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Experimental Medicine and Advanced Therapies Unit

Medicina Experimental y Terapias Avanzadas
Experimental Medicine and Advanced Therapies Unit

Experimental prevention and treatment therapies in preclinical models, which lay the foundations for clinical studies of patients with metabolic disease and obesity.

What does this unit do?

In this unit, we develop novel therapies of synthetic molecules, natural products, immunomodulatory strategies, cellular and molecular therapy, and controlled release systems, which can generate proofs-of-concept and personalized treatments (drugs) for metabolic diseases.

Experimental medicine

Experimental medicine refers to deciphering the pathophysiological mechanisms of various diseases, identifying new therapeutic targets, and contributing to developing new drugs.

Although experimental medicine is widely developed with different approaches in Mexico, as in many countries worldwide, translating its major advances into cutting-edge and direct clinical applications is a constant challenge. Few groups in our country have achieved such transfer. Tecnologico de Monterrey has some successful examples in the transfer of experimental medicine, which has allowed the institution to lay the foundation to improve the coordination of efforts and transfer results from the laboratory to clinical practice.

Design of new drugs

In the context of obesity, some comorbidities such as hypertension, diabetes, and fatty liver require developing new drugs that reduce morbidity and mortality.

There is currently no ideal treatment for obesity and its comorbidities; for this reason, our health system seeks a new route for prevention and treatment with new drugs and innovative therapies that are more effective, specific, and with less risk of side effects.

Meet the researchers

Dr. Gerardo de Jesús García Rivas
Leader of the Experimental Medicine and Advanced Therapies Unit

Biochemistry, Biology, Biological Sciences.
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Dr. Noemí García Ramírez
Researcher

Biology, Biological Sciences
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Dr. Marion Emilie Genevieve Brunck
Researcher

Microbiology
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Dr. Augusto Rojas Martínez
Researcher

Biomedical Sciences, Genetic Medicine and Molecular Biology
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Dr. Flavio Fernando Contreras Torres
Researcher

Physics and Chemistry
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Dr. Guillermo Torre Amione
Researcher

Biomedical sciences, cardiology and immunological medicinea
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Perla Idalia Pérez Treviño
Perla Idalia Pérez Treviño
Postdoc
Luis Alberto Luevano Martinez
Luis Alberto Luevano Martinez
Postdoc
Erick Saúl Sánchez Salguero
Erick Saúl Sánchez Salguero
Postdoc
Judith Bernal Ramírez
Judith Bernal Ramírez
Postdoc
José Luis Velasco Bolom
José Luis Velasco Bolom
Postdoc
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