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"El Mundo" publishes an article about an IRB Barcelona research project funded by two patient associations, the international BabelFamily and Asogaf from Granada, that is devoted to finding a treatment for the neurodegenerative disease Friedreich's Ataxia.
Meritxell Teixidó and Macarena Sánchez, scientists behind the project, which also involves Ernest Giralt, explain that the "challenge is to transform it into a chronic disease; the dream would be to halt it or to slow down the degeneration".
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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).
