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The bimonthly magazine of the Spanish Diabetes Federation offers an extensiveinterview with the coordinator of the Molecular Medicine Programme at IRB Barcelona on his studies with the genes that cause resistance to insulin and that are closely related to type 2 diabetes. The report also includes a brief on the history and the structure of our Institute.
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).
