The Clinical Institute of Nephrology and Urology of the Hospital Clínic develops lines of experimental and clinical research in the fields of urology, kidney and pancreatic transplantation, clinical nephrology and dialysis.
The research is mostly carried out at the August Pi Sunyer Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBAPS) in the area of:
Research activities are also carried out at the CELLEX building and in thematic networks such as RICORS2040.
The ICNU research groups focus on basic and translational research in the field of nephrology and urology, with an Experimental Nephrology and Transplantation Laboratory (LENIT) and a laboratory dedicated to basic and translational research in the field of urology, especially urological oncology. It also has several clinical research programmes.
The main lines of research are grouped as follows:
Molecular diagnosis of bladder and prostate cancer, urinary tract tumours, and therapeutic response pathways in prostate cancer.
Cell therapy as an immunomodulatory treatment
Renal regeneration
The role of immunosuppression and immunosuppressive drugs in post-transplant oncogenesis
Acute kidney injury
Kidney diseases and endothelial function
Identification of new uremic toxins
Bone and mineral disorders associated with chronic kidney disease
