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• Metabolic diseases, organ damage, and cardiovascular risk

  Directed by Josep Vidal  We combine clinical and laboratory research to understand how diabetes, dyslipidemia, and obesity lead to organ damage, w...

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• Colorectal cancer

  Directed by Dr. Joan Maurel To evaluate intrinsic and acquired mechanisms of resistance to chemotherapy and targeted agents in metastatic colore...

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• Brain tumors

  Directed by  Dr. Estela Pineda Identification and characterization of new factors involved in NSC maintenance and differentiation, with a specia...

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• Melanoma

  Directed by Dr. Ana Arance and Dr. Francisco Aya To identify novel biomarkers predictive of survival and/or treatment response to targeted th...

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• Early drug development (Clinical Trial Unit)

  Directed by Aleix Prat To promote and execute phase 1-3 clinical trials. To determine the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of novel drugs....

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• 1. Protective effects of Mediterranean diet

  Protective effects of Mediterranean diet on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular prevention (chronic diseases, neurodegenerative diseases and cancer).

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• 2. Protective effects of alcohol (beer or wine)

  Protective effects of alcohol, fermented beverages like beer or wine, consumption on health.

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• 3. Effects of other diet components on healthy

  Effects of other diet components (olive oil, nuts, cocoa, fatty-acids, tomatoes, etc.) on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular prevention (chronic di...

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• 4. Assessment on cardiovascular risk factors on primary prevention

  Assessment on cardiovascular risk factors on primary prevention, especially blood pressure.

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• 5. Evaluation of the intima-media thickness (IMT) of the carotid artery and ultrasound plaque

  Evaluation of the intima-media thickness (IMT) of the carotid artery and ultrasound plaque in: a) people with a high cardiovascular risk; b) predia...

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• 6. Aging

  The effects of diet-bioactive components on the shortening of leukocyte telomere length.

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• 7. Thrombosis

  Effects of Mediterranean diet on platelet levels and their role on cardiovascular risk, as well as biochemical mechanisms of thrombosis.

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• Neurodegenerative diseases and tumors of the central nervous system

  Study of the mechanisms and markers of degeneration and extension of neurodegenerative diseases and neoplastic biomarkers of the central nervous sy...

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• Molecular lymph node staging in colorectal carcinoma

  Conventional lymph node staging in colorectal carcinoma is performed using pathology analysis. The use of molecular techniques for lymph node stagi...

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• Skin and kidney involvement in haematological and systemic diseases

  Studies investigating the morphological findings and molecular mechanisms underlying the inflammatory processes affecting skin and kidney commonly...

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• Molecular techniques applied to melanocytic neoplasia, especially to melanoma diagnosis

  Study of molecular features of melanocytic proliferations, focused on differential diagnosis between benign nevus and melanoma.

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• Head and neck carcinomas oncogenesis and prognostic factors

  Molecular studies of carcinomas of the upper respiratory tract, including oncogenetic pathways and translational studies related to prognosis and t...

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• Transcriptional expression profiles involved in molecular mechanisms of carcinogenesis

  We focus mainly on prostate, breast, urologic, skin, gastrointestinal and lung tumors.

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• Genetic and epigenetic diagnosis of autoinflammatory disease

  Directed by Dr. Juan Ignacio Arostegui Extending knowledge of genetic diagnostic tools to improve the determination and management of patients wit...

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• Molecular determination of the T-cell specific immune response

  Directed by Dr. Europa Azucena González Study of the T-cell specific immune response, based on molecular and especially genetic definition of the...

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