International registry of people with Down syndrome and coronavirus

The Alzheimer-Down Unit (Catalan Down Syndrome Foundation and Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau) participates in an international registry of people with Down syndrome affected by the coronavirus COVID-19 infection. This registry is powered by the Scientific Society for the Study of Trisomy 21 (T21 Research Society). The objective is to know the … Read more

III Symposium of the DEGESCO Consortium

On May 16th, the III Symposium of the DEGESCO Consortium on Dementia Genetics will be held in Málaga, in the context of the VI Málaga Alzheimer Conference, sponsored by CIBERNED and the Andalusian Institute of Neuroscience. During the DEGESCO symposium, the ongoing projects of the consortium will be brought together and new proposals will be … Read more

The Sant Pau Memory Unit in the AAIC 2018 – Chicago

Sant Pau Memory Unit - AAIC 2018 Chicago

The Sant Pau Memory Unit attended the annual Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC 2018) that was held in Chicago between July 22nd and 26th 2018. This conference, the largest dedicated to Alzheimer’s disease, gathers researchers from all over the world that share their knowledge and advances in the field. Here is the list of communications … Read more

Sant Pau hosts a meeting of european experts on Alzheimer’s genetics

European experts meeting - Genetics - Sant Pau Memory Unit - Alzheimer Research - Barcelona

On April 9th and 10th, Hospital de Sant Pau will host a meeting of 40 european experts in the study of the genetic bases of Alzheimer. This meeting, organized by Dr. Jordi Clarimón, will gather members of the Alzheimer Disease Exome Sequencing Consortium (ADES) and the European Alzheimer’s Disease DNA BioBank (EADB). Preliminary results will … Read more