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\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\tOver the next five years, until 2019, the \u00abSysPharmAD\u00bb project (‘A systems pharmacology approach to the discovery of novel therapeutics in Alzheimer\u00b4s disease’<\/i>) aims to monitor the onset and progression of Alzheimer’s disease from its most early stages and to discover new therapeutic targets and chemical compounds able to alter the biology of the disease. Aloy will apply a network biology approach, a field that seeks to offer a complete and global view of diseases by studying the relation between the cellular and molecular components involved in a specific problem. <\/p>\n
Aloy’s team, formed by 12 researchers, among them postdoctoral fellows, PhD students and lab technicians, “has the capacity to transform research into the origin, diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease,” state the European evaluators of the project. <\/p>\n
Alzheimer\u00b4s disease is the most common form of dementia, with over 35 million people suffering from it worldwide, and it constitutes a personal and societal tragedy of immense proportions. Fifty years of intense research have revealed many key elements of the biology of this neurodegenerative disorder. However, our understanding of its molecular bases is still very limited, and the medical treatments available for this condition are purely symptomatic and hardly effective. <\/p>\n
“It is clear that we will not find a solution by concentrating on modifying a single gene and that we should move away from this genocentric perspective towards a more realistic therapeutic strategy based on networks of interconnected genes, what we refer to as systems pharmacology.”, says Aloy. The researchers want to focus on stages prior to the appearance on the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, before irreversible brain damage, and to identify new molecular biomarkers to monitor patient response. <\/p>\n
25% of the researchers at IRB Barcelona are supported by the ERC<\/b><\/p>\n
Today the ERC has announced the results of the first call for Consolidator Grants. The ERC has awarded 312 grants, with funding totalling 575 million euros. Spain has received 20 of these grants, 9 of which have been given to researchers in centres and universities in Catalonia. <\/p>\n
Regarding IRB Barcelona, six of its scientists are currently funded by the ERC, this figure accounting for 25% of its researchers. In total, IRB Barcelona has 4 Advanced Grants (Batlle \u2013since 2013 Starting-, Orozco, Gonz\u00e1lez and Nebreda), 1 Starting Grant (Aznar Benitah), and 1 Consolidator Grant (Aloy). IRB Barcelona researchers have been awarded funding totalling more than 13,5 million euros. <\/p>\n
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