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'El Balcó', a programme on Cadena SER radio, interviews Manuel Serrano, group leader of the Cellular Plasticity and Disease laboratory at IRB Barcelona. During the interview, the ICREA researcher explains what his goals are in regenerative medicine.
"Regenerative medicine seeks to generate new cells. For example, in diabetes, the pancreas lacks cells that produce insulin. What we are trying to do is to generate cellular plasticity in the cells of the pancreas so that they are able to generate cells that produce insulin," explains Manuel Serrano.
Access the full interview (21:19 - 25:05 min.)
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).
