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A report broadcasted by TV3, in the programme El Medi Ambient, addresses the use of plants from Chinese medicine in drug discovery at IRB Barcelona. The reports focuses on researchers in the group led by Ernest Giralt, head of the Chemistry and Pharmacology Programme, and studies they are undertaking in the search for new active molecules against schizophrenia and diabetes.
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).
