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  • The CaixaResearch Institute continues to attract talent and has welcomed three new researchers in immunology
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    Barcelona 02.12.25

    The CaixaResearch Institute continues to attract talent and has welcomed three new researchers in immunology

    The CaixaResearch Institute will be welcoming three new group leaders who will bring their expertise to expand the study of immunology in health and disease. With these additions, there will be five active research groups when the institute begins ...

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  • Rabinovich: “Immunotherapy could treat all diseases with an inflammatory background”
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    Barcelona 23.06.25

    Rabinovich: “Immunotherapy could treat all diseases with an inflammatory background”

    In his parents’ pharmacy in Córdoba, Argentina, Gabriel Rabinovich realised as a child that his vocation was linked to people’s health and well-being. His research into the role of galectins in the immune system, which has opened up new pathways for ...

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  • Key to the high aggressiveness of pancreatic cancer identified
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    Barcelona 15.04.25

    Key to the high aggressiveness of pancreatic cancer identified

    Pancreatic cancer is one of the most aggressive cancers and has one of the lowest survival rates—only 10% after five years. One of the factors contributing to its aggressiveness is its tumor microenvironment, known as the stroma, which makes up the ...

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  • The future of breast cancer management
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    Barcelona 10.10.24

    The future of breast cancer management

    Breast cancer is one of the most prevalent tumours in the world. One in eight women will experience breast cancer in her lifetime. Biological understanding of the breast tumour provides insights into how it will behave in the future, depending on ...

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  • Treating cancer when neither chemotherapy nor transplant works
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    Barcelona 29.04.24

    Treating cancer when neither chemotherapy nor transplant works

    Without the most common side effects, with improvement from the first days and complete remission after 18 months in almost 70% of cases. A clinical trial of CAR-T therapies coordinated by the Hospital Clínic Barcelona - IDIBAPS, with the support of ...

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  • A peaceful goodbye
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    Barcelona 24.04.24

    A peaceful goodbye

    When Rosa’s mother Antonia’s cancer was no longer responding to treatment, the social worker offered them psychological help. Darío, a psychologist from the "la Caixa" Foundation’s Comprehensive care for people with advanced diseases programme, ...

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