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IRB Barcelona researcher and coordinator of the Molecular Medicine Programme Antonio Zorzano responded to journalists who wanted to know more about autophagy—the recycling programme that all cells, from yeast to humans, share.
Zorzano studies autophagy in processes such as type 2 diabetes, obesity and ageing. The IRB Barcelona scientist dealt with La Vanguardia, El Mundo, ABC and the newspaper ARA.
Antonio Zorzano: “La autofagia se asocia a enfermedades como el cáncer y la diabetes” (La Vanguardia)
Qué es la autofagia y por qué le valió un Nobel al científico japonés Oshumi (ABC)
Premio Nobel de Medicina para Yoshinori Ohsumi, por sus hallazgos sobre el reciclaje celular (El Mundo)
Yoshinori Ohsumi, un Nobel per al descobridor de com es reciclen les cèl·lules (ARA)
About IRB Barcelona
The Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) pursues a society free of disease. To this end, it conducts multidisciplinary research of excellence to cure cancer and other diseases linked to ageing. It establishes technology transfer agreements with the pharmaceutical industry and major hospitals to bring research results closer to society, and organises a range of science outreach activities to engage the public in an open dialogue. IRB Barcelona is an international centre that hosts 400 researchers and more than 30 nationalities. Recognised as a Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence since 2011, IRB Barcelona is a CERCA centre and member of the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST).
