Can Ruti 'shows its rare' on Rare Disease Day
Many activities have taken place this week on Campus Can Ruti to celebrate the International Rare Disease Day on the last day of February.

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Many activities have taken place this week on Campus Can Ruti to celebrate the International Rare Disease Day on the last day of February.
Dr. García Prado, leader of the Viral Immune Evasion and Vacciones (VIRIEVAC) at the IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute will combine the new position with the leadership of her group, focused on the design of new strategies against HIV. Manel Puig, General Director of the IGTP, has presented the new organizational chart during the presentation of the Research Agenda 2018, together with the new challenges for the coming years.
Tanya Vavouri, researcher at the IGTP and Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute is one of the nominees for the Vanguardia de la Ciencia award, for the study showing that environment affects genetics and can be retained for generations. The vote is open to everyone, scientist or not, until February 28.
The study, published in 'Annals of Oncology' aimed to demonstrate that choosing the treatment regime based on genetic variants could improve the prognosis of patients with advanced colorectal cancer. Although this primary objective was not achieved, the trial did show that a blood test can be used to predict the most efficient treatment to reduce metastasis.
Quatre entitats de Badalona uneixen esforços per portar el "Giving Tuesday" a la ciutat: un dia per donar i per promoure la solidaritat. L’IGTP, a través dels Amics de Can Ruti, és una de les entitats promotores de la iniciativa a Badalona.
The Tusgsal company that runs the buses in the Badalona area and the surroundings is now a Friend of Can Ruti, as is Teletransfer, the company that manages the advertising on bus network
Aquest dimecres 15 de novembre més de 200 alumnes de centres de Badalona han visitat les institucions del Campus Can Ruti en el marc de la Setmana de la Ciència. L’IGTP és un dels impulsors d’aquesta jornada de portes obertes en el marc de la Setmana de la Ciència, a Badalona.
L'Institut de Recerca Germans Trias i Pujol (IGTP) ha rebut finançament per a 5 projectes amb els fons recaptats en l'edició 2016 de La Marató. En concret, l'Institut ha rebut finançament per a dos projectes unitaris i tres de coordinats
Se han celebrado las XV Jornadas en Investigación Traslacional y Neoplasias Digestivas, del IGTP y el ICO
Scientists at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG)in Barcelona and the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute and The Institute for Health Science Research Germans Trias i Pujol (IGTP)in Badalona, Spain, have discovered that the impact of environmental change can be passed on in the genes of tiny nematode worms for at least 14 generations - the most that has ever been seen in animals. The findings will be published on Friday 21st April in the journal Science.