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Hospital Clínic has successfully tested the new surgical robot Bitrack for kidney surgery

Bitrack is the new surgical robot launched by the Catalan company Rob Surgical, a spin-off of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and IBEC. The tests, carried out at the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, are the first step in validating the safety and efficacy of the robot after several animal tests. The surgeries (radical nephrectomies) have … Read more

“Fighting the Rare” is the documentary that defends research into rare diseases.

Conceived by IBEC and IQS researcher Jordi Duran, the documentary “Fighting the rare ” explains how scientific research was carried out on the minority disease called Lafora disease. The documentary shows how this disease evolves until the death of the patients. Until a few years ago the cause was not known, and thanks to the … Read more