In our scientific and social commitment to Alzheimer's research, we have awarded one of the research grants Pasqual Maragall Researchers Programme the Director of the Tissue Bank at the Centre for Research into Neurological Diseases (CIEN), whose project focuses on improving the understanding of the genetic basis of various brain pathologies. Dr. Jose Vicente Sanchez Mut, researcher at the Institute of Neurosciences (IN), a joint centre of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the Miguel Hernández University (UMH) in Elche. The first edition of the programme, with a total of 1.5 million euros, promotes clinical or translational research projects focused on Alzheimer's or other age-related neurodegenerative diseases.

The award-winning project, which aims to Identify new therapeutic strategies to increase resilience in Alzheimer's disease, has been presented during a new informative talk on Alzheimer's prevention, organized by the Pasqual Maragall Foundation and entitled "When you take care of yourself, Alzheimer's takes a step back”. The meeting, held at the Alicante Congress Palace, was conducted by the Dr Nina Gramunt, a neuropsychologist and expert in training and dissemination of the Foundation. The session, which was attended by more than 100 people, offered Tips on healthy lifestyle habits that can be adopted to prevent the disease.