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The Wall Street International Magazine has published in an article on the development of compounds with therapeutic purposes capable of crossing the blood-brain barrier, which protects the brain from infection. The article highlights recent projects led by Ernest Giralt, group leader of the Peptide and Protein Laboratory at IRB Barcelona and co-founder of the spin-off Iproteos, and includes many statements from the researcher.
Read the article in the Wall Street International Magazine (in Spanish)
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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).
