Scientific Highlights

January

04-01-2018 A pioneering study led by Dr. Amparo Santamaría will determine the cause and effect relationship between genetic thrombophilia and fertility problems

View the news in the media ANTENA 3

22-01-2018 Virtual reality improves treatment of patients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

View the news in the media VilaWeb

February

05-02-2018 Dr. Marc Miravitlles leads the official European guide to pulmonary disease due to alpha-1 antitrypsin deficit

View the news in the media Biotech Spain

19-02-2018 Dr. Chaysavanh Manichanh receives a fellowship of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America

View the news in the media La Vanguardia

March

01-03-2018 Dr. Xavier Montalban leads the first European Clinical Practice Guide in Multiple Sclerosis

View the news in the media El Periodico

12-03-2018 A large-scale genetic study offers a new vision of the causes of stroke

View the news in the media Betevé

April

11-04-2018 VHIR researchers describe a pathway to slow Parkinson’s disease progression and reverse the symptoms

View the news in the media La Sexta

26-04-2018 A new European project awarded to the CIBBIM-Nanomedicine of the VHIR converts the Vall d’Hebron Campus into the health institution with the most active research projects in Nanomedicine of Europe

View the news in the media Con Salud

May

22-05-2018 Vall d’Hebron leads the first clinical trial in Spain to treat acute spinal cord injuries with mesenchymal stem cells

View the news in the media Redacción Médica

June

11-06-2018 Transplanting intestinal microbiota corrects the portal hypertension on Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NASH)

View the news in the media El País

18-06-2018 Adding low-intensity chemotherapy treatment for six months significantly increases survival rate in children with rhabdomyosarcoma

View the news in the media RTVE

22-06-2018 Migraine and ADHD share a common genetic basis

View the news in the media El periódico

July

11-07-2018 Characterized a key protein for the formation of the Central Nervous System, common among invertebrates and vertebrates

View the news in the media Biotech Spain

17-07-2018 VHIR participates in a trial in patients to test a drug for Huntington’s disease

View the news in the media ABC

31-07-2018 A diet low in fermentable residues and a prebiotic similarly improve the symptoms associated with intestinal gas production

View the news in the media La Razón

August

29-08-2018 Doctors at the Vall d’Hebron Hospital and VHIR researchers point out the relationship between asthma and environmental pollution

View the news in the media Cuatro

September

06-09-2018 New genetic loci related to the consumption of cannabis

View the news in the media RTVE

October

10-10-2018 Link between gut flora and multiple sclerosis discovered

View the news in the media ccma

17-10-2018 Vall d’Hebron will become the headquarters of ICORD, a worldwide reference organization in rare diseases, as of 2019

View the news in the media COPE

November

26-11-2018 First genetic map of the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

View the news in the media RTVE

28-11-2018 The Eric Abidal Foundation helps fund a VHIR research project on child cancer

View the news in the media Mundo Deportivo

29-11-2018 Iproteos, IBEC and VHIR to develop an innovative therapy against solid tumors

View the news in the media Agencia SINC

December

19-12-2018 A clinical trial demonstrates the positive effect of personalized vaccines in brain cancer

View the news in the media El País