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Patient Power has interviewed Elena Sancho, associate researcher in the Colorectal Cancer Laboratory at IRB Barcelona. Sancho explains the research performed at the institute, especially in cancer and metastasis, as well as the characteristics of COLOStage, a test for predicting metastasis of colon and liver cancer that is being developed at this laboratory.
See the interview (02:24 minutes)
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).
