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Manuel Serrano, group leader of the Cellular Plasticity and Disease laboratory at IRB Barcelona.
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A new intelligent system eliminates zombie cells
The figure shows two views, frontal and lateral, of the image obtained by CT of the lungs of a mouse with fibrosis (grey areas) before and after receiving nano-therapy directed at senescent cells. (Guillem Garaulet and Francisca Mulero, CNIO)
Innovation
Researchers design a nano-carrier to release drugs into damaged cells
Image: BIST
Institutional
Gabby Silberman: “We have the obligation to give our scientists the tools to change the world"
Manuel Serrano, head of the Cellular Plasticity and Disease laboratory at IRB Barcelona
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Immortals?
Image: BIST
Institutional
300 researchers to meet at CosmoCaixa to explore the frontiers of scientific knowledge
Image: El País
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Two studies show that CRISPR works better in cells more prone to mutations
Outreach
IRB Barcelona to participate in the 12th “Festival de la Ciència”
Manuel Serrano, head of the Cellular Plasticity and Disease laboratory at IRB Barcelona
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Severo Ochoa Research Award for Manuel Serrano
Manuel Serrano at the ceremony held at Caixaforum in Madrid
Institutional
Manuel Serrano receives the Severo Ochoa Award from the Ferrer Research Foundation
Manuel Serrano, group leader of the Cellular Plasticity and Disease laboratory
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"By slowing down aging, diseases are delayed"
Manuel Serrano, group leader of the Cellular Plasticity and Disease laboratory
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The cancer strategists
Manuel Serrano Lab
Scientific
The RPAP1 protein, essential for cell identity and viability
Manuel Serrano, group leader of the Cellular Plasticity and Disease laboratory at IRB Barcelona.
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Manuel Serrano: Severo Ochoa prize for his advances in aging
Manuel Serrano, group leader of the Cellular Plasticity and Disease laboratory at IRB Barcelona.
Institutional
Manuel Serrano awarded the Severo Ochoa Prize for Biomedical Research
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Senescence hides a restorative 'opportunity'
Elena Meléndez is the first student to be awarded the "IRB Barcelona Futur" fellowship, which has come about through social altruism (Photo: IRB Barcelona)
Institutional
IRB Barcelona awards its first PhD fellowship funded by donations
Manuel Serrano, group leader of the Cellular Plasticity and Disease laboratory at IRB Barcelona.
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To stay young, kill zombie cells
Innovation
The "vampires" of Silicon Valley
Manuel Serrano and part of his team in the new laboratory of the IRB Barcelona. Image: Fundació Bancària "la Caixa".
Media mentions
"Looking for a drug to kill damaged cells"
Manuel Serrano, group leader of the Cellular Plasticity and Disease laboratory at IRB Barcelona.
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Manuel Serrano: "Regenerative medicine seeks to generate new cells"
Manuel Serrano, group leader of the Cellular Plasticity and Disease laboratory at IRB Barcelona.
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Manuel Serrano: “We aim to repair the human body”
Image: Albert García, El País.
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Manuel Serrano: "Charlatans who talk about ageing receive a lot of attention"
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Manuel Serrano: “Getting drugs to reprogramme cells to repair damaged tissues is difficult but not impossible”
(Image: Free Illustration. Stem cell sphere)
Innovation
Barcelona backs regenerative medicine
Manuel Serrano and part of his team in the new laboratory of the IRB Barcelona. Image: Fundació Bancària "la Caixa".
Media mentions
Manuel Serrano joins IRB Barcelona
Manuel Serrano, group leader of the Cellular Plasticity and Disease laboratory at IRB Barcelona.
Institutional
Manuel Serrano expands his pioneering research into regenerative medicine at IRB Barcelona
Manuel Serrano, group leader of the Cellular Plasticity and Disease laboratory at IRB Barcelona (Fundació "la Caixa")
Institutional
Manuel Serrano: “Moving into a new centre and city requires some personal reprogramming”