Salvador Aznar Benitah receives the VI National ‘Doctores Diz Pintado’ Cancer Research Prize Blog Post

ICREA researcher and group leader of the Stem Cells and Cancer Laboratory at IRB Barcelona, Salvador Aznar Benitah, has been awarded the VI National ‘Doctores Diz Pintado’ Cancer Research Prize. Last Saturday, he received the award during the academic session held by the University of Salamanca. The prize acknowledges Salvador Aznar Benitah’s contributions to transferring knowledge from basic to clinical research.

 

The Ordesa Foundation collaborates with Doctors Without Borders to improve the nutrition of Congolese children Blog Post

The Ordesa Foundation will finance 34,000 units of prepared therapeutic food (RUTF) that Doctors Without Borders (MSF) will distribute to children suffering from severe acute malnutrition in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The partnership is part of the work conducted by the Ordesa Foundation to provide funding and advocacy, through direct aid, to projects aimed at children without resources. Since 2007, the Ordesa Group has R&D&i center at Barcelona Science Park (PCB), from which it is actively involved in clinical studies and national and international programs to improve people´s health and quality of life, especially in maternal and infant stage.