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treatments and therapies for eye damage and loss of vision

This year, the World Retinoblastoma Awareness Week is celebrated between 14-20 May 2023, with initiatives that aim to raise awareness about retinoblastoma and inform about its symptoms. Although retinoblastoma is a rare cancer, with an estimated incidence of about 1 case per 15,000 to 20,000 live births worldwide, it usually affects young children and can […]

On Saturday October 8, 2022, the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park, home to the CRG, reopened its doors to the general public after two years of pandemic closures. The Open Day is a thrilling event where hundreds of volunteers, composed of researchers and staff of the centre, enable children, students and the curious citizens of Barcelona […]

On September 30-October 1, 2022, the ECaBox project was presented at Aferetica’s Workshop Purification Therapies – ‘From Research to Clinical Evidence’. With more than 450 participants, 38 international speakers and 83 posters, the two-day congress was an opportunity for dialogue and confrontation on transplantation, from conservation to organ regeneration, and systemic inflammatory diseases, with focus […]

The aim of the highly ambitious ECaBox project is to develop a platform for the resuscitation of the human cadaveric eye while ensuring eye function and structure ex vivo for an unprecedented time period. If successful, the developed care box can serve as a platform for the investigation of various therapeutic approaches for retinal degenerative […]