Skip to main content

“20% of the population will need treatment of the brain at some point”

Images

Participants

Image
Research Associate
Tel.+34 93 40 34805

Contact

Image
Press & Communications Section Head
Tel.+34 93 40 37255

Radio Euskadi interviews Meritxell Teixidó, associate researcher in the Peptide and Protein Laboratory at IRB Barcelona, about the development of a shuttle peptide capable of crossing the blood-brain barrier and carrying  therapeutic molecules in to this organ to treat diseases of the central nervous system. In the interview, Teixidó talks about how the shuttle works and about its potential therapeutic applications.

Listen to the interview on Radio Euskadi (10:36 minutes, in Spanish)

About IRB Barcelona

The Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) pursues a society free of disease. To this end, it conducts multidisciplinary research of excellence to cure cancer and other diseases linked to ageing. It establishes technology transfer agreements with the pharmaceutical industry and major hospitals to bring research results closer to society, and organises a range of science outreach activities to engage the public in an open dialogue. IRB Barcelona is an international centre that hosts 400 researchers and more than 30 nationalities. Recognised as a Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence since 2011, IRB Barcelona is a CERCA centre and member of the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST).