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The local newsletter “El Sesrovirenc” has interviewed Carlos Romero, a telecommunications engineer and amateur swimmer who has launched the project Nadar Contra Corriente (Swim against the current) to support IRB Barcelona research. Romero is going to swim across the Strait of Gibraltar in September and will donate all the money collected to IRB Barcelona research on cancer and metastasis. During the interview, Romero explains the difficulties of this sports challenge and the reasons that have led him to embark on this charity fund-raising project.
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).
