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Joan Massagué, Adjunct director of IRB Barcelona, signs an article about cancer metastasis in which he explains that Charles Darwin's evolution theory is one of the conceptual frameworks that has helped to advance in the knowledge of cancer. The article has appeared in the June issue of SEBBM magazine, published by the Spanish Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
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).