The Noelia Foundation is the main provider of funds for the research project initiated at the Hospital Sant Joan de Déu in Barcelona last 2017, to which 163,500 € have already been allocated over in the last three years. This…
Bankia supports with 7,800 euros the research project against congenital muscular dystrophy due to collagen deficiency VI of Noelia Foundation. We want to express our sincerest gratitude to Bankia in action, for including us in the Bankia Solidarity Network program…
On March 21, 1919, the novelties were published on the "in vitro" works in patient cells (fibroblasts), using the "pseudo" exon skipping technique. Among the authors, there are the most important experts on Collagen VI worldwide, such as Dr.Bönnemann and…
This donation brings the total amount contributed by the Foundation to the Sant Joan de Déu Children’s Hospital (Barcelona, Spain), over the last two years, to €119,500. The funds have been used to conduct a research project based on the…
Noelia Foundation, children against Collagen-VI Muscular Dystrophy, has been recognized as a representative entity of this pathology in the database of Orphanet (The portal for rare diseases and orphan drugs). Orphanet was established in France by the INSERM (French National Institute for Health…
Yesterday was a great day! We met 6-year-old Valentino and his parents, Rodrigo and Marcia, from Uruguay. They are an exceptional family. After many years of uncertainty and thanks to the recent collaboration of the Noelia Foundation with the Sant…
Noelia Foundation signed an agreement with the Sant Joan de Déu Children’s Hospital to conduct the project "Natural History, diagnosis and treatment of Collagen-VI-related muscular dystrophies". The project is led by Dr. C. Jiménez Mallebrera as principal investigator, and Dr.…
Fundación Noelia, for children suffering Congenital Muscular Dystrophy (CMD) caused by deficit in collagen VI, with NIH (NINDS) National Institute of Health from United Estates have signed a collaboration agreement to get further with the investigation about CMD caused by…
Noelia Foundation was present on 31 March 2016 at the opening of the EURORDIS headquarters in Barcelona (European Organisation for Rare Diseases) in the modernist enclosure of Hospital Santa Creu and Sant Pau. EURORDIS will be located at Apolonia’s Pavilion.…
On the weekend of the 26th - 27th of September we took part in a congress hosted by Muscular Dystrophy UK in London. Speakers at the congress included researchers who study different kinds of muscular dystrophy and also affected families.…
