Close

NEWS

Dissemination Initiative by two European Projects related to Alzheimer’s (B-SMART) and Innovative Nutrition-based Research Models (Starbios2)

30 May 2018

Il Workshop “Alzheimer’s disease: from RNA research to active therapeutics” is an initiative co-organised by the two European projects B-SMART and STARBIOS2. It will take place at the Aula Anfiteatro of the Policlinico Tor Vergata on Wednesday, June 20, 2018 from 11:00 - 14:00.

B-SMART will develop advanced therapies to treat neurodegenerative diseases based on RNA delivery systems. The scientists already succeeded in developing an effective nanoparticle with customisable characteristics which is now being tested in a preclinical trial. The nanoparticle development marks a crucial step towards the overall research objective. “We are very pleased to see that our frontrunner nanoparticle behaves as expected,” said Prof. Raymond Schiffelers from the University Medical Center Utrecht who coordinates the project. “With a slight advance in time, we are confident to move on to our next big challenge, which will be to demonstrate therapeutic activity in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease.”

The STARBIOS2  project coordinated by Prof. Vittorio Colizzi of the Biology department of Tor Vergata University has the aim to promote the RRI - Research and Responsible Innovation - between different bioscience research institutions. Based on the experience of the STARBIOS2 project, ideal models and corresponding guidelines to promote the RRI are defined to support the structural changes necessary in the bioscience research organisations. The first scientific result of this structural change in the biology department has been the identification of small RNA molecules (named smallRNA, microRNA, etc.) that can be found in edible plants. If well exploited in diet, this principle can help to prevent chronic and degenerative diseases.

Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s affect over 7 million people in Europe posing a significant healthcare burden to European societies and a major challenge to the healthcare systems. Although a treatment for this disease is badly needed, the resources in play, especially by the multinational pharmaceutical research, have been decreasing in the last period. It seems that degenerative diseases, including tumours, autoimmune diseases, etc., are the result of a long-term exposure to external (environmental and nutritional) factors (”exposome”) and internal factors (genetic, immunological, biochemical).

The interest of STARBIOS2 for the research activities of B-SMART derives from the high social impact of this research field and the belief that biosciences must face the growing challenge of degenerative diseases determined by external factors. This is why the European Community is going to launch the big “Human Exposome Project” involving a hundred European research centres.

Thank you

We sent you an email. To activate the newsletter click on the link you will find in the message, thank you!

CHIUDI

Private area

Sign up
Do not remember your password?
Cancel Log in

Log in to restricted area

Cancel Log in

Registration

Notice on the treatment of personal data

Dear visitor, in the following sections we will describe how the reserved area of the www.ibi-lorenzini.it website is managed as far as processing personal data of users. The notice is issued pursuant to art. 13 of EU Regulation 679/2016 (hereinafter also the Regulation) on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and applies to those who interact with the website of Istituto Biochimico Italiano Giovanni Lorenzini S.p.A. (hereinafter I.B.I.), which can be accessed at the following address: www.ibi-lorenzini.it, the opening page of the official I.B.I. website. The notice only applies to the I.B.I. website. It does not apply to any other websites that the user may access through links.

  1. The processing of the personal data that you supply, which are also used for the creation of your user profile, and which will be included in the “Doctors’ Details” database, has the following purposes:

  • carry out medical sales related activities for drugs for human consumption. Istituto Biochimico Italiano Giovanni Lorenzini S.p.A. and Ibigen S.r.l., part of the same company group (hereinafter also Ibigen Group), carry out such activities in compliance with the provisions of the current regulations, with particular, but not exclusive, attention to Italian Legislative Decree no. 219 of 24.04.2006 and subsequent modifications. In view of the objectives of the Ibigen Group, it is important to point out that the processing activities do not deal with any special data. The supply of the data for the medical sales activities is necessary, and failure to provide consent will make it impossible for us to fulfil the above objectives;

  • forwarding of invitations or information on congresses, conferences, seminars, communications on initiatives promoted or sponsored by the Ibigen group, regular or occasional publications, information on new products, methods and services. Such activities are carried out by e-mail, fax, SMS, normal post or telephone. The supply of the data for such purposes is optional, and failure to supply them will result in the information not being forwarded.

  1. As far as the creation of your profile on our website, we remind you that your password is strictly confidential and should not be disclosed.
  2. Your data will not be disclosed, but may be shared with individuals, companies, associations or professional studios providing support or consultancy services to the Ibigen Group, the medical sales representative network, our suppliers and any sub-suppliers - from time to time entrusted with activities connected with the above objectives -, mailing or statistical survey companies, or companies for the forwarding of scientific documentation, and individuals authorised to access the data by law and/or pursuant to secondary regulations.
  3. Such people may only acquire knowledge of your personal data for the above mentioned purposes.
  4. The Owners of the Treatment (Data Controllers) are the two companies of the Ibigen Group with legal headquarters at Via Fossignano no. 2, Aprilia (LT), Italy.
  5. Personal data are processed using manual and automated means, for the time necessary for reaching the objectives for which they were collected. Special safety measures are in place to avoid data loss, unlawful or incorrect use and unauthorised access.
  6. Lastly, we also inform you that you can at any time exercise the rights contemplated by the Regulation, and in particular request access to the data, their correction, update and block, or you can withdraw your consent, or request the limitation of the processing or the cancellation of the data. As data subject, you also have the right to issue a complaint with the relevant control Authority. Such rights may be exercised in writing to the following e-mail address: info@ibi-lorenzini.com.
  7. The Data Protection Officer may be contacted at the following e-mail address: dpo_ibi@protectiontrade.it

* Required fields

Cancel