• Successful trial of biomarker-guided immunosuppression after kidney transplantation

    Successful trial of biomarker-guided immunosuppression after kidney transplantation

    An international research team coordinated by the Medical University of Vienna has demonstrated the safety of a new biomarker-guided approach to personalising immunosuppressive therapy in kidney transplant recipients. The findings of the TTVguideIT clinical trial, recently presented at the annual congress of the European Renal Association (ERA), suggest that immunosuppressive treatment could, in the future,…


  • Meeting with a predoctoral student from South Korea on organ donation research

    Meeting with a predoctoral student from South Korea on organ donation research

    Last Saturday, 18 July, the research team held a meeting at the Vice-Rectorate of the University of Granada with Minji Kim, a predoctoral student from Busan University of Foreign Studies (South Korea), who is undertaking a research stay in Spain to gain a deeper understanding of the Spanish organ donation and transplantation system and to…


  • Legalisation of euthanasia in France

    Legalisation of euthanasia in France

    On 15 July, the French National Assembly gave final approval to the law legalising euthanasia and assisted suicide, establishing for the first time a legal framework for access to assisted dying in France. Under the new law, assisted dying may be requested by adults aged 18 years or older who have a serious and incurable…


  • Mar Vallès Poch earns her PhD with a dissertation on the ethical challenges of genomic medicine

    Mar Vallès Poch earns her PhD with a dissertation on the ethical challenges of genomic medicine

    On 3 July, Mar Vallès Poch successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, earning a PhD from Université Paris Cité and the University of Granada under an international cotutelle agreement. Her dissertation, entitled Enjeux éthiques et responsabilités d’information dans les nouvelles dispositions du Plan France Médecine Génomique 2025 : une approche axée sur les Variants de Signification…


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