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In an interview in the educational portal Profes.net/DIVULGA, Eduardo Soriano, head of the Developmental Neurobiology ad Regeneration Lab at IRB Barcelona, talks about research into Alzheimer’s disease.
Soriano explains that “in spite of all the research that has been done, we still do not really know about the real causes of the disease”. Now studying the relation between the protein Reelin –described by his lab – and Alzheimer’s, the scientist says “until we find out the critical mechanisms that triggers the disease we will not be able to improve diagnostics, treatment and prevention”.
Read the interview (PDF in Spanish)
Link to the website Profes.net SM/Divulga
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).
