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Research project to identify gene therapy for Friedreich's ataxia

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Several media outlets, social networks and internet sites highlight a project launched by Spain's Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa in Madrid and IRB Barcelona to fight Friedreich's ataxia. The project is financed through donations from Plataforma Genefa.

IRB related news:

14 November 2013
Patients and scientists join forces to tackle Friedreich’s Ataxia

Read the news in Diario de Sevilla (PDF)

Other media:

Madri+d (PDF)

Gaceta Médica (PDF)

Malaga Hoy (PDF) 

El Día de Cordoba (PDF)

Diario de Jerez (PDF) 

Diario de Cádiz (PDF) 

Diario de Almería (PDF) 

Yahoo Noticias (PDF)

Teinteresa.es (PDF) 

La Información (PDF) 

EuropaPress (PDF) 

Tendencias Científicas (PDF)

SoloCiencia (PDF) 

Redpacientes (PDF) 

Phys.org (PDF) 

EurekaAlert (PDF) 

MareaInformativa (PDF) 

Agencia SINC (PDF) 

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).