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• Cell therapies in refractory inflammatory bowel disease

  Our center is a world leader in autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant for the treatment of Crohn’s disease. Studies in our group have chara...

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• Cross-sectional imaging for the assessment of inflammatory bowel disease

  The Magnetic Resonance Index of Activity (MaRIA) is used in specialized centers world-wide. We have developed a simplified index that maintains the...

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• Therapeutic targets and biomarkers in inflammatory bowel disease

  Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) develops because of an abnormal immune response to components of the intestinal lumen in genetically predisposed i...

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• First and second episodes of schizophrenia

  Multicenter, naturalistic, prospective, longitudinal research designed to evaluate clinical, neuropsychological, neuroimaging, biochemical, environ...

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• Molecular biology and translational research in schizophrenia

  This line of research focuses on brain apoptosis mechanism in FEPs of schizophrenia and the role of antiapoptotic and glutamate inhibitors as a new...

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• Neuropsychopharmacology and neuromodulation techniques

  This line of research focuses on the efficacy and safety of available antipsychotic drugs, identification of pharmacogenetic variables involved in...

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• Neuropsychology, assessment and psychological interventions

  Cognitive remediation therapy positively affects cognition and daily functioning in patients with schizophrenia. However, studies on the underlying...

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• Pharmacogenetics and schizophrenia

  This line focuses on the implementation of pharmacogenetics in clinical practice that allows personalise the therapeutic regimen and establish crit...

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• Physical health and morbimortality

  Along with other national and international cohorts, we try to consolidate the concept of foetal programming as a physiopathological basis that exp...

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• Targeted surgical treatment and quality of life improvement in gynecologic cancers

  Directed by: Berta Díaz Feijoo This research line focuses on advancing gynecologic cancer treatment through innovative surgical techniques and per...

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• Optimization of the surgical, medical management and follow up of diseases of the reproductive apparatus

  To analyze the role of the surgical variables allowing improvement of the results and reduction of the morbidity in the surgical treatment of benig...

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• Preservation and improvement of fertility

  To evaluate cryopreservation of ovarian tissue and to improve the autotransplantation technique in infertile patients. To improve reproductive outc...

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• Reproductive failure markers

  To find new markers of hemostasis alterations in early and advanced pregnancy in patients with or without antiphospholipid syndrome and in endometr...

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• Robotic surgery and uterine transplantation

  To improve and evaluate the current indications for robotic surgery in benign and malignant gynecological diseases, and to overcome the difficultie...

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• Molecular therapies and serum biomarkers in liver cancer treatment

  Directed by Albert Morales The research led by Dr. Morales focuses in identifying biomarkers, particularly in serum, that may predict treatment ef...

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• Immune response in liver chronic disease and cancer development

  Directed by Montserrat Marí Dr. Mari’s research aims to understand immune mechanisms activated in chronic liver diseases, to design therapies and...

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• Pulmonary hypertension associated with left heart disease and right ventricular dysfunction: identification of new pathophysiological mechanisms, phenotyping and innovative therapeutic strategies.

  Pulmonary hypertension associated with left heart disease is a highly heterogeneous condition, representing the most common cause of pulmonary hype...

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• Hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathies: underlying mechanisms of differential phenotypic expression, therapeutic alternatives and risk stratification.

  Significant gaps remain in our understanding of the penetrance and variable expression of genetically driven cardiomyopathies. Our group adopts a t...

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• Cardiac arrest: role of inflammation and mRNA in the incidence and prognosis of brain damage.

  Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is a severe event related to a high mortality, primarily due to hypoxic-ischemic neurological damage. Our group focu...

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• Cardiogenic shock and advanced heart failure: Extracorporeal oxygenation devices (ECMO), mechanical circulatory support and heart transplantation.

  Extracorporeal oxygenation devices (ECMO), mechanical circulatory support, and heart transplantation are crucial interventions for managing cardiog...

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