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Joan Guinovart, “For the first time in history, the poor are fat and the rich are thin: its the coca-colonisation”

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Today the recently launched health blog, Concísate, starts an Interview section with the director of IRB Barcelona, Joan J. Guinovart, focused mainly on diabetes. The blog also highlights research performed in IRB Barcelona labs.

Link to the interview: CONCÍSATE (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).