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Manuel Serrano: “Getting drugs to reprogramme cells to repair damaged tissues is difficult but not impossible”

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In an interview on the programme  “No ho sé”, presented by Joan Maria Pou on RAC1, Manuel Serrano, ICREA researcher at IRB Barcelona, has talked about regenerative medicine and the challenges that it faces before it can become a reality. Professor Serrano has recently joined IRB Barcelona thanks to the ICREA programme and the Obra Social "la Caixa".

 

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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).