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The International Congress of DAO Deficiency '22

It has once again been a complete success in its second edition. We are already preparing the third edition, which will take place on November 16th, 2023.

Congress data

This edition has closed with a record attendance, representing the consolidation of knowledge about this metabolic disorder. The congress data from its first edition supports this:

 + 1200 congress participants including physicians, pharmacists, scientists and academics as well as professionals from the pharmaceutical and food industry.

 + 1000 congress participantss connected live from 48 countries in Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia. 

 19 lectures by international experts who addressed DAO deficiency from its etiology, its different clinical manifestations and its dietary treatment to the regulatory framework for the therapeutic use of the innovative Diamine Oxidase (DAO) enzyme.

 + 200 people attended the specially dedicated Patient Forum.

Official opening International Congress of DAO Deficiency 2022

Speaker: Mr. Gerald Dard

Managing Director – AB Biotek Human Nutrition & Health (a business division
of Associated British Foods plc.)

Opening Conference: DAO Deficiency beyond Histamine Intolerance

Speaker: Mr. Juanjo Duelo

Global Business Development Director – Enzymes AB Biotek Human Nutrition & Health.

Intestinal Dysbiosis in Patients with DAO Deficiency

Speaker: Dr. Sònia Sánchez-Pérez

PhD in Food and Nutrition. Assistant Professor of the Food and Nutrition
Campus of the University of Barcelona (UB). Post-Doctoral Researcher of
the Food Bioactive Amines and Polyamines Research Group of the
University of Barcelona (UB).

Histamine intolerance: An “ecoceuticum” repairing gut microbiota dysbiosis caused by histamine.

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Jan Raa

Honoray Doctor at University of Tromsø.
General director of research at the National Institute of Nutrition and
Seafood Research (NIFES) and Norwegian Institute of Food Fisheries and
Aquaculture Research (NOFIMA). Founder and Chairman at EderaGen.

Role of gut microbiota in the regulation of DAO enzyme-mediated histamine degradation

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Vincent Renaud

Medical Doctor. Professor of Therapeutics and Microbiota – Grenoble
Faculty of Medicine/Pharmacy. General Manager – Nutri-Phyto-Consulting

Genetic Profiles in DAO Deficiency

Speaker: Prof. Eva Ruiz Casares

PhD in Molecular Genetics. Professor of Human Genetics and Molecular
Genetics Diagnosis – Universidad San Pablo-CEU. Technical Director –
VIVOLABS (Grupo VIVO)

Prevalence of Diamine Oxidase Deficiency in Patients with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Speaker: Dr. Hilario Blasco-Fontecilla

MD & PhD in Medicine. Associate Professor – Autonomous University of
Madrid. Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist – Puerta de Hierro University
Hospital (HUPHM) & ITA Salud Mental.

Prevalence of Diamine Oxidase (DAO) Deficiency in Patients with Fibromyalgia

Speaker: Prof. Teresa Perucho

Professor of Predictive Genetics – UNIR Scientific Director– VIVOLABS (Grupo VIVO)

Reduce the Concentration of Histamine and Other Biogenic Amines in Food: a New Challenge for The Food Industry

Speaker: Dr. Mariluz Latorre-Moratalla

PhD in Food and Nutrition. Associate Professor of the Food and Nutrition Campus of the University of Barcelona (UB). Post-Doctoral Researcher of the Food Bioactive Amines and Polyamines Research Group of the University of Barcelona (UB).

Prevalence of Genetic DAO Deficiency in newborns

Speaker: Dr. Emma Fortes

MD & PhD in Medicine. Pediatrics Department – Hospital Universitari
General de Catalunya (Spain)

Relationship Between Histamine Intolerance Symptoms with DAO Enzyme Polymorphisms

Speaker: Adriana Duelo, MSc.

Nutritionist-Dietitian. Predoctoral Researcher of the Food Bioactive Amines and Polyamines Research Group of the University of Barcelona (UB). Specialist in DAO Deficiency. General Director – Clinical Institute of DAO Deficiency.

Clinical Efficacy of a Low-histamine Diet and/or DAO Enzyme Supplementation in the Treatment of Symptoms Associated with Histamine Intolerance Due to DAO Deficiency.

Speaker: Prof. Dr. M. Carmen Vidal-Carou

Full Professor of Nutrition and Food Sciences. Director of the Food and
Nutrition Campus of the University of Barcelona. Head of the Food
Bioactive Amines and Polyamines Research Group. President of the
Scientific Committee of the Catalan Agency for Food Safety. Honorary
Member of the Spanish Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

Diamine Oxidase enzyme and Alcohol Metabolism

Speaker: Dr. Ramon Estruch

MD & PhD in Medicine. Senior Consultant at the Internal Medicine Department of the Hospital Clinic de Barcelona. Associate Professor of the Department of Medicine of the Universitat de Barcelona. Group Leader of the research area “Cardiovascular risk, nutrition and aging”, of the Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) and the CIBER (Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid).

Evaluation of the Efficacy of the Treatment of Fibromyalgia with Enzyme Diamine Oxidase (DAO)

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Ismael San Mauro

PhD in Biomedicine. Nutritionist – Dietitian. Professor of Human Nutrition
and Dietetics Degree – Complutense University of Madrid.
Member of the Spanish Academy of Dietitians and Nutritionists. Head of
the Nutrition and Health Research Centres

The beneficial DAO-CGRP-Migrane axis hypothesis

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Fernando de Mora

PhD in Pharmacy. Professor of Pharmacology – Autonomous University of Barcelona. Consultant and Speaker in biological products science, regulation and market for the World Health Organization. Advisor of the United Nations.

The role of IP to support the arrival of new supplements, foods and drugs to market. The DAO case.

Speaker: Mr. Josep Maria Pujals

Lawyer. Senior IP Solutions Consultant. Clarivate.

Official Closing

Speaker: Dr. Joan Izquierdo-Casas

Doctor in Medicine. Specialist in Neurology. Medical Director of the Hospital
Universitari General de Catalunya.

Pioneer in studies on DAO Deficiency, in 2013 he presented at the World Congress of Neurology held in Austria, the results of the first clinical study on the prevalence of DAO Deficiency in patients with migraine, and its preventive treatment with the DAO enzyme.

PATIENTS FORUM

Exclusively patient-oriented forum led by the multidisciplinary team of the Clinical
Institute of DAO Deficiency.

How to follow a low histamine diet?

Speaker: Judit Rigau
Clinical Nutritionist. Master’s Degree in Nutrition in Physical Activity and Sport.

LIVING with DAO deficiency
Speaker: Claudia Gómez, MSc.
Clinical psychologist. MSc – Specialised in adult clinical psychopathology and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Is there a cure for DAO deficiency?
Speaker: Adriana Duelo, MSc RDN
Nutritionist-Dietitian. Predoctoral Researcher of the Food Bioactive Amines and Polyamines Research Group of the University of Barcelona (UB). Specialist in DAO Deficiency. General Director – Clinical Institute of DAO Deficiency.

Testimonios de los ponentes

“A testimonial "

Adriana Duelo

“A testimonial”

Dr. Hilario Blasco-Fontecilla

“A testimonial”

Jaume Bori, PhD.

Previous congress

you can access the topics and videos of the presentations given at the previous edition, the International Congress of DAO Deficiency 2021

International Congress of DAO Deficiency '21