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• Molecular basis of age-related macular degeneration (AMD)

  Study of the contribution of chronic inflammation and in particular, C-reactive protein and complement Factor H to the progression of AMD.

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• Glaucoma

  Molecular genetics of glaucoma, proteomics of glaucoma secondary to uveitis, and applications of the structural analysis by OCT in glaucoma.

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• Radioguided surgery using virtual technologies

  To create models to merge 3D images in the operating room in real time to detect lesions and improve diagnostic accuracy.    

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• Current and future indications for theragnosis

  Radioligand therapy has proven to be useful in prostate cancer. Emerging indications for other prevalent tumors have opened a new path for oncologi...

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• Efficacy and safety of stroke mechanical thrombectomy techniques

  Mechanical thrombectomy is a groundbreaking treatment for acute ischaemic stroke caused by a large vessel occlusion. Since the beginning of the fir...

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• Radiomics in oncology

  Radiomics is a high-throughput approach to transforming imaging data into a large number of quantitative features and has been utilized in oncology...

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• Radiomics in vascular disease

  Thrombus pathological characteristics potentially impact the efficacy and impact of endovascular treatment and the clinical outcomes of patients wi...

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• Autosomal dominant forms of Neurodegenerative Dementias and Rare Dementias

  Directed by Raquel Sánchez-Valle   Dr. Sánchez-Valle’s research centres on  the characterization of the earliest stages of autosomal dominant deme...

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• Sporadic Alzheimer’s disease

  Directed by Dr Albert Lladó  Dr Lladó’s research explores the epidemiology, biomarkers, therapies, and social factors in sporadic Alzheimer’s dise...

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• Dementia with Lewy bodies and concomitant pathologies in Alzheimer’s disease

  Directed by Dr Mircea Balasa  Dr Balasa’s research focuses on validating fluid and imaging biomarkers for earlier and more accurate diagnosis of D...

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• The role of microglia and neuroinflammation in neurodegeneration

  Directed by Dr Anna Martinez-Muriana  Dr Martinez-Muriana investigates how microglia and neuroinflammation drive neurodegeneration, with a particu...

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• Development and validation of cognitive assessment tools across the healthy aging–Alzheimer’s disease continuum

  Directed by Dr Lorena Rami   Dr Rami’s research aims to define the neuropsychological features of main neurodegenerative dementias. Their team cre...

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• Redox stress in aortic aneurysm formation and progression in Marfan syndrome

  Our aim is to find out which moieties and signaling pathways are impaired in redox physiology and stress in aortic vascular cells. We are also assa...

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• New pharmacological approaches to interfere in the Marfan syndrome-associated TGF-β hypersignaling

  We use TGF-β receptor peptide sequences to sequester soluble active TGF-β in excess to prevent the aortic aneurysm.

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• Non invasive characterization of arrhythmia substrate

  We aim to characterize the myocardial and electrical substrate in patients with atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia in order to improve...

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• Characterization of cardiac mechanics in heart failure

  We aim to quantify and precisely describe underlying abnormalities in cardiac mechanics that could be corrected to improve the outcomes of patients...

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• Prediction of atrial fibrillation in patients at risk (Predict AF study)

  We aim to establish non invasive risk biomarkers based on imaging and blood tests to identify subjects that will develop atrial fibrillation in ord...

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• Identification of patients at risk of sudden death and heart failure after myocardial infarction

  We aim to characterize myocardial scar and cardiac remodelling to improve our identification of patients who will develop malignat ventricular arrh...

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• Identification of athletes at risk of sudden death

  We aim to characterize cardiac remodelling in response to exercise training and to identify those atletes at risk of presenting sudden death. Also,...

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• Characterization of hypertrophic hearts (INDEPTH-HCM)

  We aim to perform a in-depth myocardial characterization of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: comprehensive multimodality imaging, tissue characterizati...

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