Does having an autoimmune disease make you more susceptible to catching COVID-19?
The immune system of people with diseases like lupus or rheumatoid arthritis malfunctions and attacks cells in their own bodies. This is why they are prescribed...
News from May 2020
A new cancer immune therapy spin-off of Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS secures a 1.5 million-euro investment from Invivo Ventures
Hospital Clínic – IDIBAPS (Barcelona) has founded Gyala Therapeutics, a new spin-off company focused on developing new CAR-T therapies for treating hematological...
Coronavirus and diabetes. What do the experts recommend?
Any infection in a person who suffers diabetes has a double risk: on the one hand, it may decompensate the diabetes itself; and on the other, any complications...
A First Serological Study among Health Care Workers Reveals a Lower Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection than Expected
Active or past infection was detected among 11.2% of the Hospital Clinic staff that participated in the study.