The 12th Esteve Foundation Symposium was held from 4-7 October 2006 in S’Agaro (Catalonia, Spain) on the topic Molecular Biology and Pharmacology of Tissue Repair with 21 speakers from 7 countries all over the world. It was chaired by Sabine Werner, from the Institute of Cell Biology of Zurich (Switzerland) and this was the program of the…
2006
In late 2005, The Lancet published a study where the use of beta-blockers in the treatment of high blood pressure was confirmed to increase the risk of stroke, and where its effectivity as first-choice therapy vs. other antihypertensive drugs was questioned. While this publication shook the ground of a treatment that had been widely accepted and applied by…
2006
Frequently, a technological advance in science leads to new ethical, moral and political challenges for society. Its implementation may lead to important cultural changes, not always in agreement with the established order and requiring a response by Law. Once the new policies have been enforced, however, new ethical problems arise which require new laws, always within…
2006
The Esteve Foundation attended the first one-day meeting on Drug R&D Training held in Spain to present its training offering, including initiation seminars on how Clinical Research Ethics Committees operate, or more recent ones on how to give oral presentations in biomedicine. The meeting was held on 6 June 2006 in Santiago de Compostela, organized…
2006
The seventh edition of the seminars on How to write a scientific paper was held in Son Llàtzer’s Hospital, Palma de Mallorca (Spain), May 8-9 2006. These seminars on this topic are targeted to postgraduates in health sciences with the aim to improve their knowledge and skills to write and publish scientific papers. Dr. Esteve…
2006
The Esteve Foundation initiates the new seminaries on how to perform oral presentations in biomedicine by holding its first two editions in Barcelona (December 15 and 16, 2005) and Madrid (March 23 and 24, 2006). As with the courses on how to write a scientific article –with five editions to its credit already– these seminaries…
2006
Alcorcón (Madrid) and Palma de Mallorca will host the sixth and seventh editions of the training seminars on How to Write a Scientific Article, organized by the Esteve Foundation. The first event will take place at the University Rey Juan Carlos in Alcorcón, next January 18 and 19, 2006. The second, at the Hospital Son…
2006
All students shared one same concern: their fear of public speaking. Submitting a communication before an audience frequently becomes a nightmare that, sooner or later, any scientist must face. However, graduate training in biomedical areas not always provides students with the possibility of developing such an essential facet of their professional development. Many aspects must…
2005
How can hospitals combine daily practice with research and teaching? What is the model to be followed? What kind of investigations should be carried out within the clinical environment? What are the barriers encountered by research in a healthcare center? These are some of the questions raised in this one-day meeting organized by the Esteve…
2005
The yearly meeting of the Ethics Committees of the Spanish universities was held in November 2005. This edition, held at the Faculty of Medicine of the Autonomous University of Madrid, helped consolidate these meetings (four already: Sitges 2002, Murcia 2003, Granada 2004 and Madrid 2005). Again, the Esteve Foundation contributed to this initiative, ultimately intended…
2005
