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Barcelona: a strategic hub in the fight against cancer

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Joan Massagué, Adjunt Director of IRB Barcelona, has written an article for the Catalan Views blog. This blog is part of the news service in English of the Catalan News Agency. The article discusses the latest advances in research to fight cancer and how Barcelona has become a reference city in this field.

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).