Sant Joan de Déu Hospital in Barcelona
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Head of the Infectious Diseases and Microbiome research group and director of the Microbiology Laboratory at the Hospital Sant Joan de Déu in Barcelona.
Doctor of Medicine specialising in Paediatrics, Rare Diseases and Molecular Genetics, research professor at the CSIC and chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Únicas Centre, Sant Joan de Déu Children's Hospital
Paediatric cardiologist and head of the Arrhythmia Unit at the Sant Joan de Déu Hospital in Barcelona
Scientific Director of the Oncology and Hematology Department of the Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona
Head of the Allergy and Clinical Immunology Department at the Hospital Sant Joan de Déu in Barcelona.
Paediatric neurologist at the Hospital Sant Joan de Déu and the Centro Médico Teknon
Specialist doctor in charge of the Leukaemia and Lymphoma Unit at the Paediatric Oncology Department of the Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona.
Pediatrician at Sant Joan de Déu Hospital in Barcelona
Bubble boy syndrome is a very serious condition caused by combined immunodeficiency. It is sometimes caused by certain mutations in the gene that codes for the Artemis protein. A phase I-II clinical trial has tested a gene therapy that adds a correct copy of the gene. The results are published in the journal NEJM.
After the acute phase of SARS-CoV-2 infection, children may develop long covid-19 symptoms. Research published in The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health examines the prevalence of these symptoms, quality of life, number of sick days, absences from school, and psychological and social outcomes in children aged 0-14 years who had been infected with SARS-CoV-2.