(5). pii: cancers13051164. doi: 10.3390/cancers13051164. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33803133/ Abstract Cancer remains as the second leading...
Read moreDr. Simó Schwartz Jr. assumes the general direction of the Blood and Tissue Bank after 16 years at VHIR
Dr. Simó Schwartz Jr. has been appointed as the new general director of the Blood and Tissue Bank, replacing Dr. Enric Argelagués, who leaves his position today, March 1, after 17 years in the management (1993 – 2002 and 2013 – 2021)...
Read moreVall d’Hebron leads a clinical study testing the use of nanoparticles for the treatment of locally advanced pancreatic cancer
Nanomedicine has emerged as a potential therapy for pancreatic cancer, a disease with a 5-year survival rate as low as 5%. The international project NoCanTher was launched in 2016 to test the use of magnetic nanoparticles in treating locally...
Read moreA study by Vall d’Hebron suggests a new strategy for the treatment of colorectal cancer
The research group on CIBBIM-Nanomedicine, Drug Delivery and Targeting of the Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) has recently participated in a study with the aim of finding a useful treatment to combat colorectal cancer, but also to...
Read moreImpact of Chemical Composition on the Nanostructure and Biological Activity of alpha-Galactosidase-Loaded Nanovesicles for Fabry Disease Treatment.
Tomsen-Melero J, Passemard S, Garcia-Aranda N, Diaz-Riascos ZV, Gonzalez-Rioja R, Nedergaard Pedersen , Lyngso J, Merlo-Mas J, Cristobal-Lecina E, Corchero JL, Pulido D, Camara-Sanchez P, Portnaya I, Ionita I, Schwartz S Jr, Veciana J, Sala S...
Read moreCreated BSURE Medical, a new spin-off of the VHIR
The creation of BSURE Medical represents the culmination of the valuation and transfer strategy carried out by the VHIR Innovation Unit of a research project of which Dr. Jaume Alijotas Reig and Dr. Simo Schwartz Jr are the main researchers and...
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