IRB Barcelona researcher Meritxell Teixidó has participated in the report "Menudes Teràpies" on the programme Quèquicom, broadcasted by Canal 33, There she talked about the advances made by the Design, Synthesis and Structure of Peptides and Proteins Lab, led by Ernest Giralt, regarding drugs with the capacity to overcome the blood-brain barrier and reach the brain.
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For the scientific community, the protein POP (prolyl oligopeptidase) is an attractive therapeutic target for the treatment of cognitive and neurodegenerative disorders.
Scientists at IRB Barcelona have developed the first POP inhibitors that are irreversible, selective and brain-permeable.
The Meet Our Scientists series presents Ernest Giralt, doctor of chemical sciences, who is the head of the Peptides and Proteins laboratory at IRB Barcelona.
In the video "The power of medicinal chemistry", Giralt highlights his interest in deciphering the language used by proteins to interact with each other.
The technology supplement Innovadores of the newspaper El Mundo has echoed on the award of 220,000 euros to three biomedical innovation projects underway at IRB Barcelona. This funding has been given by the Agency for Management and University and Research Grants (AGAUR, acronym in Catalan) of the Catalan Government, with the support of ERDFs.
