To achieve its aims, the group’s lines of research focus, on the one hand, on characterising and studying disorders such as adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, adult spinal column deformities, spinal tumours and fractures. It also identifies the risks in managing anaesthesia and complications surrounding complications as a result of complex spinal surgery, and looks into new therapies to combat spinal fusion, working with advanced cell therapy.

The Headaches and Neurological Pain research group uses all available preclinical, clinical and translational tools. It also addresses headaches from a genetic and neuroimaging research angle.

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The team that comprises this research group is made up of clinical researchers, who work in collaboration with biologists, engineers, vets and multinational corporations leading the way in the development of orthopaedic products, with a multidisciplinary approach to tissue engineering.

Its lines of research centre around bone regeneration, soft tissue regeneration, and 3D planning and printing in orthopaedic oncology. 

The group’s different lines of research focus on greater understanding of the pathogenic mechanisms behind multiple sclerosis, with the aim of developing new, more effective therapeutic measures. In order to cover the majority of aspects related to the illness, with the ultimate aim of improving patients’ quality of life, the research group’s interests also centre around developing therapeutic tools in multiple sclerosis, getting to know susceptibility of the disease and identifying diagnostic and prognostic markers.

The group is made up of specialists in molecular imaging, chemical and pharmaceutical specialists in the synthesis of tracers, and biomedical and physical engineers specialised in imaging treatment and tomography equipment.

Among its lines of research are the physiopathology of diabetic retinopathy, the physiopathology and treatment of central retinal vein occlusion, as well as investigation into treatments and new approaches for retinal artery occlusion.

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This research group is seeking improvements in the immune response to transgenic products, or how gene therapy tools can be used to induce immune tolerance in preclinical models. One of its research focuses is finding clinically applicable gene therapy for rare genetic diseases, and new paradigms to model different aspects of hereditary illnesses.

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The Molecular Pathology group is mainly made up of medical anatomopathologists from the hospital’s Pathological Anatomy Department. Its research surrounds cell stress models, which allow the mechanisms by which tumour cells are more resistant to factors such as hypoxia, lack of nutrients or genome damage to be identified.

This group is translating results into clinical practice, in constant collaboration with other healthcare professionals, to improve the care offered to patients, with quality care based on the best results of thorough research.

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One of the group’s main aims is translating research into clinical practice. Through basic and preclinical research, it uses animal models; and through clinical investigation, it conducts trials that bring patients the best prevention, detection and treatment methods.