The research group of neurometabolic diseases of IDIBELL led by the ICREA researcher Aurora Pujol will receive a grant of 45,000 euros for a research project on X -linked adrenoleukodystrophy.
It is a rare neurodegenerative and fatal disease, especially the childhood variation. There is currently no effective treatment and Dr Pujol’s team has worked for over twelve years developing animal models for deciphering the pathophysiological bases of the disease, discovering the involvement of oxidative stress in the early stages of the neurodegenerative cascade.
On May 26 the Prince and Princess of Asturias have received the recipients of the aids in an audience at the Palacio de la Zarzuela. The Princes formed Fundación Hesperia after receiving an inheritance of more than four million euros from the Menorca investor Juan Ignacio Balada with the condition that half of these funds would be used to establish a foundation of general interest.