“Toxics are breaking our balls”. Under this motto, we want to alert about the environmental pollution caused by chemical toxics, which is the main cause of the worsening of the males’ sperm quality. Our scientific studies confirm it: they show that the causes classically attributed to this worsening (such as stress, tight pants, alcohol,...
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Becoming a mother after cancer is possible
Today, Breast Cancer Awareness Day, our clinics have gone pink as a message of hope: it is possible to become a mother after overcoming cancer. The incidence of cancer in young people is increasing but so are treatments that cure it. Currently, 85% of people under 50 years beat cancer. However, in spite of...
The embryos and their parents, VIP audience at Sharon Corr and Álex Ubago’s concert
As you can watch in the video, the last concert for embryos held at our laboratories, a duet performed by Sharon Corr and Álex Ubago, was very emotional for all of us, but especially for the parents, who were able to follow it live from their mobile devices through the app Embryomobile. As a...
Health Science Academy, “Ilustre Academia de Ciencias de la Salud Ramón y Cajal”
I am happy because I received a very nice award. I think that for most of the people working in the care area awards are very intimate celebrations, since we can see the fruit of our work: in my case, to see the face of a much-desired baby; in the case of a teacher,...
Embryos, welcome to paradise
With all the enthusiasm in the world, today I would like to open the doors of our clinic. We want it to be the place where the adventure of having a child begins: from the moment when the patients get in touch with us until they come back to introduce their baby to us....
Celebration in Barcelona and Rome
This past month of March, we have been celebrating! On the 1st of March, we organized a cocktail party with local authorities and the medical community of Barcelona at our headquarters in Diagonal. We had two luxury godparents: the journalist Albert Castillón and the singer Antonio Orozco, both of whom are very good friends...
When does life start?
This year, during my Christmas speech I spoke about when do we believe that human life begins. Always with the music as a backdrop, this year we have celebrated a party based around ABBA’s music. As I said, in this party I took the opportunity to reflect on “When does life begin?”: When does life start? When exactly does a human...
Claiming women’s freedom to decide
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending a meeting organized by the well-known magazine Marie Claire on the occasion of its thirtieth anniversary in Spain. They gathered 30 exceptional women in different fields. In my case, I was present as a representative of medical science. Together with them, I was able...
First pregnancy at Institut Marquès thanks to Fertile
You know how much I love sharing good news with you. This time, I am particularly proud to explain you how we have obtained a pregnancy on the first cycle carried out using Fertile. Now, you may ask yourselves: what is Fertile? This is a new technique to select the healthiest spermatozoids, so that...
IgNobel Medicine Award
I have just arrived from Boston and I want to share with you my joy to have received this award that represents a recognition by these prestigious universities. It makes me particularly excited because they try to bring science closer to everyone in a pleasant and funny way. They treated us like heroes of...