The Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute, Generalitat de Catalunya CERCA centre, was established in 2010 with the aim of promoting biomedical research and the development of personalised medicine in relation to haematological malignancies and, in particular, leukaemia.
It is an unprecedented centre that, with the work and rigour of researchers from all over the world, uses the most innovative technology in order to win the battle against leukaemia and other haematological malignancies.
It was also essential to value the excellent scientific level that already existed in Catalonia, specifically in the field of haematology. The Institute continues the excellent work undertaken by the historic Farreras-Valentí School of Haematology.
The Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute is the first European centre, and one of the few in the world, dedicated exclusively to researching haematological malignancies.
The Institute has five independent coordinated campuses: Campus Hospital Clínic-UB, Campus Sant Pau, Campus Can Ruti, Campus Mar and Campus Trueta. The laboratories at these clinical campuses enable us to work in close partnership with clinicians from the five associated hospitals: Hospital Clínic, Hospital de Sant Pau, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Hospital del Mar and Hospital Josep Trueta.