New non-hormonal contraceptive pill for men?
Recently, a male contraceptive pill was tested on mice that is nearly 100% effective and which allows fertility to be restored approximately one mo...
News from Institute of Nephrology and Urology
The Hospital Clínic, pioneer in Europe in a new technique for reversing male infertility
The Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, through the Urology Service, led by Dr. Antonio Alcaraz has started to perform surgeries to reverse male infertil...
For the first time, the Hospital Clínic performs 1,000 apheresis procedures in one year
The Apheresis Unit, established in 1980, and which recently opened a new room, has achieved this milestone for the first time since its creation.
The Hospital Clínic applies patient experience as a strategic challenge in kidney-pancreas transplantation
The Hospital Clínic Nephrology and Urology Institute (ICNU) is working to introduce a new, patient-centred healthcare model: patient experience (XP...
Dra. M. José Ribal: “We are working to treat all urological diseases in Europe in the same way”
Interview with Dr. M. José Ribal, Head of the Urological Onocology Unit. Dra. Ribal has been appointed the new president of the Office of Clinical...
Plasma injection: a possible treatment for erectile dysfunction
Along with prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction is one of the most common reasons for consultations in urology and, as such, is one of the matters...
Is COVID-19 vaccination effective in dialysis patients?
Dialysis patients began to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in February 2021. However, there were many doubts about whether immunisation would be eff...
Researchers at the Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS predict with an accuracy of 96% the evolution of kidney transplant patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19
Researchers from the Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS coordinated a study that made it possible to determine with an accuracy of 96% whether a kidney transp...
2 out of 3 kidney transplant patients are immune to COVID-19 after vaccination
A study published by the American Journal of Transplantation and led by researchers from the Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS states that 65% of all patient...
The Hospital Clínic, the first hospital in Spain to carry out 1,000 living donor kidney transplants
The Hospital Clínic de Barcelona has become the first hospital in Spain to carry out over 1,000 living donor kidney transplants. To mark this miles...