New ways to speed up the diagnosis and treatment of severe pediatric neurological diseases Study shows immunotherapy to be effective in MOG antibody-positive neurology patients.
A world-first treatment based on an oncolytic virus allows a child to overcome retinal cancer The treatment, developed by researchers at SJD Barcelona Children’s Hospital and the biotechnology company VCN Biosciences has succeeded in preve...
Cutting-edge technology in SJD Barcelona Children’s Hospital’s new surgical block They are the first pediatric operating theatres in Spain to have an MRI scanner, a CT scanner and a hybrid arch
Why and how can confinement affect children? Home confinement due to the current pandemic of coronavirus may cause negative effects in children, learn how to help them.
The SJD Barcelona Children’s Hospital is leading a study into atmospheric contamination and pregnancy 1,200 pregnant women in Barcelona and Esplugues will participate in the “BiSC” project
"There is still no ideal treatment for children with haemophilia but we are very hopeful about the new therapies" Rubén Berrueco, pediatric haematologist and head of the Haemophilia Unit at the Hospital explains what haemophilia is and its current treatment op...
Laser ablation, a growing technique for refractory epilepsy at the SJD Barcelona Children’s Hospital About twenty children in Spain have already benefited from laser thermal ablation, a minimally invasive technique that attacks the focus of epilepsy
Share4Rare is born, the first social media network to connect patients, caregivers and researchers of rare diseases around the globe Sant Joan de Déu Research Foundation of Barcelona leads this European project that aims to connect and empower families living with rare diseases,...
An SJD Barcelona Children’s Hospital study connecting the Mediterranean diet and ADHD, considered by Pediatrics to be one of the best of 2017 The study was directed by José Ángel Alda, Section Head of the Hospital’s Psychiatry and Psychology Department
The SJD Barcelona Children’s Hospital successfully operates on a baby girl weighing 1,310 grams suffering from incessant ventricular tachycardia She is the smallest baby in the world to undergo a cardiac ablation
