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Scientist Ernest Giralt, IRB Barcelona programme coordinator in Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, evaluates the discovery of three new genes related to Alzheimer’s disease for the Catalan TV News. The study performed by researchers in France and Great Britain open the door to explore new treatments for a disease that affects 26 million people worldwide.
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).
