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ses; disseminate the calls launched by The CIEN Foundation currently has
funding agencies, both nationally and four departments devoted to scientific
internationally, promoting participa- research: a department of Biochemis-
tion; and encourage the implementa- try and Molecular Genetics, for the pro-
tion of coordinated research projects in cessing and analysis of biological sam-
neurodegenerative diseases. ples; a Clinical department, in which
specialists in Neurology and Neuropsy-
chology carry out the assessment and
The Vallecas Project is the main re- clinical follow-up of both patients trea-
search project carried out by the CIEN ted at the center itself, as well as those
Foundation, both in terms of the re- volunteers from research projects who
sources used and their social impact. attend it; a Neuroimaging department,
At the same time, the CIEN Foundation with a 3T Magnetic Resonance; and a
develops other research projects on Neuropathology department whose
neurodegenerative diseases, among main activity corresponds to the CIEN
which the following stand out: the Tissue Bank (BT-CIEN, for its acronym
Research Program of the Queen Sofia in Spanish) for the extraction, proces-
Foundation Alzheimer Center and the sing, classification and distribution of
National Network of Biobanks. tissue.
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