APACHE “Atmospheric Pressure plasma meets biomaterials for bone Cancer Healing” is a Starting Grant project, funded by the European Research Council (ERC) and lead by Dr. Cristina Canal who, in collaboration with a young and dynamic team, is carrying top of mind research within the Biomaterials, Biomechanics and Tissue Engineering group (BBT) at the new Barcelona East School of Engineering (EEBE) of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC).
APACHE’s main aim is focused in the design of a novel therapy for bone cancer by taking advantage of the active species generated by cold Plasmas in combination with biomaterials to deliver the active species locally to the diseased site.
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PhD student MIlica Zivanic and Dr. Albert Espona have just renurned from two Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM) at the Center for Oncological Research of the University of Antwerpern, in Belgium.
Short research stays at the Center for Oncological Research in Belgium for Milica Zivanic and Albert Espona -
Dr. Miguel Mateu-Sanz et al. have published their new study in Free Radical Biology and Medicine journal: “Cold atmospheric plasma enhances doxorubicin selectivity in metastasic bone cancer”.
Plasma Conditioned Liquids to enhance the effect of chemotherapy against bone metastasis -
Dr. Cristina Canal, Dr. Albert Espona and Dr. Francesco Tampieri have recently attended the 9th International Conference on Plasma Medicine (ICPM9), held together with the 1st Annual Meeting of the...
APACHE senior researchers attend the 9th International Conference on Plasma Medicine (ICPM9) and the 1st Annual Meeting of the COST Action PlasTHER -
PhD student Xavi Solé-Martí and al. are proud to announce their new publication in RSC Biomaterials Science: “Thermosensitive hydrogels to deliver reactive species generated by cold atmospheric...
Plasma-treated thermosensitive hydrogels, good candidates to provide local anticancer therapies -
Dr. Miguel Mateu, second PhD. student to complete his doctorate as member of the APACHE project. He focused on the "Evaluation of biological effects of atmospheric plasmas in bone cancer" for his PhD...
Miguel Mateu successfully defended his PhD Thesis -
The European Research Council has awarded Dr. Cristina Canal a Proof of Concept grant to assess the feasibility of bringing to market the results of the APACHE project, a novel therapy to treat...
Bringing to market the innovative treatment for bone cancer developed in APACHE -
Dr. Cristina Canal, together with the full research team of the APACHE project (Dr. Albert Espona, Dr. Francesco Tampieri, Miguel Mateu and Milica Zivanic) attended the 1st Training School -...
The APACHEs attend the 1st Training School on Fundamental aspects on Plasma Medicine in full -
Miguel Mateu, PhD student under the direction of Dr. Cristina Canal and Dr. Juan Tornín, presented his doctoral thesis in a video during the III Scientific Conference of the Sant Joan de Déu Research...
Miguel Mateu receives Best Thesis Presentation Award during the III IRSJD Scientific Day
