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2.1. Overview

On January 18, 2006, the CIEN Foun-
dation signed an agreement with
the Queen Sofia Foundation, under
which the former assumes the ma-
nagement of the Alzheimer Project
Research Unit (UIPA, for its acronym
in Spanish). The context in which
the UIPA is framed is the Alzhei-
mer Project, promoted by the
Queen Sofia Foundation. The
main exponent of this project is
the Queen Sofia Foundation Al-
zheimer Center (Alzheimer Com-
plex), located in the Vallecas nei-
ghborhood (Madrid), which in 2017
has celebrated its 10th Anniversary.
One of the most outstanding as-
pects of the Alzheimer Complex is
that there is a Healthcare Center (for-
med by a Residence and a Day Center)
for Alzheimer's patients and related
diseases as well as a Training Center, in focus in Alzheimer's disea-
addition to the UIPA. This Unit began se and related dementias.
its activity in April 2007, while the heal-
thcare activity began at full capacity in Through this series of studies, new
the second half of that year. knowledge in genetics and molecular
biology that have different applications
Currently, the UIPA consists of five is generated, that teach the resear-
departments with a clear multidiscipli- chers about the pathogenic mechanis-
nary approach and with specific objec- ms of the disease which can be in turn
tives, among which are the following: implemented into the field of diag-
the monitoring and periodic evaluation nosis and, desirably, can result in the
of patients at the Alzheimer Center; the development of better treatments.
development of clinical, epidemiologi-
cal, genetic, research projects as well However, far from promising a simple
as on biomarkers in biological samples solution to the problem of neurodege-
or neuroimaging, in the field of neuro- nerative dementias, these advances
degenerative diseases, with special anticipate an increasingly complex

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