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2. MANAGEMENT REPORT cal neurology, aspiring to become a
Center of national and international
2.1. General management reference on research in Alzheimer's
CIEN Foundation is a Statewide pu- disease and other dementias. The
blic sector Foundation supervised by CIBERNED-CIEN Foundation consor-
the Carlos III Institute of Health under tium is the only Spanish institution
the Ministry of Economy, Industry and recognized as a Center of Excellence in
Competitiveness. Neurodegeneration within the Centers
of Excellence in Neurodegeneration
The CIEN Foundation is governed by Network (COEN), a complementary
its Statutes; by Law 50/2002, of De- initiative to the JPND to establish a
cember 26, on Foundations; by Royal common approach to research in neu-
Decree 1337/2005, of November 11, rodegenerative diseases, promoting
which approves the Regulations of the collaborative research between recog-
Foundations of State competence; by nized national Centers of Excellence in
the provisions of the National Budget neurodegeneration in order to acce-
Bill, in everything that refers to the lerate progress in understanding the
Foundations of the State Public Sector; mechanisms of the disease, as well as
by Royal Decree 384/1996, of March the identification of new therapeutic
1, on the Registry of Foundations of approaches.
State Competence; by Law 49/2002,
of December 23, on the Tax Status of Specific aims include fostering scienti-
Non-Profit Organizations and Tax In- fic advances to have an impact on the
centives to Patronage; and for the rest healthcare system and the well-being
of the legal provisions of an adminis- of patients. To this end, an offer of ser-
trative, civil, mercantile or labor nature vices carried out by various Consulta-
that apply to it. tion Units and Research Groups of the
CIEN Foundation has been articulated
The purpose of the CIEN Foundation and made available to users outside
is to promote research in all fields the Center.
of basic, clinical and epidemiologi-
• Cerebral tissue sample request servi-
ce
• Magnetic resonance Imaging acquisi-
tion service
• Diagnostic consultation service
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