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New Doctors Honoris Causa by the UCAM, researchers René Verdonk and Juan Carlos Belmonte Izpisua, which were presented by Dr. Guillen has lectured on meniscal repair and stem cells, respectively

"Stimulate tissue regeneration, slow aging, repair injuries and trauma or request bodies in the laboratory are some of the promises of regenerative medicine for this century," he assured the researcher Juan Carlos Izpisua during this Celebration Morning in the Temple of The Jeronimos Monastery of the Feast of St. Anthony of Padua, patron of the Catholic University of Murcia, and in which he has invested Doctor Honoris Causa by the UCAM, with Professor René Verdonk.

After the celebration of the Eucharist presided by the Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Archbishop Antonio Canizares Llovera, and concelebrated by the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Zaragoza, Monsignor Manuel Ureña, and the Bishop of the Diocese of Cartagena, Monsignor Jose Manuel Lorca Planes, has developed the solemn academic ceremony.

During the homily, Archbishop Antonio Canizares has highlighted the great social sense having the UCAM, "a university call to evangelize."

He has emphasized evangelism as a real need before the "crisis being experienced by Spain," and said that "this university has left the heart of the church, and so used to this end."

Extraordinary Professor of Sports Traumatology, Honorary Dean of Medicine Degree UCAM, and director of the Clinical CEMTRO, Pedro Guillén García, read the laudatio, which highlighted "the very extensive research work" emeritus professor, Dr. René Verdonk, especially in the area of ​​the meniscus transplant, and which has been defined as "a big of Orthopaedic Surgery."

René Verdonk is Professor Emeritus and former Director of the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology State University of Gent (Belgium), particularly in the area of ​​the graft and the meniscal transplant, "parcel on which is his highest world authority."

Meanwhile, on Professor Juan Carlos Izpisua, researcher Gene Expression Laboratory at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla (California, USA), Pedro Guillen has said that his important research in the area of ​​the cell " understanding it as a drug, a therapeutic opportunity "allow" to be very close to being a Nobel Prize. "

New Honorary Doctors

'Stem cells, regenerative medicine and cellular reprogramming: Fact or Science Fiction', was the title of the conference has given Professor Juan Carlos Izpisua as new Doctor Honoris Causa, which has seeded the new advances in medicine through cells, and has ensured that this technology being developed involves no ethical or moral problem, "because they are reprogrammed adult cells are used."

Similarly, highlighted the important moment is that this area of ​​study "are beginning to learn how to be able to use cells for transplantation in humans, people who need cells that have stopped working by the time or disease, "and that with the right technology," in principle ", allow obtaining any type of cell tissue.

For his part, Professor Emeritus, René Verdonk who has lectured on 'Meniscal Repair and Replacement: Where are we?'

has ensured that there have been a lot of evidence supporting the meniscal allograft transplantation in sore knees that has pursued a meniscectomy;

and based on them, has called for such interventions not still considered experimental surgery.

Research & Quality

"It is the time of case investigation."

So rotund shown the rector of the UCAM, Josefina García Lozano during his speech, which highlighted the strong commitment of the educational institution with quality and great commitment to research, as reflected in the Proper Plan Research with the University counts.

When thread has highlighted the commitment to attracting young research talent, which is reflected in the selection of the University researcher, Horacio Pérez, the invitation 'Young leaders in research, Seneca Foundation project.

The president of the San Antonio Catholic University, José Luis Mendoza, said that "from ethics and morality can develop a great research work."

Similarly, the service has stressed the educational institution provides to society "through the formation not only of great professionals, but also great people";

and encouraged teachers to educate from love.

He has also shown a strong commitment to the University, seated on Christian humanism, keeps with the needy through his charity work and volunteering.

The Minister of Education, Culture and University, Pedro Antonio Sánchez, congratulated the institution for these new doctors, "noted for its history, commitment and academic and humanistic development", and assured that the quality of training on which sits UCAM has allowed "a national and international recognition."

For the bishop of the Diocese of Cartagena, Jose Manuel Lorca Planes, is from the University where the future is built, and has encouraged the attendees to work with courage.

Source: UCAM