The first genome-wide association study (GWAS) in IgA vasculitis worldwide has been conducted by the research group of IDIVAL “Genetic epidemiology and atherosclerosis in systemic inflammatory diseases”, led by Dr. Miguel Ángel González-Gay, in collaboration with other Hospitals and national and international Institutes. Immunoglobulin-A (IgA) vasculitis, also known as Henoch-Schöenlein purpura (HSP), is the most […]
Using different advanced microscopy techniques, a group of researchers from the REIPI network demonstrated that human neutrophils easily phagocytose and kill Acinetobacter baumannii and A. pittii. After bacteria-cell contact, neutrophils rapidly and continuously engulf and kill bacteria during at least 4 hours of infection in vitro. Also, neutrophils release neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) against Acinetobacter. […]
Revista Medica Valdecilla has edited the first number of this year 2017 which is already available on the website of Marques de Valdecilla University Hospital (http://www.humv.es/revista-valdecilla/). The journal was created in 2015 with the aim of promoting and supporting research, including research developed by residents, in the environment of the public health system of Cantabria. […]
The Board of IDIVAL at the meeting on 23rd June has appointed Professor Benedicto Crespo Facorro Scientific Director of IDIVAL. The appointment had already been announced a few weeks ago and in this way compliance with the statutes of IDIVAL where is made explicit the role of this figure in the Institute as the highest […]
Professionals of the radiotherapy oncology service of the Marques de Valdecilla University Hospital in collaboration with professionals of thePhotonics Engineering Group from the University of Cantabria develop a system to detect the position and depth of catheters in brachytherapy. This group has applied for a European patent in March 2017. Brachytherapy is a medical technique […]
Donating organs after cardiac arrest accounts for about 30% of organ donations in most countries. However, ischemic injury, which characterizes cardiac arrest and poor perfusion of organs during this period leads to the loss of many organs from this type of donors.Although the evidence remains limited, it appears that regional normothermic perfusion using ECMO devices […]
HLA antigen panel reactive panel calculators allow the possibility of finding a compatible donor in highly sensitized patients on waiting list. These patients spend prolonged periods of time on the compatible donor waiting list. The design of these calculators, together with the optimization of the study of the anti-HLA antibody profile with the new solid-phase […]
Dr. Jose Maria de la Torre Hernández is an interventional cardiologist at the Marques de Valdecilla University Hospital (HUMV), with more than 20 years of experience as a clinician and researcher, and is currently at MIT at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering within the Laboratory of Professor Elazer R. Edelman with a scholarship granted by […]
The Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health Network (CIBERSAM) opens the 5th edition of Ideas Lab. This initiative aims to support the careers of young researchers by creating a forum for the presentation, discussion and critique of the work of scientists who are starting out in their career with the aim of promoting innovation, translational […]
The Institute of Health Carlos III has funded the project “Induction of the conjugative transfer of plasmids in response to pheromones” in the call Strategic Health Action 2016, File Nº: PI 16/01535 with a budget of 74,415 €.This Project is led by Mª Victoria Francia Gil, researcher at IDIVAL Group Clinical and Molecular Microbiology. Enterococcus […]
