World Bladder Cancer Day: prevention and early detection within everyone’s reach
Every 5 May, World Bladder Cancer Day is observed to raise awareness of a common yet often overlooked disease and to highlight the key role of prev...
News from Institute of Nephrology and Urology
The Clínic performs 294 transplants in 2025 and leads liver and pancreas transplantation activity in Catalonia
This Thursday, the Catalan Transplantation Organization (OCATT) published the 2025 report on organ, tissue and cell donation and transplantation ac...
Talking about erectile dysfunction improves quality of life
Erectile dysfunction is common and may be an indicator of overall health. Seeking medical advice early can help detect and prevent more serious hea...
The Clínic carries out a new pioneering therapy to reduce the risk of rejection in kidney transplants
On 26 September 2025, the Kidney Transplant Service at the Hospital Clínic Barcelona performed the first treatment with autologous tolerogenic dend...
Living for 50 years with a transplanted kidney
This year, the Clínic commemorated the 60th anniversary of the first kidney transplant in Spain. Since then, both technique and technology have evo...
The Clínic commemorates the 60th anniversary of the first kidney transplant in Spain
This Wednesday, the Hospital Clínic Barcelona held an institutional event to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the first kidney transplant in Spa...
The Clínic’s Home Dialysis Unit increases its activity by 47% with a new space for training and monitoring patients at home
The Home Dialysis Unit, located on Carrer Manso within the Clínic Dialysis and Applied Research Centre (DIRAC), currently treats almost 90 patients...
Hospital Clínic ranks among the world’s best smart and specialized hospitals according to Newsweek
Hospital Clínic Barcelona appears once again in the two main rankings published by Newsweek alongside Statista. The hospital features in eleven spe...
Apheresis: donation and therapeutic use
Apheresis is a medical procedure by which specific components of a person’s blood are removed and the rest is returned to the bloodstream through o...
60 years since the first kidney transplant in Spain, performed at the Hospital Clínic Barcelona
Wednesday 23 July marks the 60th anniversary of the first kidney transplant in Spain, a historic milestone that took place at the Hospital Clínic B...