XX Technical Conference on Huntington’s Disease

This past Friday, 28th April, the University of Barcelona hosts the XX Technical Conference on Huntington’s Disease, organized together with the Catalan Association of Huntington’s Patients (ACMAH).

Jordi Alberch, director of the Institute of Neurosciences at the UB, and also representatives from several hospitals, such as Hospital Clínic, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge or Hospital Mare de Déu de la Mercè; participated in the day, along with teaching and research staff from the UB such as Josep Maria Canals, professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.

The event was presided over by the rector of the UB, Joan Guàrdia, attended by the Director General of Research of the Department of Research and Universities, Joan Gómez Pallarès; the secretary of Health Care and Participation, Carme Bertral López; the head of integrated social and health care at the Department of Social Rights, Conxita Barbeta Mir, and the director of Health Services at Barcelona City Council, Davide Malmuse.

Throughout the day, the twenty-year history of these days was discussed, as well as the clinical trials of gene therapy and the future of cell therapy to treat Huntington’s disease, the medical and legal aspects of the euthanasia, and the impact of the disease on family members, among other issues.