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The publication involves the use of cold atmospheric plasma jets for biological and medical applications, finding particular application in cancer, although it could be also applied to other areas such as wound healing or tissue regeneration.

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 Institute (IRSJD) and received the First Prize.

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 - “Fundamental aspects on Plasma Medicine”, where they had the opportunity to briefly present their research for the project.

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 osteosarcoma that promotes bone regeneration with less side effects than current treatments.

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 thesis, which was co-directed by Dr. Cristina Canal and Dr. Juan Tornín.

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: a case study with methylcellulose”.

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 COST Action “PlasTHER: Therapeutical Applications of Cold Plasmas”, in Utrecht (The Netherlands) from June 27th to July 1st, 2022.

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”.

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.