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Personalized diagnostics and treatment of high risk coronary artery disease patients (RISKYCAD)
Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2017,
Although the accurate diagnosis and prevention of coronary artery disease (CAD), acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and death is a major public health issue, risk stratification for CAD with current diagnostic tools is not properly supporting clinical decision making. RiskyCAD’s overall goal is to identify novel biomarkers for asymptomatic patients in high risk of major coronary events, and develop ...
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Joint European and Latin American Research Network on Diabetic Microangiopathy (EULAMDIMA)
Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Oct 31, 2016,
The WHO estimates that the metabolic disease diabetes will become the leading cause of morbidity and premature mortality by the year 2020, severely affecting both developed and developing countries. Diabetic microvascular complications affect eyes, kidneys, and nerves. Hyperglycaemia is the most important risk factor for diabetic microangiopathy. However, the mechanisms by which poor glucose cont ...
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STRATEGY TO INHIBIT TGF-Beta IN LIVER DISEASE (IT-LIVER)
Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2016,
Chronic liver diseases (CLD) and their end-stages, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), are leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide with enormous socio-economic costs. Patients with liver cirrhosis are at high risk of deadly hepatic failure and over 80% of HCC develop on a cirrhotic background. HCC ranks as the 5th most common cancer and with >600,000 deaths per annum it const ...
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