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7. SOCIAL OUTREACH
▄▀ 7.1. Dissemination activities
One of the founding goals of the CIEN Foundation is ganized by the Higher Council for Scientific Research
to translate to society in an easy and accessible (CSIC, for its acronym in Spanish). In his lecture, enti-
manner the advances and progress made in the re- tled "Senile dementia", Ávila disserted about the two
search in neurological diseases. types of Alzheimer's disease: the familial form (pre-
senile), whose cause is known and is based on the
In this sense, the CIEN Foundation department heads presence of mutations in specific genes related to
have organized, as every year, various activities that the presence of the amyloid beta peptide; and the
allow the dissemination of the research work carried sporadic form (senile), which is the most common
out by its professionals. This allows them to bring the type and whose initial cause remains unknown. In
scientific field to society in a kinder way, while trans- addition, he described how Alzheimer's disease is re-
lating results and relevant information on the various lated to the appearance of two aberrant structures
neurological diseases under study. During 2017 the in patients’ brains: senile plaques, formed by the
CIEN Foundation has continued to develop dissemi- beta-amyloid peptide, and the neurofibrillary tan-
nation actions of different types, among which we gles composed of the tau protein. At the end of the
highlight the following. session, the possible relationship of these structures
with memory loss was discussed.
Educational talks
In May 2017, Dr. Miguel Medina, member of the
With the aim of contributing to the welfare of society, scientific advisory committee of the CIEN Founda-
from the CIEN Foundation, we want to raise aware- tion and principal investigator of the "Vallecas Pro-
ness, through the translation of a series of funda- ject", gave a conference entitled “Recent
mental aspects in the fight against Alzheimer's advances in research on Alzheimer's disease and
disease, of the importance of its prevention, the other dementias” on the Alzheimer's State Reference
value of donation of tissues for research, or the latest Center (CRE, for its acronym in Spanish) of Sala-
achievements obtained from the study of this con- manca, in Salamanca, in which he spoke in detail
dition. about the main advances in clinical research on
these disorders. This training action, which could also
That is why CIEN Foundation professionals, in addi- be followed in streaming, is part of the Specialized
tion to communications of a purely scientific nature Training Plan in Social Services for the year 2017 pro-
in congresses or seminars, annually schedule infor- grammed by IMSERSO.
mative talks in hospitals, nursing homes or other insti-
tutions in different parts of the Spanish geography. Within the Science Week Madrid 2017, the informa-
Just to cite some examples, Mª Ángeles Pérez, ma- tive day "Research takes off the dressing gown, the
nager of the CIEN Foundation, participated in the most human face of clinical trials" was held on No-
conference "Alzheimer challenges", organized to vember 7 in the Círculo de Bellas Artes, organized by
commemorate the 25th anniversary of the San Ro- the More Than Ideas Foundation. Dr. Miguel Calero,
sendo Foundation in Orense. Perez, was responsible responsible for the CIEN Foundation Laboratory
for opening the session and provide the vision of the area, took part in a colloquium on "Participating in
organizations about the dissemination Professor clinical trials: dismantling myths and discovering new
Jesús Ávila, scientific director of the CIEN Founda- challenges" together with Carmen Doadrio (Clinical
tion, participated in the month of October in the Trials Section of the Spanish Agency of Medicines
conference series "What do we know about ...?" or- and Health Products); Adela Gil, participant in a cli-
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